News: Kenya

We have started to collect the most important news related to Kenya in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to Kenya – overview

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• May 14th 2013 – March 11th 2013
• March 10th 2013 – February 25th 2013
• February 22nd 2013 – November 30th 2012
• November 27th 2012 – October 9th 2012
• October 5th 2012 – August 24th 2012
• August 22nd 2012 – June 25th 2012
• June 23rd 2012 – March 22nd 2012
• March 21st 2012 – December 8th 2011
• December 7th 2011 – October 17th 2011
• October 17th 2011 – August 24th 2011
• August 19th 2011 – May 6th 2011
• May 6th 2011 – January 4th 2011
• December 30th 2010 – October 18th 2010
• October 18th 2010 – July 26th 2010
• July 21st 2010 – April 16th 2010
• April 13th 2010 – January 22nd 2010
• January 21st 2010 – October 26th 2009
• October 25th 2009 – August 16th 2009
• August 14th 2009 – May 14th 2009
• May 14th 2009 – March 24th 2009
• March 23rd 2009 – January 19th 2009
• January 12th 2009 – October 17th 2008
• October 15th 2008 – July 8th 2008
• July 7th 2008 – April 14th 2008
• April 13th 2008 – February 22nd 2008
• February 21st 2008 – January 29th 2008
• January 28th 2008 – January 7th 2008
• January 6th 2008 – December 7th 2007
• December 7th 2007 – August 31st 2007
• August 31st 2007 – June 7th 2007
• June 6th 2007 – January 3rd 2007
• January 2nd 2007 – October 20th 2006
• October 17th 2006 – June 1st 2006
• May 31st 2006 – March 2nd 2006
• March 1st 2006 – December 27th 2005
• December 22nd 2005 – November 11th 2005

Kenya: news

Kenya's largest forest under threat

Monday, October 18th 2010, 11:01
related countries: Japan

As environment ministers meet in Japan to discuss targets for conservation, David Shukman travels to Kenya's Mau Forest to see how it is under threat.
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Coin questions history of Africa

Monday, October 18th 2010, 5:43
related countries: China

A team of Kenyan and Chinese archaeologists have found a coin that seems to confirm a legendary Chinese explorer reached East Africa almost 80 years before the first Europeans.
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Coin questions history of Africa

Monday, October 18th 2010, 5:41
related countries: China

A joint team of Kenyan and Chinese archaeologists have found a coin that suggests early Chinese explorers reached East Africa about 80 years before the first Europeans.
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Inside China's floating hospital for Africans

Sunday, October 17th 2010, 7:42
related countries: China

A Chinese floating hospital has set sail on its maiden voyage and is visiting several African countries, beginning with Kenya.
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Pirates seize South Korean boat

Sunday, October 17th 2010, 4:58
related countries: North Korea

A South Korean fishing boat with 43 sailors aboard has been hijacked by pirates off the coast of Kenya, South Korea's foreign ministry says.
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Live - Commonwealth Games closing ceremony

Thursday, October 14th 2010, 3:00

The 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi are officially closed, with the flag now in the hands of 2014 hosts Glasgow.
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Kenya urged to find Mau Mau body

Monday, October 11th 2010, 12:03

The family of one of Kenya's best known anti-colonial fighters, Dedan Kimathi, asks the government to resume the search for his body.
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Kenya school sex abuse revealed

Thursday, October 7th 2010, 10:58

More than 1,000 teachers have been sacked in Kenya for sexually abusing girls over the past two years, the Kenyan authorities say.
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Kenya ends deal on trying pirates

Friday, October 1st 2010, 16:50
related countries: Somalia

Kenya's government ends a deal with the EU to host trials of suspected Somali pirates, saying the international community has not fulfilled its obligations.
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Kenya defends 'terror' arrests

Friday, September 24th 2010, 17:11
related countries: Uganda

Kenyan authorities leak information linking recently arrested suspects to the Uganda bomb attack, amid criticism over renditions.
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Somali pirates sentenced in Kenya

Friday, September 24th 2010, 13:47
related countries: Somalia, Spain

Seven Somali pirates are sentenced to five years each in prison by a court in Kenya for attacking a Spanish ship in 2009.
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Maasai bling

Friday, September 24th 2010, 2:01

Europe's fashion for beads boosts Kenyan women
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Kenya moves to legalise home brew

Thursday, September 2nd 2010, 12:39

Kenya's president signs a bill which legalises the traditional home brew changaa - a move intended to stop people dying from drinking moonshine.
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Tribal figures defended in Kenya

Tuesday, August 31st 2010, 17:01

The head of Kenya's census defends the controversial decision to release of national census figures that include tribal affiliations.
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Court worry at Bashir Kenya trip

Saturday, August 28th 2010, 0:09
related countries: Sudan

The International Criminal Court lodges a report with the UN about a trip to Kenya by Sudan's president, who it wants to try for alleged war crimes.
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Kenya celebrates new constitution

Friday, August 27th 2010, 10:05
related places: Nairobi

Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki signs a new constitution into law, intended to end years of political and ethnic violence, at a huge ceremony in Nairobi.
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Breaking down barriers

Wednesday, August 25th 2010, 8:05

Basketball millionaire retraces refugee roots in Kenya camps
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Kenya seizes two tonnes of ivory

Tuesday, August 24th 2010, 15:59

Kenyan authorities have seized nearly two tonnes of ivory and five rhinoceros horns at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.
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Kenya makes massive ivory seizure

Monday, August 23rd 2010, 15:18
related countries: Malaysia

Some two tonnes of ivory and five rhino horns are seized in Kenya's main airport in boxes labelled as avocados for export to Malaysia.
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Kenya in 'illegal extraditions'

Thursday, August 19th 2010, 15:47
related countries: Uganda
related places: Kampala

Human rights activists accuse Kenya of secretly sending four terrorism suspects to Uganda after the World Cup bomb blasts in Kampala.
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Kenyan albino trafficker jailed

Wednesday, August 18th 2010, 14:29
related countries: Tanzania

A court in Tanzania sentences a Kenyan accused of trying to sell an albino man to 17 years in jail and a heavy fine.
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Kenyan held in albino sale sting

Tuesday, August 17th 2010, 13:25
related countries: Tanzania

A Kenyan national who was attempting to sell an albino man has been arrested, police in Tanzania say.
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Life on the Edge: Slum biker boys

Friday, August 13th 2010, 15:43
related places: Nairobi

Boniface is one of the founders of the motorcycle boys in the Nairobi slum of Korogocho, a group of former thieves who now provide a taxi service.
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Kenya votes 'yes' in referendum

Thursday, August 5th 2010, 18:34

A referendum on constitutional reform in Kenya is backed by 67% of voters, official results show.
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Key reforms put to vote in Kenya

Wednesday, August 4th 2010, 20:06

Counting is under way in Kenya after a poll on political reform which seems to have passed off without incident, in a historic first.
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Kenya's prepares for vote on constitution

Tuesday, August 3rd 2010, 6:43

Eighteen thousand police officers are being deployed to a potential trouble spot ahead of a vote on Kenya's constitution.
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Kenya's prepares for vote on constitution

Tuesday, August 3rd 2010, 6:43

Eighteen thousand police officers are being deployed to a potential trouble spot ahead of a vote on Kenya's constitution.
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Kenya threatens to halt pirate trials

Sunday, August 1st 2010, 12:28
related countries: Somalia

Kenya's government is threatening to end its trials of Somali pirates, saying the international community has not lived up to its promises to help with the "burden" of prosecuting and imprisoning pirates.
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Kenya threatens to halt pirate trials

Sunday, August 1st 2010, 12:28
related countries: Somalia

Kenya's government is threatening to end its trials of Somali pirates, saying the international community has not lived up to its promises to help with the "burden" of prosecuting and imprisoning pirates.
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Three charged with Uganda bombing

Friday, July 30th 2010, 16:13
related countries: Uganda
related places: Kampala

Three Kenyans are charged with the murders of 76 people killed when bombs exploded as they watched the World Cup on TV in Kampala, Uganda.
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Moi told to respect Kenya leader

Thursday, July 29th 2010, 9:51

Ex-President Moi is told to respect his successor Mwai Kibaki, as campaigning heats up ahead of next week's referendum.
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Moi told to respect Kenya leader

Thursday, July 29th 2010, 9:51

Ex-President Moi is told to respect his successor Mwai Kibaki, as campaigning heats up ahead of next week's referendum.
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Deadly liquor kills 17 in Kenya

Monday, July 26th 2010, 23:13
related places: Nairobi

A batch of home-distilled spirits leaves many dead and at least a dozen blind in a slum area of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi.
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Hunt for 600-year-old China ship

Monday, July 26th 2010, 12:37
related countries: China

Chinese archaeologists are due to begin searching for the remains of a Chinese ship believed to have sunk off the Kenyan coast 600 years ago.
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