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 torture victims compensated

Wednesday, July 21st 2010, 21:31

Kenyan judges award compensation to victims of police torture during the rule of Daniel Arap Moi in the 1980s.
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Kenyan pastor charged over 'bomb'

Monday, July 19th 2010, 11:59

A Kenyan pastor pleads not guilty to two charges over an alleged plot to bomb a campaign rally for next month's constitutional referendum.
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Kenya SMS bid to stop hate speech

Wednesday, July 14th 2010, 13:21

A new text service to report hate speech in Kenya is launched ahead of a referendum on a new constitution.
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Biological bonanza

Wednesday, July 14th 2010, 4:29

Scientists uncover a treasure-trove in Kenya's 'sky island'
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Butterfly hunting in Kenya's forest

Wednesday, July 14th 2010, 4:26

Peter Greste joins a scientist researching the many different kinds of butterfly in one of the most isolated patches of tropical mountain forest in East Africa.
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Fear of rape 'traps Kenya women'

Wednesday, July 7th 2010, 15:34

Fear of sexual violence in Kenya's slums keeps women from communal toilets and increases the risk of disease, a report says.
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Odinga slams Kenya MPs' pay rise

Monday, July 5th 2010, 15:50

Kenya Prime Minister Raila Odinga criticises MPs for voting themselves a huge pay rise, saying it is "unfair".
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Kenyan MPs boost their own wages

Thursday, July 1st 2010, 15:54

Kenyan MPs vote to increase their salaries by 18%, making them among the best-paid lawmakers in the world.
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Kenya's PM 'has head operation'

Tuesday, June 29th 2010, 19:06

Kenya's Prime Minister Raila Odinga has an operation to remove fluid on the brain, doctors say, and is recovering in hospital.
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Kenya to fast-track pirate cases

Friday, June 25th 2010, 1:03
related places: Mombasa

A court mainly dedicated to trying suspected pirates opens in the Kenyan port of Mombasa, funded by international donors.
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Kenya warning over price fixing

Thursday, June 24th 2010, 15:33

Kenyan manufacturers warn that price-fixing legislation passed by MPs will cause job losses and food shortages.
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Kenya starts to register mobiles

Monday, June 21st 2010, 16:20

Kenya begins registering all mobile phone numbers in a bid to cut crime, with unregistered numbers to be cut off at the end of July.
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Kenya 'hate speech' MP suspended

Thursday, June 17th 2010, 16:39

Kenya's Assistant Roads Minister Wilfred Machage is suspended by President Kibaki a day after being charged with inciting hatred.
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Kenya MPs charged for hate speech

Wednesday, June 16th 2010, 17:01

Three Kenyan MPs are charged with inciting hatred during campaigns ahead of a referendum on a new constitution.
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Pride or prejudice

Wednesday, June 16th 2010, 9:17

Why are Kenya's politicians targeting gay people?
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Kenya MPs held over hate speech

Wednesday, June 16th 2010, 4:48

Kenyan police arrest a minister and two MPs for hate speech in the new constitution campaign, after violence on Sunday.
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'Serial killer' in Kenya charged

Tuesday, June 15th 2010, 12:32

A self-confessed serial killer in Kenya is charged in court with the murder of a nine-year-old boy in April.
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Government blamed for Kenya blast

Monday, June 14th 2010, 19:25

Kenya's Church leaders blame the government for a grenade attack that caused a deadly stampede at a rally on Sunday.
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Five killed in Kenyan rally crush

Sunday, June 13th 2010, 21:37
related places: Nairobi

Five die in a stampede following an explosion at a rally in Nairobi organised by groups opposed to a new Kenyan constitution.
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Hunt for 'killer cult' in Kenya

Thursday, June 10th 2010, 16:34

Kenyan police are hunting for an alleged cult leader who instructed a self-confessed serial killer to take up his killing spree.
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Mind and body

Wednesday, June 9th 2010, 0:34

Kenya discovers the potential of Vinyasa yoga
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Deadly toxin found in Kenya maize

Wednesday, June 2nd 2010, 19:24

There is growing alarm in Kenya where the government has announced 2.3m bags of maize are unfit for human consumption.
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Kenya Islamic Kadhi courts appeal

Tuesday, May 25th 2010, 15:41

Kenya's attorney general says he will appeal against a court decision declaring a form of Islamic courts unconstitutional.
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Kenya's Islamic courts 'illegal'

Monday, May 24th 2010, 18:10

A Kenyan appeal court rules that Islamic courts are illegal and discriminatory under the current constitution.
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Top EU diplomat in 'piracy' tour

Tuesday, May 18th 2010, 2:07

The EU's top diplomat visits East Africa, seeking countries other than Kenya to prosecute captured pirates.
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Kenya violence case 'unstoppable'

Wednesday, May 12th 2010, 16:53

The ICC's chief prosecutor says the case against perpetrators of Kenya's post-election violence is "unstoppable".
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Prosecutor seeks justice in Kenya

Saturday, May 8th 2010, 11:01

A top international prosecutor has flown into Kenya to investigate the country's post-election violence.
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Kenya 'cemetery scam' denied

Thursday, April 29th 2010, 14:27

Ten former top officials in Kenya deny corruption charges over the purchase of land for a cemetery in Nairobi.
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Cameroon crash blamed on pilots

Wednesday, April 28th 2010, 14:25
related countries: Cameroon

A report blames pilot error for the 2007 crash of a Kenya Airways flight in Cameroon which killed all 114 passengers.
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Dubai fury as Kenya expels rulers

Tuesday, April 27th 2010, 14:01
related countries: United Arab Emirates

Kenyan officials are in the United Arab Emirates trying to end a row after four Dubai rulers were deported as terror suspects.
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Kenyan football fans condemn Muslim World Cup TV ban

Monday, April 26th 2010, 12:38

Football fans in a Kenyan town express anger at a ban on satellite TV ahead of the World Cup, imposed because of fears of pornography.
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Kebede powers to London victory

Sunday, April 25th 2010, 13:57
related countries: Ethiopia, United Kingdom
related places: London

Ethiopia's Tsegaye Kebede wins the London Marathon over a minute clear of Kenya's Emmanuel Mutai.
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Kenya farmers hit by flight ban

Tuesday, April 20th 2010, 8:12

Thousands of farm workers in Kenya are temporarily laid off because of the volcanic ash that has grounded flights over Europe.
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Kenya's flowers hit by ash cloud

Friday, April 16th 2010, 18:44
related countries: Iceland

Kenya's flower industry is badly hit by the cancellation of flights across Europe because of Iceland's volcanic ash cloud.
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