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.

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Kenya: news

Old bone dates human hand evolution

Tuesday, December 17th 2013, 1:46

The discovery of an ancient bone at a burial site in Kenya puts the origin of human hand dexterity more than half a million years earlier than previously thought.
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Deadly grenade attack on Nairobi bus

Saturday, December 14th 2013, 17:50
related places: Nairobi

At least four people are killed and 15 injured by a grenade thrown onto a bus in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, the interior ministry says.
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Congo peace deal 'signed in Kenya'

Thursday, December 12th 2013, 19:54
related countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Democratic Republic of Congo's president has signed a peace deal with the M23 rebel movement his forces defeated last month, Kenya's presidential spokesman says.
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Kenyatta in appeal for equality

Thursday, December 12th 2013, 16:57
related countries: United Kingdom

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta calls for Africa to be treated equally on the world stage as his country celebrates 50 years of independence from British rule.
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'Grenade thrown' at British tourists

Thursday, December 12th 2013, 12:13
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Mombasa

A grenade was thrown at a van carrying British tourists in Mombasa but failed to explode, Kenyan police say.
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Gunmen kill Kenyan police in ambush

Tuesday, December 10th 2013, 19:16
related countries: Somalia

Gunmen kill eight Kenyans, including five policemen, after ambushing a police patrol near the border with Somalia, police say.
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Westgate siege suspects refused bail

Wednesday, December 4th 2013, 10:05

A Kenyan court denies bail to four men accused of aiding the gunmen who carried out the Westgate shopping centre attack, in which 67 people died.
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ICC 'to allow video-link evidence'

Thursday, November 28th 2013, 22:16

An amendment to the rules at the ICC could mean that Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta gives evidence by video link at his trial in February.
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New East African railway launched

Thursday, November 28th 2013, 13:11
related countries: Burundi, China, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Kenya formally launches a new Chinese-financed to extend across East Africa, eventually reaching South Sudan, DR Congo and Burundi.
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Kenya's president vetoes media bill

Thursday, November 28th 2013, 10:09

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta rejects a controversial media bill passed by parliament that would have imposed strict regulation on journalists.
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Wildebeest make 'rare' early return

Wednesday, November 27th 2013, 20:53
related countries: Tanzania

Thousands of wildebeest cut short their annual migration from Kenya - dubbed the greatest show on Earth - following a drought in Tanzania.
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Kenya appeals to UK not to ban khat

Wednesday, November 27th 2013, 12:26
related countries: United Kingdom

Kenyan MPs appeal to the UK not to ban the herbal stimulant khat, saying it is of economic and cultural significance to many Africans.
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Kenyatta 'not excused from trial'

Tuesday, November 26th 2013, 17:46

The International Criminal Court reverses a ruling allowing Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta to attend only parts of his trial in The Hague.
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'Siege' of Kenyan villagers ends

Monday, November 25th 2013, 16:52

Roadblocks around a Kenyan village said to have been surrounded by a militia are removed, allowing food supplies in for the first time in days.
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Kenya militia 'besiege villagers'

Saturday, November 23rd 2013, 21:19

Some 900 villagers in Kenya are surrounded by armed militiamen in a territorial dispute between local communities, officials say.
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VIDEO: Kenya leading ICC rule change bid

Thursday, November 21st 2013, 23:48

Kenya is leading African diplomatic efforts to amend the rules of the International Criminal Court so that sitting heads of state could be protected from prosecution.
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Kenya in 'counter-terror abuses'

Wednesday, November 20th 2013, 18:34
related countries: United States

Kenyan counter-terrorism officers are accused of carrying out extra-judicial killings and other abuses in a report by US and Kenyan rights groups.
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Westgate attackers 'drove to Kenya'

Tuesday, November 19th 2013, 14:34
related countries: Somalia

The four militants in the Westgate attack travelled to Kenya overland from Somalia, where they probably trained together, a Western official says.
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Do Somalis in Kenya's Dadaab camp want to go home?

Tuesday, November 19th 2013, 12:40

Somalis in world's largest refugee camp in Kenya fear repatriation
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UN rejects halt to Kenya ICC trials

Friday, November 15th 2013, 19:15

The UN Security Council rejects a call by African states to suspend the trials of Kenya's president and vice-president at The Hague for a year.
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Kenyans chase and catch cheetahs

Friday, November 15th 2013, 10:27

Four villagers in north-eastern Kenya chase down and capture alive two cheetahs which were killing their goats.
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VIDEO: Giving everyone a bank account

Tuesday, November 12th 2013, 10:04
related countries: Colombia

BBC correspondents in Kenya, Bangladesh and Colombia talk about how innovation is enabling people to access banking services.
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Kenya to repatriate Somali refugees

Monday, November 11th 2013, 9:50

More than 500,000 Somali refugees living in Kenya are to be returned to their home country under a new United Nations-backed agreement.
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VIDEO: Kenyan rhinos get anti-poaching tags

Friday, November 8th 2013, 16:57

The Kenyan Wildlife Service has begun the process of micro-chipping rhinos to combating poaching.
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Tanzania hits out at neighbours

Friday, November 8th 2013, 11:52
related countries: Tanzania, Uganda

Tanzania's President Jakaya Kikwete sharply criticises Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda for taking decisions at the East African Community without consulting other members.
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Kenya gets e-centre to cut red tape

Thursday, November 7th 2013, 17:16

Kenya's president launches a "one-stop shop" to access and pay for government services electronically in order to cut corruption and bureaucracy.
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'I was arrested in school and branded a terrorist'

Thursday, November 7th 2013, 10:42

The Kenyan teenager branded a terrorist, beaten and quietly freed
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Kenya holds major art auction

Tuesday, November 5th 2013, 17:08
related places: Nairobi

Kenya is holding its first commercial auction of East African art in the capital, Nairobi, with 47 works going under the hammer.
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VIDEO: Four charged over Westgate siege

Monday, November 4th 2013, 16:18

Four men have appeared in court in Kenya, charged in connection with the Westgate shopping mall attack.
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Four charged over Westgate siege

Monday, November 4th 2013, 13:46

Four people are charged over the siege at the Westgate shopping centre in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, in which at least 67 people were killed, police say.
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Kenya promises 'action' on rapists

Saturday, November 2nd 2013, 15:15

The Kenyan authorities promise to take action after three men alleged to have gang-raped a 16-year-old girl were ordered to cut grass as punishment.
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Kenya fury over media regulation

Friday, November 1st 2013, 14:15

Kenya's media expresses outrage after parliament approves a controversial bill imposing regulation on journalists, including hefty fines for misconduct.
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VIDEO: Mother's anger as 'rapists' cut grass

Thursday, October 31st 2013, 22:57

The mother of a Kenyan teenager who was gang-raped and then thrown in a pit latrine breaking her back has told the BBC that she wants the suspects arrested and for "justice to be done".
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Kenya's Liz: Will her alleged rapists be charged?

Thursday, October 31st 2013, 20:06

Mother of Kenya gang-rape victim demands arrests
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ICC delays Kenyan leader's case

Thursday, October 31st 2013, 15:30
related places: Nairobi

The International Criminal Court delays the trial of Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta following last month's terror attack in Nairobi.
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Kenyans march for gang-rape justice

Thursday, October 31st 2013, 13:33

Protesters in Kenya hand over a petition demanding justice for a gang-raped teenager whose alleged attackers were made to cut grass as a punishment.
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VIDEO: March after 'rapists' told to cut grass

Thursday, October 31st 2013, 13:06

A petition has been handed to Kenyan police after three men accused of gang-raping a teenager were ordered to cut grass as a punishment.
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Deadly commuter crash in Kenya

Wednesday, October 30th 2013, 10:34
related places: Nairobi

At least eleven people have been killed and 34 wounded in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, when a passenger train smashed into a bus, the Red Cross says.
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Soldiers jailed for Westgate looting

Tuesday, October 29th 2013, 13:53

Two Kenyan soldiers are sacked and jailed for looting during last month's terror attack on the Westgate shopping centre, the army chief says.
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Kenya anti-rape petition tops 1m

Monday, October 28th 2013, 11:12

More than a million people sign an online petition demanding justice after three men accused of brutally gang-raping a girl in Kenya were ordered to cut grass as punishment.
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Kenya sackings follow Westgate probe

Friday, October 25th 2013, 17:33

Kenya's interior minister fires 15 immigration officers over security lapses as investigations into the Westgate shopping centre siege continue.
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ICC rules against Kenya's Ruto

Friday, October 25th 2013, 8:31

The International Criminal Court tells Kenya's deputy president he must attend most of his trial, overturning an earlier decision.
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Kenyan army denies siege looting

Tuesday, October 22nd 2013, 17:29
related places: Nairobi

Kenya's army chief denies troops looted during last month's siege at a Nairobi mall, after CCTV images showed soldiers in a supermarket.
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VIDEO: Westgate attack: What we know

Monday, October 21st 2013, 22:09
related places: Nairobi

What have we found out about the terror attack on a Nairobi mall?
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Kenya CCTV 'shows soldiers looting'

Monday, October 21st 2013, 10:56

Security camera footage emerges which appears to show Kenyan security forces looting goods during last month's Westgate mall siege, in which some 67 people died.
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VIDEO: CCTV 'shows Westgate soldiers looting'

Monday, October 21st 2013, 10:00

Segments of CCTV footage have emerged which appear to show Kenyan security forces looting goods during last month's siege of the Westgate mall.
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Welby makes detour to Kenya

Sunday, October 20th 2013, 14:37
related countries: Iceland, United Kingdom
related places: Canterbury, London

The Archbishop of Canterbury is meeting fellow archbishops from the conservative Gafcon movement in Kenya after making a detour on his way from London to Iceland.
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