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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• December 20th 2009 – October 22nd 2009
• October 20th 2009 – September 1st 2009
• August 31st 2009 – July 10th 2009
• July 9th 2009 – April 30th 2009
• April 29th 2009 – March 18th 2009
• March 10th 2009 – January 31st 2009
• January 30th 2009 – December 1st 2008
• November 27th 2008 – September 17th 2008
• September 12th 2008 – July 8th 2008
• July 7th 2008 – April 30th 2008
• April 29th 2008 – March 11th 2008
• March 11th 2008 – February 17th 2008
• February 16th 2008 – January 30th 2008
• January 29th 2008 – January 14th 2008
• January 14th 2008 – January 1st 2008
• January 1st 2008 – November 27th 2007
• November 26th 2007 – September 16th 2007
• September 14th 2007 – July 5th 2007
• July 4th 2007 – April 22nd 2007
• April 18th 2007 – December 18th 2006
• December 15th 2006 – November 6th 2006
• November 1st 2006 – August 2nd 2006
• July 31st 2006 – April 29th 2006
• April 27th 2006 – March 1st 2006
• February 24th 2006 – January 25th 2006
• January 24th 2006 – November 11th 2005

Kenya: news

Jail sentence for Somali pirates

Wednesday, November 1st 2006, 16:01
related countries: India, Somalia

Ten Somalis pirates are sentenced to seven years in prison by a Kenya court for hijacking an Indian ship.
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Ethiopia releases detained lawyer

Friday, October 27th 2006, 11:47
related countries: Ethiopia

A European Commission lawyer held in Ethiopia after trying to cross into Kenya is freed without charge.
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Kenya convicts Somalis of piracy

Thursday, October 26th 2006, 15:02
related places: Mombasa

Ten Somalis are found guilty of piracy and hijacking by a court in the Kenyan port of Mombasa.
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Football: Fifa suspends Kenya

Wednesday, October 25th 2006, 11:33

Fifa bans Kenya from international football after the KFF fails to respect agreements signed with the world body.
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Cheruiyot tumbles in Chicago win

Sunday, October 22nd 2006, 19:03

Kenya's Robert Cheruiyot slips when crossing the line first at the Chicago Marathon.
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EU anger over Ethiopia expulsions

Friday, October 20th 2006, 14:58
related countries: Ethiopia

The EU attacks the expulsion of two EU diplomats from Ethiopia, as relations worsen after election violence.
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Kenya reports refugee polio case

Tuesday, October 17th 2006, 12:40
related countries: Somalia

Kenya reports its first case of polio in 22 years, discovered in a three-year-old girl in a Somali refugee camp.
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Row blocks Moi's Kenya peace role

Thursday, October 12th 2006, 9:37
related places: Moi

Kenya's ex-President Daniel arap Moi is unhappy with an offer to be a regional peace envoy, his spokesman says.
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Mau Mau veterans sue UK

Wednesday, October 11th 2006, 20:03
related countries: United Kingdom

Victims of Kenya's independence war with Britain file a formal claim for compensation.
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Up to 2,000 Somalis reach Kenya

Friday, October 6th 2006, 14:42

Some 2,000 Somalis cross into Kenya in just two days, as the UN says it is struggling to cope.
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UK must justify Kenyan travel ban

Thursday, October 5th 2006, 9:39
related countries: United Kingdom

A British judge orders the government to explain its travel ban on an ex-Kenyan minister accused of graft.
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Somalia's premier warns Islamists

Friday, September 29th 2006, 9:50
related countries: Ethiopia

Somalia's PM warns Islamists that Ethiopia and Kenya will help his government in case of attack.
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Kenya 'protecting' suspect

Thursday, September 28th 2006, 15:27
related countries: Rwanda

The Kenyan authorities deny protecting the businessman alleged to have financed the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
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Aristocrat in court over shooting

Monday, September 25th 2006, 17:13
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Nairobi

The trial begins of a UK aristocrat accused of murdering a black Kenyan man he suspected of poaching.
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Somali Islamists stage execution

Friday, September 22nd 2006, 13:26
related countries: Somalia

Somalia's Islamic courts execute a 25-year-old man and ban the stimulant khat for the holy month of Ramadan.
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Burial for nun killed in Somalia

Thursday, September 21st 2006, 14:42
related countries: Italy, Somalia

The 65-year-old Italian nun shot dead in Somalia on Sunday is buried in neighbouring Kenya.
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Githongo wants to return to Kenya

Tuesday, September 12th 2006, 10:55

Exiled Kenyan former graft investigator John Githongo tells the BBC he wants to return home and resume work.
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Kenya aims for own internet cable

Friday, September 8th 2006, 17:21

Kenya says it will seek funding for its own undersea internet cable after the delay of an African joint venture.
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Neighbours agree on Somalia force

Tuesday, September 5th 2006, 16:00
related countries: Ethiopia, Somalia

Somalia's government agrees with Ethiopia and Kenya on plans for a peace force - but the Islamists disagree.
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Obama draws crowds in slums

Sunday, August 27th 2006, 22:33
related countries: United States

US Senator Barack Obama addresses cheering crowds as he tours a slum in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi.
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Kenya pledge to redistribute land

Tuesday, August 22nd 2006, 16:56

Kenya says it will repossess absentee landlords' land in Coast province and redistribute it to squatters.
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Russian envoy stabbed in Kenya

Monday, August 21st 2006, 10:37
related countries: Russia
related places: Nairobi

Robbers seriously injured Russia's ambassador to Kenya near the capital Nairobi, officials say.
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Trawler safe after pirate ordeal

Sunday, August 6th 2006, 4:40
related countries: North Korea, Somalia

A South Korean boat with 25 crew members seized by pirates off Somalia in April arrives safely in Kenya.
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Piracy suspects must face trial

Thursday, August 3rd 2006, 13:28
related countries: United States

A magistrate rules that 10 Somalis arrested by the US Navy on suspicion of piracy must stand trial in Kenya.
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Somalia loses 11 more ministers

Wednesday, August 2nd 2006, 9:29
related countries: Somalia
related places: Nairobi

Eleven more ministers resign from Somalia's government, angry at delays in talks with Islamists.
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