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

Audio slideshow

Monday, August 31st 2009, 6:12

Drought kills off thousands of Kenyan animals
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Kenya begins contentious census

Monday, August 24th 2009, 19:13

Officials are carrying out Kenya's first census since 1999, which controversially asks about people's ethnicity.
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GB women through to relay final

Saturday, August 22nd 2009, 16:52
related countries: Germany
related places: Berlin

America's World Championships relay woe continues as their women failed to qualify for the 4x100m relay final but GB progress.
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Kenya drought worsens hunger risk

Thursday, August 20th 2009, 12:15

A prolonged drought in central and south-eastern Kenya increases the number of people needing emergency food aid, the UN warns.
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'Fake' photo woman back home

Sunday, August 16th 2009, 8:21
related countries: Canada

A Canadian woman stranded in Kenya for three months because of a row over her passport photo returns home.
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School pupil, 90, dies in Kenya

Friday, August 14th 2009, 20:10

Kimani Nganga Maruge, who held the world record for being the oldest person to start primary school, dies in Kenya.
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Kenya pay strike grounds planes

Friday, August 14th 2009, 13:09

Most flights from Kenya's main airport are grounded as workers from the national airline strike over pay, leaving passengers stranded.
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Deadly trade

Friday, August 14th 2009, 12:34

The gangs who pillage Kenyan farms for gems
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Anger at Kenya gem expert murder

Thursday, August 13th 2009, 13:40
related countries: United Kingdom

The son of a Scottish gems expert murdered by a mob in Kenya tells the BBC they were abandoned by police.
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Mob kills UK gems expert in Kenya

Thursday, August 13th 2009, 11:49
related countries: United Kingdom

A leading Scottish gemstone expert and mine owner is killed in Kenya by a gang armed with home-made weapons.
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Kenyan mobilises for drought aid

Tuesday, August 11th 2009, 20:32
related countries: Ethiopia

Kenya mobilises its military and police service to help distribute food, water and medicines to areas hit hardest by drought.
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Aid workers 'freed in Somalia'

Tuesday, August 11th 2009, 15:44
related countries: Somalia

Four European aid workers and two Kenyan pilots kidnapped nine months ago in Somalia have been freed, an aid group says.
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Kenyan suitor renews Chelsea Clinton goat offer

Friday, August 7th 2009, 16:04
related countries: United States
related places: Chelsea

A Kenyan man tells of his joy that US diplomat Hillary Clinton has agreed to renew his marriage offer to her daughter, Chelsea.
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Kenya impunity 'disappoints US'

Wednesday, August 5th 2009, 14:10
related countries: United States

The US is disappointed with Kenya's failure to investigate last year's post-election violence, Hillary Clinton says.
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Clinton urges African democracy

Wednesday, August 5th 2009, 10:57
related countries: Liberia, United States
related places: Africa

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton begins her African tour calling for democracy to boost trade opportunities.
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In pictures

Wednesday, August 5th 2009, 9:07

Somalis facing up to life in Kenya's refugee city
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UN admits failures in Kenya camp

Tuesday, August 4th 2009, 7:11

One of the world's largest refugee camps fails to meet even the most basic standards, the UN admits.
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UN admits failures in Kenya camp

Tuesday, August 4th 2009, 7:11

One of the world's largest refugee camps fails to meet even the most basic standards, the UN admits.
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Kenya empties its death-row cells

Monday, August 3rd 2009, 16:30

Hundreds of Kenyan prisoners on death row have their sentences commuted to life in prison - so they can be given work.
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Kenya shuns special poll tribunal

Thursday, July 30th 2009, 22:34

Kenya says it will not set up a special tribunal over last year's post-election violence, and will use local courts instead.
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Hello, I'm on the bike - Kenyans invent pedal-powered mobile phone charger

Friday, July 24th 2009, 7:18

Two Kenyan university students hope to market a device that allows bicycle riders to charge their mobile phones.
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Kenya boosts Somali border force

Tuesday, July 21st 2009, 19:12
related countries: Somalia

Kenya says it will bolster security on its border with Somalia, following recent incursions by Somali militants.
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Somalis kidnap Kenya aid workers

Saturday, July 18th 2009, 8:18
related countries: Somalia

Three foreign aid workers are kidnapped in Kenya and taken across the border into Somalia, officials say.
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Kenya seizes coffin-stashed ivory

Tuesday, July 14th 2009, 21:13

Kenyan authorities seize almost 300kg of ivory and rhinoceros horn hidden in coffins on a plane bound for Asia.
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Nairobi water 'stolen for farms'

Friday, July 10th 2009, 13:08

Authorities in Kenya's capital say they have unearthed a syndicate stealing water to irrigate farms at a time of acute shortages.
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