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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• Holding hands – Anger at Kenya's diluted rape law
• Angry exchanges as Kenya MPs meet – Beheadings spark Kenyan sect hunt
• Bid to salvage Kenya peace talks – Climate wrangles go to the wire
• Clinton urges African democracy – Earliest 'human footprints' found
• East Africa in historic trade pact – Finds test human origins theory
• First president of Somalia dies – Hopes fade after Kenya collapse
• Huge gains for Kenya power firm – Kenya aims for own internet cable
• Kenya anger as US cancels flights – Kenya churches fight media bill
• Kenya coalition impasse continues – Kenya drought worsens hunger risk
• Kenya empties its death-row cells – Kenya leader promises graft fight
• Kenya leader rejects his pay hike – Kenya pay strike grounds planes
• Kenya plane 'crashes in Cameroon' – Kenya protesters to mount boycott
• Kenya protests end Kibaki speech – Kenya stalls cocaine incineration
• Kenya store fire death toll rises – Kenya withdraws poll reforms bill
• Kenya's 'most wanted' shot dead – Kenyan band wins BBC contest
• Kenyan claims 800m gold – Kenyan MPs dispute poll findings
• Kenyan MPs reject violence court – Kenyan sect violence 'kills 24'
• Kenyan state 'linked to poll clashes' – Kenyans release Mladic mix-up man
• Kenyans theatre-goers eagerly await Obama,... – Mara wildlife in serious decline
• Marathon gold for Kenya's Wanjiru – New bid to break Kenya deadlock
• New effort to solve Kenya crisis – Pan-Africanist dies in car crash
• Pastor faces extradition hearing – Row blocks Moi's Kenya peace role
• Running on empty – Somali raids miss terror suspects
• Somalia 'needs peace force soon' – Time short in Kenya food 'crisis'
• Top envoy probes Kenya killings – UN set to double Kenya food aid
• UN Somalia workers 'kidnapped' – Wildlife flee Kenyan forest fires
• World Social Forum opens – Zimbabwe sanctions 'not helpful'

Kenya: news

Holding hands

Friday, August 15th 2008, 13:38

Can Zimbabwe learn from Kenya on power-sharing?
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'Corruption reshuffle' in Kenya

Wednesday, February 15th 2006, 10:06

Kenya's under fire vice-president keeps his post in a reshuffle as the World Bank praises anti-corruption moves.
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'Coup' in old Kenyan ruling party

Wednesday, November 29th 2006, 9:24

Ex-President Moi's one-time strongman Nicholas Biwott is registered as leader of Kenya's former ruling party.
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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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'Graft ministers' return in Kenya

Wednesday, November 15th 2006, 18:11

Two Kenyan ministers who resigned after corruption allegations are reappointed to the cabinet by the president.
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'Hard' Kenya crisis talks resume

Tuesday, February 5th 2008, 10:39

Kenya's political foes discuss crucial political issues to try to end the violence which has claimed more than 1,000 lives.
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'Miracle baby' pastor held in UK

Thursday, June 15th 2006, 12:35
related countries: United Kingdom

Kenyan evangelist Gilbert Deya, accused of child trafficking, is held after his arrest at a Scottish court.
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'Miracle' pastor appeal refused

Thursday, November 27th 2008, 11:50
related countries: United Kingdom

UK judges refuse an evangelist permission to appeal his extradition order to Kenya to face baby stealing charges.
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'New era'

Tuesday, January 20th 2009, 0:08

Obama's Kenyan hometown set for celebrations
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'Pirates' to face Kenya charges

Monday, January 30th 2006, 10:58
related countries: United States
related places: Mombasa

Ten Somalis arrested by the US navy are flown to the Kenyan port of Mombasa, where they are to be charged.
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'Seven dead' in Kenyan protests

Thursday, January 17th 2008, 14:13

Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga says police have shot dead seven people in protests in Nairobi.
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'Stress, poor concentration' - Kenyan man sues over sex ban

Friday, May 8th 2009, 17:45

A Kenyan man sues activists who urged women to deny their partners sex for a week as a political protest.
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'Taped evidence' in Kenya scandal

Thursday, February 9th 2006, 10:59

The BBC obtains new evidence in a corruption scandal in Kenya threatening to topple the government.
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'Witches' burnt to death in Kenya

Wednesday, May 21st 2008, 16:48

Eleven elderly people accused of being witches have been burned to death by a mob in Kenya, police say.
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Africa focus for climate summit

Monday, November 6th 2006, 9:30
related places: Nairobi

The latest round of UN climate talks in Nairobi will focus on measures to "climate-proof" poor countries.
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Aid drops target Somali refugees

Saturday, December 9th 2006, 14:47
related countries: Somalia

Air drops are under way to deliver supplies to 100,000 Somali refugees in camps cut off by flooding in Kenya.
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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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Aid workers in Somalia kidnapped

Wednesday, November 5th 2008, 12:53
related countries: Somalia

Four European aid workers and two Kenyan pilots are kidnapped at gunpoint from an airstrip in central Somalia.
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Aid workers released in Somalia

Saturday, October 3rd 2009, 11:21
related countries: Somalia

Three foreign aid workers kidnapped in northern Kenya by Somali gunmen in July have been released, their employer says.
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Air crash kills Kenya politicians

Monday, April 10th 2006, 17:18

A Kenyan aircraft crashes in bad weather in the north of the country, killing three prominent politicians.
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Airliner black box found in Cameroon

Tuesday, May 8th 2007, 1:30
related countries: Cameroon

Rescuers in Cameroon find the data recorder from the Kenyan plane which crashed killing all 114 passengers.
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Anger as Kenya MPs get huge bonus

Friday, September 7th 2007, 9:51

Kenyan MPs vote to give themselves a $22,000 bonus each, despite public condemnation.
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Anger at Kenya biofuel approval

Wednesday, July 2nd 2008, 10:31

Environmentalists ask Kenya to revoke a decision to allow a controversial biofuel project.
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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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Anger at Kenya's diluted rape law

Thursday, June 1st 2006, 9:26

Kenyan women's rights activists condemn parliament for watering down a new sex crimes law.
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Holding hands – Anger at Kenya's diluted rape lawAngry exchanges as Kenya MPs meet – Beheadings spark Kenyan sect huntBid to salvage Kenya peace talks – Climate wrangles go to the wireClinton urges African democracy – Earliest 'human footprints' foundEast Africa in historic trade pact – Finds test human origins theoryFirst president of Somalia dies – Hopes fade after Kenya collapseHuge gains for Kenya power firm – Kenya aims for own internet cableKenya anger as US cancels flights – Kenya churches fight media billKenya coalition impasse continues – Kenya drought worsens hunger riskKenya empties its death-row cells – Kenya leader promises graft fightKenya leader rejects his pay hike – Kenya pay strike grounds planesKenya plane 'crashes in Cameroon' – Kenya protesters to mount boycottKenya protests end Kibaki speech – Kenya stalls cocaine incinerationKenya store fire death toll rises – Kenya withdraws poll reforms billKenya's 'most wanted' shot dead – Kenyan band wins BBC contestKenyan claims 800m gold – Kenyan MPs dispute poll findingsKenyan MPs reject violence court – Kenyan sect violence 'kills 24'Kenyan state 'linked to poll clashes' – Kenyans release Mladic mix-up manKenyans theatre-goers eagerly await Obama,... – Mara wildlife in serious declineMarathon gold for Kenya's Wanjiru – New bid to break Kenya deadlockNew effort to solve Kenya crisis – Pan-Africanist dies in car crashPastor faces extradition hearing – Row blocks Moi's Kenya peace roleRunning on empty – Somali raids miss terror suspectsSomalia 'needs peace force soon' – Time short in Kenya food 'crisis'Top envoy probes Kenya killings – UN set to double Kenya food aidUN Somalia workers 'kidnapped' – Wildlife flee Kenyan forest firesWorld Social Forum opens – Zimbabwe sanctions 'not helpful'