Search results for ‘Kenya’
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Obama praises Africa’s prospects during Kenya ‘homecoming’
US President Barack Obama says Africa is “on the move” as he makes the first presidential visit to Kenya, his father’s homeland.
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How al-Shabaab is dividing communities in northern Kenya
Al-Shabaab militants killed 148 non-Muslim students in the northern Kenyan town of Garissa last month. Jamal Osman finds that a growing number of Christian residents are now fleeing the community.
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Al-Shabaab: breeding fear among Kenya’s Christians
Al-Shabaab is using the aftermath of its deadly Garissa university attack to drive a wedge between Muslims and Christians and destabilise Kenya.
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Al-Shabaab threatens more Kenya attacks after college siege
Somali Islamist militants threaten to carry out more bloody attacks on Kenya after the group’s fighters killed nearly 150 people in an assault on a Kenyan university.
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Garissa attack: al-Shabaab says Kenyans should leave
Al-Shabaab says Garissa and Mombasa are “our land” and that Kenyans should leave, after Channel 4 News challenged the group to explain its attack on a university.
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Al-Shabaab Kenya college attack: at least 70 dead
Gunmen storm the Garissa University College compound in Kenya near the border with Somalia, killing at least 70 people in an attacked claimed by al-Shabaab.
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Simon Harris jailed for 17 years for Kenya child abuse
Former public school teacher Simon Harris is jailed for 17 years and four months after being convicted of abusing vulnerable street children in Kenya.
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Chaos in Kenyan parliament over counter-terror bill
Members of the Kenyan parliament throw water on the deputy speaker and books at the speaker after scuffles broke out over proposed amendments to a controversial counter-terrorism bill.
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Former teacher guilty of abusing boys in Kenya
Former public school house master Simon Harris is convicted of sexually abusing Kenyan boys as young as 10 while running a teaching charity in east Africa.
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Charges withdrawn against Kenyan president
Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court have withdrawn charges of crimes against humanity against Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta.
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Kenya bus attack: ‘non-Muslims singled out and shot’
The Islamist group al-Shabaab claims responsibility for killing 28 non-Muslims on a bus in Kenya. Witnesses said the gunmen spared Muslim passengers but ordered the rest off the bus to their death.
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Kenya’s president steps down to attend ICC hearing
Before appearing at the International Criminal Court for alleged crimes against humanity, Kenya’s President Kenyatta takes the unprecedented step of temporarily handing over leadership to his deputy.
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Al-Shabaab kills at least 29 in Kenyan coast attacks
Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for two gun attacks on the Kenyan coast which have led to the deaths of at least 29 people.
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Four feared dead in Kenya plane crash
Four crew members are feared dead after a cargo plane crashes into a commercial building in Kenya’s capital Nairobi.
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At least 48 dead after militants attack Kenyan coast
The Somali Islamist group Al Shabaab says it carried out an attack on the Kenyan coast which left at least 48 people dead. Militants opened fire as football fans gathered to watch the World Cup.
