Search results for ‘kenya’
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‘Tortured’ Kenyans seek damages from British
Three elderly Kenyans claim they were victims of colonial atrocities during the Mau Mau uprising in the 1950s and claim damages at the high court in London.
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Kenyan ministers to face trial for crimes against humanity
Two Kenyan presidential hopefuls are facing mounting pressure to quit after judges at the International Criminal Court ruled they would stand trial for crimes against humanity.
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Kenya terror attack ‘may be in final stages’
The Foreign Office warns that terrorists may be in the final stages of planning attacks in Kenya, advising Britons to be “extra vigilant”.
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Kenyan troops prepare for battle in Somalia
Having crossed the Somali border on Sunday to launch operation Protect Kenya, the Kenyan army now faces a tough fight for control of Afmadow, reports defence analyst Anthony Tucker-Jones.
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Britons arrested in Kenya ‘to be deported’
Two British men who were arrested in Kenya are to be deported, Channel 4 News learns. They were detained on suspicion of planning to meet al-Shabaab militants in Somalia.
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Kenya goes to war on al-Shabaab
As Kenya goes to war on al-Shabaab, defence analyst Anthony Tucker-Jones writes for Channel 4 News on Nairobi’s desperate efforts to contain Somalia’s troublesome militants.
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Kenyan troops head into Somalia to hunt kidnap militants
As Kenyan troops enter Somalia to try and root out al-Shabaab fighters suspected of recent kidnappings, an analyst tells Channel 4 News this shows how little power the central Somali government has.
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Kenyans step up search for French hostage
As a French woman is kidnapped in a tourist resort near the Somali border, weeks after a similar incident nearby, the International Maritime Bureau say ‘governments need to step up.’
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Kenya travel advice changed
Britons are being advised to stay away from Kenyan coastal areas within 93 miles of the Somali border after a second armed gang attack in a month.
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Kenyan environmental activist Wangari Maathai dies
Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize winner and environmentalist Wangari Maathai has died in hospital, where she was being treated for cancer. She was 71.
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Kenyan denies kidnapping British holidaymaker
A Kenyan man has denied kidnapping British holidaymaker Judith Tebbutt, whose husband David was shot dead in a remote resort.
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Militants deny kidnapping British woman in Kenya
A Somali Islamist group denies kidnapping a British woman at a remote holiday resort in Kenya.
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Met Police in Kenya for kidnap hunt
A team of Metropolitan Police officers are travelling to Kenya to help authorities investigating the murder of a British tourist and the kidnap of his wife, Scotland Yard says.
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Hunt begins for kidnapped British woman in Kenya
Officials in Kenya are working to free a British tourist who was kidnapped at an exclusive Kenyan beach resort after her husband was murdered.
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Briton killed and wife kidnapped on dream holiday in Kenya
A British man is shot dead and his wife kidnapped after bandits storm a luxury beach resort near the border with Somalia.