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Kenyan torture case given go-ahead
Four Kenyans are given permission to bring legal action against the British government over alleged colonial atrocities during the Mau Mau uprising in the 1950s, despite objections by Foreign Office.
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Battle to protect Kenya’s children from deadly diseases
Save the Children tells Channel 4 News how British aid is helping to save lives in Africa, where common childhood illnesses are still major killers.
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British Government long aware of mass Kenyan torture
Channel 4 News learns that knowledge of abuse and torture against Kenyan prisoners in the 1950s was discussed at the time by the Government and recorded in Cabinet minutes.
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Ivory Coast: grounds for optimism, says Kenya’s PM
Kenyan premier Raila Odinga tells Channel 4 News a peaceful conclusion to Ivory Coast’s political crisis is still possible, despite the breakdown of talks on Monday.
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Will justice for Kenyans be done?
A new chapter has opened in the story of who will be held to account for the violence that followed Kenya’s elections in late 2007, writes Lindsey Hilsum.
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Shocking return to northern Kenya after 20 years
In December 1982, I moved to Kenya. For three years I worked for UNICEF, before becoming a journalist based in Nairobi. Since I left in 1989, I’ve visited every year or so, but this is the first time I’ve been back to the arid north where Samburu, Turkana, Pokot and other people herd their cattle,…
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A doctor's blog from Kenya
We’ve received the following posting from Dr Catherine Maternowska, who works in the Mombasa hospital featured in last month’s film on child sex abuse in Kenya. The hope among the hospital’s staff is that the film – and Catherine’s blog – will promote awareness, both at home and abroad, of the problems Kenyan children face.…
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Update: Kenya aid contacts
In response to viewers’ messages requesting further information on how to get involved with charities working with Kenya, following our report on child sex abuse in that country, we can post the following details: KENYAN ORGANISATIONS FIGHTING AGAINST CHILD SEX ABUSE Offers of help to the sexual violence clinic at Mombasa Coast General Hospital should…
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Update: untold suffering of Kenya's children
Many thanks to all of you for your responses to our film. I can assure you, it was just as harrowing a film to make as it was to watch. Several of you have asked what you can do about the awful problems we highlighted in Kenya. We will post details of appropriate organisations on…
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The untold suffering of Kenya's children
Kenya’s beaches are the stuff holiday brochures are made of – mile after mile of glistening white sand, kissed by equatorial sun. Tourism is a major money spinner for one of the world’s poorest countries, but Kenya’s tropical paradise hides a dark secret. We have been on a harrowing journey – from nightclubs where European…
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'Kenyan police are a law unto themselves'
A scathing report today from the man tasked by the UN to investigate extra-judicial killings by the Kenyan police. “Kenyan police are a law unto themselves and they kill often and with impunity,” said Philip Alston, the UN rapporteur. How refreshing to find a UN official who talks straight. I hate to indulge in national…
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Kelvin Kiptum: Men’s marathon world record holder dies in car crash
Kelvin Kiptum was the long-distance running champion who smashed the marathon world record last October.
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Cameroon launches world-first mass malaria vaccine programme
Cameroon has become the first country in the world to start routine vaccinations against malaria.
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‘Apology has to be made’, says Reparations Committee Chair
It’s not just in Kenya where questions around formal apologies and reparations are being asked, it’s a debate happening throughout the Commonwealth. We spoke to Asif Ahmed, the former British High Commissioner to Jamaica and the Bahamas, and Carla Astaphan Chair of St Kitts & Nevis Reparations Committee, who also sits on the Caricom Reparations…
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Inside Dadaab: life in one of the world’s largest refugee camps
What happens to all those forced to abandon their homes and seek safety in the first safe country they get to?
