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Africa
4/25/2023 10:03:23 AM
Kenyan investigators on Tuesday exhumed 10 more bodies from mass graves linked to a starvation cult, bringing the total number of victims to 83, an AFP journalist at the scene said, as fears grow of the toll spiking even further.
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Sports
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Omni sports
4/23/2023 2:46:39 PM
Kenya's Kelvin Kiptum won the men's London Marathon on Sunday in the second-fastest time in history while Sifan Hassan staged a remarkable rally to win the women's event in the Olympic track champion's first race over the distance.
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World
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Region
4/19/2023 9:35:06 PM
Kenya’s president, who is among mediators tasked with brokering peace in Sudan, on Wednesday called for an end to the fighting in the country, warning it could destabilize the region.
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Sports
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Omni sports
4/17/2023 7:48:00 PM
Evans Chebet and Hellen Obiri stormed to victory in the men's and women's races at the Boston Marathon on Monday to complete a third straight Kenyan double in the 127th edition of the long distance-running showpiece.
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World
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Region
4/16/2023 10:49:47 PM
The leaders of Intergovernmental Authority on Development in Eastern Africa (IGAD), decided to send presidents of Kenya, South Sudan and Djibouti to broker a ceasefire in Sudan, as the regional organization has called for an immediate cessation of hostilities between the warring parties in Sudan.
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World
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Africa
4/14/2023 5:07:34 PM
Kenya's President William Ruto announced on Friday that he would slash the price of a key food staple as anger over skyrocketing inflation fuels protests in the East African nation.
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World
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Africa
4/13/2023 2:11:28 PM
A Ugandan military court has sentenced dozens of Kenyan pastoralists to 20 years in prison after they pleaded guilty to illegal possession of firearms, an official said Thursday.
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Business
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Markets & Companies
4/9/2023 10:29:34 PM
Egypt’s Commercial International Bank (CIB) has opened its first branch in Nairobi, Kenya on Sunday, following its successful acquisition of Kenyan “Mayfair” Bank in January.
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World
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Africa
4/6/2023 11:48:41 AM
Ugash Adan Abdulahi shook a jerry can. Inside rattled a few grains of sorghum -- the only food to last his family another 10 days in Kenya's overwhelmed Dadaab refugee camp.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
4/6/2023 12:35:47 AM
Egypt will host the 12th round of the World Urban Forum (WUF) in November 2024, according to Egyptian Ambassador to Kenya and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Human Settlements Program (UN Habitat) Wael Nasr El-Din Attia.
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World
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Africa
4/2/2023 7:51:07 PM
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga on Sunday called off demonstrations planned for Monday and said his party would sit down for dialogue with the government after two weeks of protests.
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World
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Africa
3/30/2023 1:34:28 PM
Sporadic violence broke out in Kenya on Thursday, the third day of opposition demonstrations to protest at the government and the high cost of living.
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World
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Africa
3/28/2023 2:01:05 PM
The African Union on Tuesday led appeals for calm and political dialogue after anti-government protests in Kenya turned violent, with police firing tear gas and looters going on a rampage.
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World
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Africa
3/27/2023 3:10:03 PM
Kenyan police fired tear gas and water cannon at protesters and opposition leader Raila Odinga's convoy on Monday as he pressed ahead with an anti-government rally despite a ban.
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World
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Africa
3/26/2023 2:02:57 PM
Kenya's police chief announced Sunday a ban on fresh opposition demonstrations called for Monday, after protests last week degenerated into riots.
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World
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Africa
3/23/2023 11:22:45 AM
Hempstone Monari's taxi business was just getting going when the wheels fell off his financial future and a Kenyan bank auctioned off his car over the non-payment of a $9,900 loan.
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World
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Africa
3/20/2023 10:37:52 AM
Kenyan riot police fired tear gas Monday to disperse demonstrators gathered in Nairobi for a day of action called by the opposition to protest the country's punishing cost of living crisis, AFP correspondents said.
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World
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Africa
3/13/2023 9:53:45 PM
Countries in the Horn of Africa have been hit by a multiyear drought. Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Uganda are expected to continue getting below-normal rainfall in 2023. Excluding Uganda, 36.4 million people are affected and 21.7 million are in need of food assistance.
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World
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Africa
2/26/2023 5:57:04 PM
US First Lady Jill Biden on Sunday visited drought-affected communities in Kenya and appealed for wealthy nations to give more as the Horn of Africa suffers its driest conditions in decades.
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World
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Africa
2/21/2023 6:29:12 PM
US First Lady Jill Biden will visit Namibia and Kenya this week, senior administration officials said Tuesday, as the White House seeks an economic partnership with Africa contrasting Chinese investment and food shortages caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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