Tag Archives: Kenya

London, United Kingdom | AFP | A lawyer for Britain’s government argued Wednesday it was too late to claim damages for 40,000 Kenyans who say they were tortured and abused by colonial officials during a state of emergency in the 1950s. The case being heard at London’s High Court pitches …

ATC News by Wolfgang H. Thome Tourism arrivals for Kenya, since November last year, have been rising again after several years of constant downturn. The Kenya Tourism Board is targeting an annual arrival number of over 1.5 million visitors for 2016 – over 400.000 more than in 2015, and early …

Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Kenyan police used tear gas and water cannon on Monday to disperse opposition supporters demanding a change of leadership at the electoral commission ahead of a vote due next year. Local media reported at least one killed in Kisumu in the west of the country, …

ANALYSIS Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Kenya’s plan to close the world’s largest refugee camp could be a bid to trigger more international aid as well as a “cynical” political move ahead of presidential elections, according to analysts and NGOs. The sprawling Dadaab camp, located on the Kenya-Somalia border, hosts …

  Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Kenyan police fired tear gas and beat opposition demonstrators with truncheons Monday to stop them storming the offices of the electoral commission to demand its dissolution. Hundreds of protesters were prevented from reaching the offices of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). Some …

Montreal, Canada | AFP | Kenya’s participation at the Olympic games was thrown into question on Thursday after the World Anti-Doping Agency declared the country’s drug-testing regime to be in breach of strict international standards. In a ruling announced during a WADA meeting in Montreal, officials said recent efforts by …

SHOCKING Images Of Jacob Juma’s Bullet Riddled Mercedes Benz Emerge – https://t.co/HlT0xzdPpo via @MpashoNews pic.twitter.com/Y1e8EWLIUA — The Star, Kenya (@TheStarKenya) May 6, 2016 Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Kenya’s opposition on Friday called for an government statement and inquiry into the murder of a well-known businessman and government critic. Jacob …

Super news! Three more people have been rescued alive from the Huruma building collapse. One male and two female. pic.twitter.com/8P93E2dqvw — Kenya Red Cross (@KenyaRedCross) May 5, 2016 Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Four people were pulled alive Thursday from the rubble of an apartment block that collapsed six days …

OPINION: Last week on Saturday, the President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta participated in setting to fire 11 pyres and finished ivory goods representing more than 6,000 dead elephants. But will this action really save the elephants which are facing extinction? Many think it’s a gamble and evidence is there to …

  Live pictures from the scene. #HurumaTragedy KRCS with partners trying their level best to assist. pic.twitter.com/UmDVoxTVaZ — Kenya Red Cross (@KenyaRedCross) April 30, 2016 Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | The death toll in the collapse of a six-storey building in Nairobi rose to 21 on Monday after four more …