…es. Raila Odinga challenged the result, but said he would respect the Kenyan Supreme Court’s ruling in Uhuru Kenyatta’s favor. The election was Kenya’s first after a disputed poll in 2007, which led to violence that left more than 1,200 people dead. Uhuru Kenyatta is due to appear at the ICC for his trial in The Hague later this year, accused of crimes against humanity. He denies…
…in 18 miles (30km) of the Kenya-Somalia border, reminding travellers that there had been earlier attacks in Kenya carried out by Somali militia. Two nuns from Western Europe were kidnapped in November 2008 and three aid workers were abducted in July 2009. Accordind to Police Commissioner Mathew Iteere said the couple had come from a trip to the Masai Mara reserve and were the resort’s only g…
d off the area and pushed people back from the area. Fuel leaks and oil tanker accidents in Africa often draw huge crowds scrambling to scoop fuel, resulting in many deaths due to accidental fires. In 2009, 122 people were killed after a fire erupted while they were drawing fuel from an overturned tanker in western Kenya….
The wreckage of two Ugandan helicopters that went missing on Sunday has been found in a remote area of Kenya, a Kenyan army spokesman has said. The fate of those on board – believed to be 14 people – is unknown, Colonel Cyrus Oguna said. Both aircraft were part of a contingent being sent to reinforce the African Union (AU) force in Somalia. A third helicopter on the same mission made…
…t those killed were either hacked to death or burned alive when their huts were set alight. The attack is believed to have escalated from a dispute over grazing rights for cattle. The victims included 31 women, 11 children and six men, Joseph Kitur said. It is unclear whether any of the perpetrators have been arrested. Joseph Kitur said that, according to investigations, the attack had been carrie…
…ver Kenya’s role in the UN-backed intervention force. A mob later rounded on Somalis living near the church with sticks and stones in a suspected revenge attack. Police chief Moses Nyakwama said 13 people had been injured in the revenge attack, in the suburb of Eastleigh. Reports suggested a number of those hurt at the church were injured in a stampede after the attack. A police spokesman, C…
…rnment said at the time of the kidnap that it believed the al-Shabab Islamist group, which has since merged with al-Qaeda, was behind the murder and kidnap. The group denied the allegation. In October 2011, Kenya sent troops into its neighbor in pursuit of the militants and in support of the weak interim Somali government, which controls only the capital, Mogadishu, and a few other areas. Rachel C…
…g and alcohol problems, will struggle to communicate with her kidnappers because she relies on battery-operated hearing aids. According to a friend of the couple, Judith Tebbutt is deaf, having around 30-40% hearing, and wears double hearing aid. Monday night a local man was reportedly being held by police in Lamu, 30 miles from the murder scene, in connection with the kidnapping. It is presumed t…
…e armed kidnappers to Tebbutts lodge. The handyman has claimed he did so only under duress after being held up at gunpoint himself. Kenyan police have also arrested a second suspect, Isa Sheikh Saadi, 37. The Al Shabaab Islamist group fighting to overthrow the Somalian government has claimed that it seized Judith Tebbutt and murdered David Tebbutt. The claim is impossible to verify because the gro…
…safety zone from the Somali border recommended by the Foreign Office. A statement posted on the FCO travel advice website said: “We continue to advise against all but essential travel to within 30 kilometres of Kenya’s border with Somalia. There have been previous attacks by Somali militia into Kenya. Three aid workers were kidnapped in July 2009, and two western nuns in November 2008.̶…
information, which could be used as more ammunition against the incumbent, comes months before what will likely be a close campaign between Barack Obama and likely Republican nominee Mitt Romney. The 36-page promotional booklet was exclusively obtained by Breitbart, and was sent out to colleagues within the publishing industry in the early 1990s. A later biography, which can still be found on Act…
Ethnic clashes in Moyale area, southern Ethiopia, are reported to have left at least 18 people dead and 12 others injured. More than 20,000 people have crossed into Kenya to escape the fighting, the Kenyan Red Cross says. People were continuing to cross the border although Ethiopian government forces had intervened to stop the fighting. The clashes, in the Moyale area, are thought to have been sp…
At least 39 people have been killed in Kenya in fresh clashes between rival communities in the Tana River district, police say. The attack by ethnic Pokomo farmers on an Orma village, Kipao, came in the early hours of the morning, they say. Thirteen children and six women were among those killed. Police say the latest attack was revenge for the killing of more than 100 villagers earlier this year…
…Official results said Uhuru Kenyatta beat Raila Odinga by 50.07% to 43.28%, avoiding a run-off by just 8,100 votes. There is tight security at the Supreme Court. Violence after a disputed election in 2007 left more than 1,200 people dead. The presidential, legislative and municipal elections held on March 4 were the first since the 2007 poll. Uhuru Kenyatta and his running mate, William Ruto, are…
…t the scene says debris of the burnt-out police helicopter were strewn in the brush. George Saitoti had been a key figure in Kenyan politics, holding a number of senior ministerial posts over the last 30 years. The professor of mathematics joined Daniel Arap Moi’s government as a finance minister in 1983, going on to become his vice-president in 1988. He briefly stepped down as education min…
…eption that there was a linear evolution from monkey to ape to modern human. The research has been published in the journal Nature. Anthropologists have discovered three human fossils that are between 1.78 and 1.95 million years old. The specimens are of a face and two jawbones with teeth. Researchers have discovered that fossils from Northern Kenya show that a new species of human lived two mill…
…mo Marconi more than a 100 years ago, who opened the world’s first telegraph in the same city. GPS (global positioning system) uses signals coming from satellites spinning around the Earth, some 20,000 km (12,427 miles) away. By the time these signals reach the surface of our planet, they are extremely weak and unable to be picked up by receivers, for instance, inside buildings. They may als…
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Kenya has announced discovery of oil for the first time in the country after exploratory drilling by Anglo-Irish firm Tullow Oil. President Mwai Kibaki said the discovery was made in the country’s north-western Turkana region. Mwai Kibaki said it was “the first time Kenya has made such a discovery” and called it a “major breakthrough”. Kenya is a regional business an…
…d largest port is a significant source of revenue for whoever controls it and al-Shabab also used the port to bring in weapons. AU troops pushed al-Shabab from the Somali capital, Mogadishu, in August 2011. Along with other pro-government forces they have gone on to take control of most of the major towns previously in the hands of the militants. But the al-Qaeda-linked group’s fighters are…
…chnology blog TechCrunch said it confirmed the change by speaking with three separate manufacturers, although Apple has not commented on the plan. Current iPhones, and all previous models, have used a 30-pin connector for power and to plug in accessories. However, reports claim the next iPhone will use a smaller 19-pin version, rendering all current accessories useless. Leaked pictures claiming to…
…silicon. The result was a series of neatly aligned nanotube devices, already wired up within the pattern, at a density of a billion per square centimetre. “That’s one nanotube every 150 or 200 (billionths of a metre) or so,” explained Dr. James Hannon. “That’s not good enough to make a microprocessor yet – it’s a factor of 10 away. “But it’s a…
…because they allow her “to transform my interests in physics, chemistry, and biology into solutions for current health problems.” She won the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF) 2011 Grand Award and the ISEF 2010 Grand Award (both for medicine and health science), and a trip to attend the Taiwan International Science Fair awarded by the National Taiwan Science Education Cent…
…ged. But today’s announcement that the Duchess of Cambridge is expecting the couple’s first child – third in line to the throne – has come after the deal was agreed. In October 2011, David Cameron announced that the 16 Commonwealth countries where the Queen is head of state had agreed to give female royals the same rights of succession as their brothers. “Put simply, if the…
Churchill will feature on the new design of the £5 banknote which will enter circulation in 2016 The design includes a portrait of Winston Churchill, adapted from a photograph taken by Yousuf Karsh on 30 December 1941. The former prime minister is the only politician from the modern era to feature on a banknote. The artwork will also include: Winston Churchill’s declaration: “I have n…
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev: Nurses who looked after Boston bombing suspect could not stop themselves caring for himThe nurses who treated Dzhokhar Tsarnaev have told how they could not stop themselves from soothing him with the words: “I am really sorry, hon.” Medical staff said that…
Ariel Castro prison activityAriel Castro, who is accused of imprisoning three women in his Cleveland home for a decade, spends most of his time in jail resting or asleep, with breaks for pacing, showers…
Richard DeCoatsworth: Former police officer once hailed as hero arrested in Port Richmond Richard DeCoatsworth, a former Philadelphia police officer once hailed as a hero and given a seat next to First Lady Michelle Obama at a speech by President Barack Obama, has…
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Ariel Castro's three dogs found in better health than his victimsTwo dogs found by police at Ariel Castro's home and another one in his car could have served as pets for his three captives and were apparently in better condition than the…
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