Kenya has stepped-up security on the road that connects northeast Lamu County to the rest of Kenya after al-Shabab terrorists in January killed three people on a bus.
Moi ruled Kenya as a dictator for 24 years but also ushered in multi-party democracy and the modern presidency
Former Kenyan President Daniel Arap Moi has died at the age of 95. Moi led Kenya for 24 years, the nation's longest-serving president, crushing dissent and arresting and torturing those who opposed his rule. But Moi is also credited with a peaceful leadership transition after his party was voted out of power in 2002. Mohammed Yusuf reports from Nairobi.
In a joint press conference Friday, the FAO and the East African regional body IGAD said locusts feeding on crops could leave millions of people without food
More than 3,000 people reported police abuse in 2019
They were arrested at the Whiskey River Club in Nairobi
One year ago, the al-Shabab militant group attacked a hotel and office complex in Nairobi, killing 21 people
The Somali jihadist group is blamed for at least 23 deaths in attacks in northeast Kenya since November, including a brazen attack that killed 3 American troops
Somalia Journalists Syndicate says security agencies stopped journalists 15 times in accessing government offices and areas; politicians, security officers, government workers often interfere with work of reporters
Attack follows Sunday assault on a military base in Lamu, Kenya, that left three US personnel dead and several aircraft destroyed
Witnesses say people are moving out of villages near the Manda Bay airfield, for fear of further attacks or getting caught in clashes between security forces and al-Shabab fighters hiding in the nearby Boni forest
Al-Shabab militants raid military base used by US and Kenyan forces
In Kenya, the opuntia cactus, also known as the prickly pear, is spreading, destroying thousands of acres of grassland, and making animals that eat it sick. Kenyans have come up with a variety of methods to try to eradicate the problem plant, including breeding a microorganism that feeds on the cactus and also turning it into food for humans. Mohammed Yusuf reports from Ilpolei, Kenya.
Kipsigis and Talai communities accuse British of collective punishment by forcefully evicting them off their land, which was turned into profitable tea farms
As Kenya marks the anniversary of the end of British colonial rule more than five decades ago (Dec 12, 1963), two communities in the Great Rift Valley want the United Nations to investigate a colonial-era land grab. The Kipsigis and Talai communities accuse the British of collective punishment by forcefully evicting them off their land, which was turned into profitable tea farms.
As Kenya marks the anniversary of the end of British colonial rule more than five decades ago (Dec 12, 1963), two communities in the Great Rift Valley want the United Nations to investigate a colonial-era land grab. The Kipsigis and Talai communities accuse the British of collective punishment by forcefully evicting them off their land, which was turned into profitable tea farms. c reports from Kericho, Kenya.
President Uhuru Kenyatta's statement comes at a time Kenya's forces are facing hostility in parts of Somalia for their support of the Jubaland administration
Somalia has the fourth largest number of displaced people in the world
A report recommends retaining Kenya's presidential system while empowering the president to appoint a prime minister
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