Clinton arrives in Kenya at start of seven-nation Africa tourNAIROBI, Kenya — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is bringing a message of tough love to Kenya: you are a key American friend in east Africa, but you must rein in graft and follow through on political reform. US strongly criticizes Kenya hours before Hillary Rodham Clinton’s visitNAIROBI, Kenya — The U.S. strongly criticized Kenya on Tuesday just hours before U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s arrived, saying the country should form an independent tribunal following last year’s post-election violence. Official: Somali pirates receive ransom to release German vesselNAIROBI, Kenya — A European Union naval spokesman says Somali pirates have received a ransom to release a German vessel they have been holding for more than three months. Pirates set to release German ship after ransom paidNAIROBI - Somali pirates are preparing to release a German ship held off the Somali coast for four months after receiving a multi-million-dollar ransom, a maritime official said Monday. Toll in Nigerian clashes now put at over 600NAIROBI/ABUJA - The death toll in recent bloody clashes in the town of Maiduguri and other northern Nigerian districts was stated by police and military sources Sunday to have been more than 600, well above earlier estimates of between 300 and 400. Nigerian police kill Islamist leader, face criticism (Lead, Changing dateline)NAIROBI/ABUJA - Nigerian police Friday hailed the killing of the leader of an Islamist sect as a victory over extremism, but human rights workers called for an investigation into his death. Kenyan leader says the government will evict thousands of people from nation’s largest forestNAIROBI, Kenya — The Kenyan government will evict thousands of people from the country’s largest forest to protect the watershed for Lake Victoria, a source of the Nile, the prime minister said Friday. President: Kenya to use judiciary to try election violence suspectsNAIROBI, Kenya — President Mwai Kibaki said Thursday that his government will use the judiciary to try the suspected perpetrators of violence last year that left 1,000 people dead, a move expected to draw heavy criticism because of the courts’ lack of credibility. Nigerian Islamists flee army onslaught: ReportNAIROBI/ABUJA - Nigerian Islamists have fled an army onslaught after four days of fighting that killed over 200 people, media reports said Thursday. Nigerian police lay siege to Islamist baseNAIROBI/ABUJA - Nigerian security forces Wednesday laid siege to the compound of an Islamist leader whose followers have been battling police for four days. At least 40 killed in Nigeria clashesNAIROBI/ABUJA - At least 40 people have died in clashes between an Islamist sect and police in northern Nigeria, reports said Sunday. EU anti-piracy force to move some planes south to counter spread of Somali piratesNAIROBI, Kenya — The European Union’s anti-piracy force will move some surveillance aircraft further south from the Gulf of Aden to help counter the spread of Somali pirates into Indian Ocean waters, the force’s operation commander said. Police: buses collide in southwestern Kenya, killing 22NAROK, Kenya — A bus driver swerved at a sharp corner and collided with another bus in southwest Kenya, killing at least 22 people and injuring dozens, police said Wednesday. 22 killed in Kenya road accidentNAIROBI - At least 22 people were killed and several others seriously injured when two buses in which they were travelling collided head on near Masai Mara National Park in southwest Kenya, the police and eyewitnesses said Wednesday. Police: taxi minivans collide in southwestern Kenya, killing 21NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya’s top traffic police officer says two minivans have collided in southwestern Kenya, killing 21 people. Somali insurgent group to try French hostages; official says gunmen kidnap 3 other foreignersNAIROBI, Kenya — Two French security advisers being held hostage in Somalia will soon be tried under Islamic law for alleged spying and “conspiracy against Islam,” a senior member of a rebel group holding the men said Saturday. Security official says gunmen kidnapped 3 foreign aid workers in Kenya, took them to SomaliaNAIROBI, Kenya — Gunmen have seized three foreign aid workers in northern Kenya and taken them across the border into Somalia, a security official said Saturday. Security official says gunmen kidnapped 3 foreign aide workers in Kenya, took them to SomaliaNAIROBI, Kenya — Gunmen have seized three foreign aid workers in northern Kenya and taken them across the border into Somalia, a security official said Saturday. Security concerns prompt airlines flying to Kenya to hire guards; new Delta route groundedNAIROBI, Kenya — Many airlines flying into Jomo Kenyatta International Airport have hired private security firms to guard passengers, cargo and aircraft rather than rely on the Kenya Airports Authority or local police for protection. Kenya seizes shipment of ivory, rhino horn heading to Asia on cargo planeNAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya seized more than 300 kilograms (660 pounds) of illegal ivory and black rhinoceros horn — some of it still bloody — on a cargo plane headed to Asia on Tuesday, wildlife officials said. 2 French security advisers kidnapped by gunmen at hotel in Somalia’s capitalNAIROBI, Kenya — Two French security advisers on a mission to train Somali forces were kidnapped Tuesday at a hotel where they had checked in as journalists, officials and witnesses said. Two foreign journalists kidnapped in SomaliaNAIROBI/MOGADISHU - Two foreign journalists were kidnapped by armed men in the Somalian capital Mogadishu Tuesday, witnesses said. 2 French men kidnapped from a hotel in Somalia; were on mission to train Somali forcesNAIROBI, Kenya — Gunmen stormed into a hotel in the Somali capital on Tuesday and kidnapped two French security advisers on a mission to train Somali forces, officials said. Hotel manager say 2 foreigners kidnapped from a hotel in SomaliaNAIROBI, Kenya — Gunmen stormed into a hotel in the Somali capital on Tuesday morning and kidnapped two French men who were working for the military, officials said. Obama arrives in Ghana for talks and visit to slave fortNAIROBI/ACCRA - US President Barack Obama arrived in Ghana early Saturday, on his first visit to the African continent since taking office as America’s first black president. Somali pirates seize Turkish ship in Gulf of Aden; Turkish warship races to areaNAIROBI, Kenya — Somali pirates seized a Turkish ship with 23 crew on Wednesday and are being shadowed by a Turkish warship in the Gulf of Aden, a shipping official and NATO spokesman said. Yemen: 8 bodies in Tanzania may be from plane crashNAIROBI, Kenya — Eight bodies that have washed ashore in Tanzania may be from a plane that plunged into the Indian Ocean with 153 people onboard, Yemeni authorities said Tuesday. Only one 12-year-old girl survived the crash. Black boxes in Comoros plane crash too deep for divers, French official saysNAIROBI, Kenya — Investigators have concluded that the black boxes from a plane that plunged into the Indian Ocean with 153 people onboard are too deep to be reached by divers, a French official said Tuesday. French divers, aviation investigators in the Comoros search for crashed planeNAIROBI, Kenya — A Comoran official says little debris and no bodies from the crashed Yemenia Airways plane have been found, but predicts that will change once the exact location of the plane’s black boxes are pinpointed. UN: Over 200,000 Somalis have fled fighting in Mogadishu since MayMOGADISHU, Somalia — Much of Somalia’s capital has become a ghost town as more than 200,000 residents have fled intensified clashes between Islamist insurgents and government troops, the U.N. and a medical charity said Tuesday. |
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