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Kenya Strip search man seeks more in compensation
Thika, Kenya: The High Court has awarded him Sh200,000 for having been publicly stripped and humiliated by the police, but he is now appealing against the 'pitiable' ...
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Kenya Kenya pledges stronger ties with West
Kenya has had to review its foreign policy due to globalisation, responding to increased competition among states for export, foreign direct investment (FDI), appropriate technologies and development aid. "This development is therefore not at the expense of our cherished relations with the traditional partners. This was to make it more relevant and dynamic in the new world through ...
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Kenya Kenya drops 12 places in peace ranking
Kenya took position 34 in the Sub-Saharan African ranking. Top-Ten Positions Countries ranked in the top ten positions in the region were identified as Mauritius, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, Lesotho, Tanzania, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Mozambique and Djibouti while the bottom ten positions were taken by Chad, South Sudan, Burundi, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Cote d'Ivoire, Central African ...
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Kenya Governor closes former councils bank accounts
The county administration in Kwale has announced the closure of all bank accounts operated by the defunct council whose assets and liabilities it ...
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Kenya Why this State building is a nightmare for many
To get there, he had to take the stairs. But on the third floor, a visibly tired Kajembe had to get back to the ground floor of the 15-storey building, choosing to forego a session of East Africa Community MPs' forum. For Government employees and wananchi seeking services, climbing up the stairs is a daily struggle they have to endure. "I have been struggling to go up the stairs since ...
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Kenya Over 100 displaced by flash floods
Tens of farmers in Othaya constituency, Nyeri County have protested over trespass and destruction of property in their land allegedly by Tana Water Services ...
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Kenya Deforestation threatens rare bird
The bird, which is only found at Arabuko-Sokoke forest, had been on the radar of conservationist for several years. They had attempted to locate its breeding ground in ...
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Kenya State rules out talks with Chinedu
She was speaking yesterday during a breakfast meeting in Nairobi with European Union heads. Mohammed dispelled the notion that Kenya is moving away from its traditional partners in ...
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Group Exclude Chad troops from UN force in Mali
UNITED NATIONS -; A network of human rights groups on Wednesday criticized plans to include Chadian troops in a new U.N. peacekeeping force for Mali while Chad's military remains on a U.N. `list of shame' for child recruitment. But U.N. officials made clear they had no intention of excluding a country whose soldiers are considered among the best African desert ...
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Advocacy groups urge new US envoy to push Congo governance
KINSHASA (Reuters) - More than a dozen advocacy groups urged the first U.S. special representative to Africa's war-torn Great Lakes region on Wednesday to push for democracy and good governance in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The United States named Russ Feingold on Tuesday in an effort to promote peace in a region long afflicted by violence, not least in eastern Congo, where mineral ...
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Cricket-England ease into final as South Africa choke again
(Adds quotes) * England to meet India or Sri Lanka in final * South Africa bowled out for 175 By Mark Meadows LONDON, June 19 (Reuters) - Hosts England sauntered into the Champions Trophy final after South Africa 'choked' in yet another semi-final when they were bowled out for 175 in fairly benign conditions at The Oval on Wednesday. South Africa were favourites heading into ...
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Africa will pay for interim military force
Parliament, Cape Town - Africa will not rely on funds from former colonial powers to support the establishment of an interim rapid reaction force to respond to coups on the continent, President Jacob Zuma said on ...
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The Nile belongs to Ethiopia too | Maaza Mengiste
A boat on the Nile in Cairo. 'The language emerging from the two nations evokes epic poetry; the clash of gods in the guise of men.' Photograph: Amr Abdallah ...
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In South Sudan Ending Child Marriage Will Require a Comprehensive Approach
As South Sudan marks the Day of the African Child on Jun. 16 with the rest of the continent, it should take immediate and long-term steps to protect girls from this harmful practice and ensure the fulfillment of their human ...
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African mercenaries in Libya Fact or racism
Protesters in Libya insist that "African mercenaries," mostly from Niger and Chad, are used against them. Other sources deny this, fearing a possible racist origin of the ...
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Ghaddafi row in The Gambia
Gambian Dictator Yahya Jammeh has issued a surprise call for his old ally Moammar Ghaddafi to stop betraying his people and step down immediately. A shocked opposition thinks Mr Jammeh is desperate to avoid riots in The ...
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Major gas discovery off Mozambique
A US oil company has announced "a string of major deepwater natural gas discoveries off the coast of Mozambique." The discoveries believed to be are large enough to secure commercial ...
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Large budget aid programme for Tunisia
The World Bank reveals it is working on a US$ 500 million programme in budgetary support "to provide a boost" for Tunisia's transitional ...
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Huge Uganda election funding questioned
A 3 February press statement by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) stated that a team from the Fund would visit Uganda in June 2011 to examine an economy that has experienced skyrocketing prices and hard currency shortage in a dash for Mr Museveni to win elections. Several government and donor sources suggest President Museveni and his ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party may have ...
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Niger Chad receive 75000 refugees from Libya
The governments of the poor Sahelian states of Niger and Chad are struggling to accommodate a total of 75,000 refugees crossing the Sahara desert from ...
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Mauritius budget to secure nations wealth
Presenting the 2011 budget, Mauritius' Finance Minister Pravind Jugnauth today announced the downgrading of ties with Europe and the set-up of a US$ 500 million Sovereign Wealth ...
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Tanzania cultural sector to get major boost
A well-funded "major programme" to support the cultural sector is close to be approved. The programme would fund Tanzanian entrepreneurs in the cultural field and help conserving national ...
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Police easily cracks down Cameroon protests
Cameroon's nation-wide anti-government protests started modestly today, with calls for President Paul Biya to step down. But protesters in Douala and ...
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Libya rebels shoot down fighter jets
Sources in Benghazi insist that three pro-Ghaddafi fighter jets were shot down today. In an attempt to bomb the city, the jets had to fly low and were ...
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Cameroon plans Egypt-like protests
Opposition groups, trade unions and Diaspora groups are preparing "Egypt-like" protests in Cameroon tomorrow, 23 February, to call for President Paul Biya to step down. The US Embassy warns of possible ...
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Kenya leading the world on credit access
Kenya has been hailed by the World Bank as a world leader in financial innovation, revamping its financial services sector in such a way that access for the poor to micro-loans is made easier, providing the means to independence and future prosperity.
Proponents of micro-loans argue that they are a significant means of lifting the poor out of poverty and providing them with the means by which to develop financial independence. When one considers that Kenya has a population in which around 56% of people live below the poverty line, the government’s efforts to increase access to credit and financial services for the poor becomes poignant. Read more
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