Twelve people were killed in an attack in Mandera in northeast Kenya on Tuesday by suspected Islamist militants from the Somalia’s al Shabaab group, Kenyan media quoted police as saying, the latest strike in an area by the militants. Privately-owned television stations Citizen and NTV said 12 people were killed in the attack on a […]
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Kenya’s world javelin champion and Olympic medallist Julius Yego said he was “lucky to be alive” after a car crash. The 27-year-old athlete was driving to his Eldoret home when his brand-new four-wheel SUV collided with a trailer lorry on the busy Nairobi-Eldoret highway on Sunday night. He was detained in hospital overnight from where […]
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Kenya plans to close all of its refugee camps in a move that would displace more than 600,000 people. According to BI, The country’s government said it was shutting down the camps because of “very heavy” economic, security, and environmental issues. Those due to close include Dadaab, the largest refugee camp in the world, home […]
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(Reuters) – Rescue workers pulled a six-month-old baby girl out of the rubble of a building in Kenya’s capital on Tuesday and reunited her with her father, more than three days after it collapsed following days of heavy rain. At least 23 people have so far been confirmed dead after the six-storey residential block in […]
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In 2 hours 16 minutes 21 seconds, Athlete 341 – Abraham Kiptom of Kenya crossed the finish line. Presentation of $50, 000 to the 1st Prize Winner of the Lagos City Marathon, Abraham Kiptom from Kenya on 6/2/2016 pic.twitter.com/Ap2zYgoxWJ — Akinwunmi Ambode (@AkinwunmiAmbode) February 6, 2016 The 1st 3 Nigerians to complete the #AccessLagosCityMarathon are […]
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PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has said he is yet to be convinced that Nigerians will benefit from an official devaluation of the Nigeria Naira. He spoke on Wednesday at an interactive meeting with Nigerians living in Nairobi, Kenya. President Buhari, in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, maintained that […]
Read More PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari leave Abuja today on a three-day state visit to Kenya. A statement issued by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Frmi Adesina, said Buhari on arrival in Kenya will join his host, President Uhuru Kenyatta and other dignitaries at a memorial service for Kenyan soldiers killed by More>>> PhotoCredit: The Nation
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PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari leave Abuja today on a three-day state visit to Kenya. A statement issued by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Frmi Adesina, said Buhari on arrival in Kenya will join his host, President Uhuru Kenyatta and other dignitaries at a memorial service for Kenyan soldiers killed by Al-Shabaab militants in Somalia […]
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