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A government-appointed panel this week unveiled a draft constitution that is part of wide-ranging efforts to avoid a repeat of political violence that saw more than 1,000 people killed after Kenya's December 2007 presidential elections.
A global network of aid agencies says world powers consider climate change the most significant challenge to humanitarian work.
More than 24,000 infants die daily from preventable diseases in developing countries because governments have failed to spend more on health care, an international aid group said Monday.
The United States will attend an annual meeting of the International Criminal Court, a body it has so far refused to participate in, the U.S. envoy for war crimes said Monday.
The recruits assembled by moonlight at a watering hole. Hundreds of boys and young Kenyan men were herded onto trucks, which were covered with heavy canvas, and driven through the night.
Joram Abiero remembers it was not too long ago that his neighbors went to bed hungry.
The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor said Thursday that Kenya's postelection violence that killed more than 1,000 people was a crime against humanity and pledged to initiate proceedings that could result in top officials facing trial.
Kenya's attorney general said Wednesday he is seeking legal advice about whether he can sue the U.S. government for revoking his travel visa.
The world's fastest man adopted the animal kingdom's fastest sprinter Monday, as Usain Bolt welcomed a new baby cheetah named Lightning Bolt into his life.
When 64-year-old Jimale Irobe was a young man, he guided his herds of cows and camels through knee-high grass.
One of Kenya's most prominent white aristocrats was released from prison Friday after more than three years in jail for killing a black poacher on his vast family estate.
A Kenyan court has released the leader of a gang notorious for beheading its victims after prosecutors dropped 28 murder charges against him.
Six people died and 14 were still missing after a three-story building collapsed on the outskirts of the country's capital, a police official said Tuesday, as experts warned that irresponsible contractors were to blame.
More than 200 of Ole Saloli's cows have died, ruining his children's inheritance and his safety net for old age. Now he wanders miles seeking pasture for the surviving animals, his bare feet as cracked and dry as the Kenyan earth he sleeps upon.
The Kenya Meteorological Society says rains have ended the country's long drought but aid officials warn that millions of hungry people still need food aid.
The Islamist insurgency in Somalia may attack targets in neighboring Kenya, an Islamist official said Sunday.
President Barack Obama's Kenyan step-grandmother on Saturday advised this year's Nobel Peace Prize winner to be of good character and continue to work for peace.
Former U.N. chief Kofi Annan, who mediated an end to Kenya's postelection violence, said Wednesday that the country should form a local tribunal to try the suspected perpetrators.
Kenya's anti-corruption chief resigned Wednesday following weeks of public protest and a parliamentary vote against his reappointment.
Authorities in Ethiopia and Kenya have seized more than 2,600 pounds (1,200 kilograms) of bloodstained ivory from about 100 illegally killed elephants at airports, the head of Kenya's Wildlife Service said Wednesday.
The United States will impose travel bans on Kenyan ministers and other prominent people blocking government reforms aimed at preventing political violence, the American ambassador to Kenya said Thursday.
Kenyan government trucks took 1,500 slum residents to new homes Wednesday as part of a United Nations-backed plan to eliminate the shantytowns that house more than half the capital's population.
Most of the 32 victims of this week's gunbattles in northern Kenya were buried in a mass grave Wednesday as the country's scorching drought exacerbates tensions over land and water.
A magistrate in Kenya has sentenced an American who founded a popular chain of coffee shops to 15 years' imprisonment for the statutory rape of three teenage Kenyan girls.
A drought in Kenya has gotten so bad that it is felling even the giants of the animal kingdom — the country's famed elephants which are dying as rivers dry up and grasslands shrivel in parched game reserves.
Yet More Mind-Bending Racism From the Right-Wing MediaThis time it's Washington Times editor Wesley Pruden. And it's pretty shocking.
Kenyans recruited to fight in SomaliaDADAAB, Kenya - The recruits assembled by moonlight at a watering hole. Hundreds of boys and young Kenyan men were herded onto trucks, which were covered with heavy canvas, and driven through the night.
Pirates hijack tanker off Somali coast Pirates off Somalia's coast have hijacked a chemical tanker with a North Korean crew, European naval forces reported.
Spanish and Somali Governments Work Against the Clock to Free Ship's 36 Crew-members Held by PiratesSpanish ambassador in Kenya, Nicolás Martín Sinto, and Somalia Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke held an urgent meeting in Nairobi on Sunday, November 8, to find a way out of the tense situation over the hijacked Spanish boat, Alakrana.
Kenyan printers seized in SomaliaSuspected Islamist gunmen have kidnapped two Kenyans working for a printing firm in Somalia's capital.
Study: Man-eating lions consumed 35 people in 1898 The nightly attacks by two man-eating lions terrified railway workers and brought construction to a halt in one of east Africa's most notorious onslaughts more than a hundred years ago. But the death toll, scientists now say, wasn't as high as previously thought.
Hot Air: An anniversary to forget, and to remember: Carter's Iranian Hostage Cave-inThirty years ago today, American prestige and credibility hit its nadir when we allowed Iran to sack our embassy in Tehran and hold dozens of Americans hostage for 444 days.
Is Obama Impeachable?Article II, Section 4 of the United States Constitution tells us that "The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors." In t …
Alert over new malaria trendMalaria-causing mosquitoes in Kenya circumventing bednets by feeding before people go to bed
Earliest evidence of humans thriving on the savannahHumans were living and thriving on open grassland in Africa as early as 2 million years ago, making stone tools and using them to butcher zebra and other animals.
Charlestown snap up stylish KenyanDHARMENDRA Mepani has represented Kenya at international level but elected to turn his back on cricket to look for a better life and education in Australia.
allAfrica.com: Nigeria: Clintonian Branding (Page 1 of 1)"Little wonder then why Kenyan-born Barack Obama, America's first Black President, converted his major speech at his recent Ghana trip to a scathing upbraiding of Nigeria's irresponsible leadership!" - stated further down in the article
I read a rumor today online about the Honolulu advertiser scrubbing news articles to back up Obama's claims that he was born in Hawaii instead of Kenya/Indonesia, South Pole, etc here.
The Standard | Online Edition :: Say what may, Obama is Kogelo�s son ruling the greatest nation on earth"If the Americans cannot agree on something as fundamental as health care for all, something that even a poor nation like Kenya strives to provide for its citizens, can these "most wasteful of human beings" accept a change in lifestyle, even for their own good?"
Obama- Natural Born CitizenThis is a blog article I stumbled across and wanted to post it to the Vine and see what kind of response Viners had about this subject. The writer brings up many supporting points to legitimize the claims.
Flashback: Sunday, June 27, 2004 Kenyan-born Obama all set for US SenateFrom the Archives: Kenyan-born Obama all set for US Senate
Obama birthplace lawyer fined for legal misconductA Georgia federal judge today fined Mission Viejo lawyer Orly Taitz $20,000 for legal misconduct in her claims that Barack Obama was born in Kenya and so should be removed as president.
Spain Arraigns Somalis Suspected of PiracyMADRID — Two Somali men were arraigned on kidnapping charges in a Spanish court on Tuesday in a case that underscores the legal ambiguity of trying people suspected of piracy in international waters.
China tightens grip on Africa with $4.4bn lifeline for Guinea juntaWhile the rest of the world recoiled in horror at recent events in Guinea, where at least 150 pro-democracy supporters were killed and dozens of women publicly raped by government soldiers, China has sensed an opportunity to steal another march on Western competitors in Africa.
Africa crisis warning Some months ago I wrote this blog post expressing concern that Africa may not be doing enough in preparation for the world's changing climate.
Great Obama VideoThis video of past Obama-McCain presidential race is now history, but we must never forget our history because what we decided yesterday in America is why we're involved in the socialist vs. democratic decisions of today and tomorrow.
Kenya Clans 'Rearm for 2012 Poll'Rival ethnic groups in Kenya who fought after the 2007 election are rearming in readiness for violence at the 2012 poll, a BBC investigation has found. Editor's note: How long before the Right Wing Nut Jobs try to blame this on President Obama?
Elephants, Other Iconic Animals Dying in Kenya DroughtMore than sixty African elephants and hundreds of other animals have died so far in Kenya amid the worst drought to hit the country in over a decade.
Ordered from Australia to face mutilationGRACE GICHUHI sobs quietly as she considers her future. ''They use a knife. Just a knife, no medicine,'' she says. ''They circumcise you and maybe you die or you survive.''
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