Tag: Kenya
UN says 34 migrants drown off Djibouti after boat capsizes
NAIROBI, Kenya — The International Organization for Migration says 34 migrants have died after their boat capsized off the Horn of Africa nation of...
Pentagon chief orders review of deadly 2020 attack in Kenya
BERLIN — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Monday ordered an Army review of an investigation into a January 2020 militant assault on the Manda...
Kenya court suspends gov’t move to close 2 refugee camps
NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya's high court on Thursday suspended the government move to shut down two camps that hold hundreds of thousands of refugees...
Poor rains bring optimism African locust outbreak will fade
BARAKA, Kenya — In a convoy of pickup trucks fitted with spray guns, soldiers zoom through Baraka' s hills leaving a trail of dust...
Tanzania’s new president changes policy on COVID-19, media
NAIROBI, Kenya — Tanzania's new president appears to be taking a new, scientific approach to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Trash scavengers who help keep cities clean plea for vaccine
NEW DELHI — The scavengers wait patiently for a dump truck to tip the trash on the summit of the landfill outside New Delhi....
Tanzania: 45 people died stampede to see ex-president’s body
NAIROBI, Kenya — Tanzanian police have said 45 people died in a stampede last week during a public viewing of the body of the...
African Cup qualifier canceled over disputed COVID-19 tests
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Benin refused to play a decisive African Cup of Nations qualifying game in Sierra Leone on Tuesday after disputing...
Obama family matriarch has died in a Kenyan hospital at 99
NAIROBI, Kenya — Sarah Obama, the matriarch of former U.S. President Barack Obama's Kenyan family has died, relatives and officials confirmed Monday but did...
Kenya tightens restrictions amid a spike of COVID-19 deaths
NAIROBI, Kenya — With Kenya's COVID-19 cases and deaths surging, President Uhuru Kenyatta has announced tightened restrictions in five of the most affected counties.
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