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Police in Kenya fire teargas at protest over alleged abductions

admin | December 30, 2024

By Reuters Police in Kenya’s capital Nairobi fired teargas to try to disperse protesters demonstrating on Monday against what they say is a wave of unexplained abductions of government critics as well as detaining some of those taking part. Dozens of Kenyans have been abducted in recent months, according to […]

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Kenya’s police mission to Haiti put on hold – Official

admin | March 13, 2024

By AFP Kenya has decided to put on hold plans to send police to violence-wracked Haiti under a UN-backed multinational mission, a top official said Tuesday. The move came after Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry agreed to step aside as armed gangs have taken over much of the Caribbean nation. […]

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At least three dead, over 270 injured in huge fire in Kenyan capital

admin | February 2, 2024

By AFP At least three people were killed and more than 270 injured in a massive fire when a truck laden with gas exploded in the Kenyan capital, police said Friday. Firefighters managed to bring the blaze under control by around 9:00 am (0600 GMT), more than nine hours after […]

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Uganda, Kenya set to build SGR

admin | February 1, 2024

By Andrew Bagala Kenya is to start the construction of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) line from Naivasha to Kisumu, and then to the Ugandan border this year. Prof Peter Anyang’Nyongo’o, the governor of Kisumu City in Kenya, described the commencement of the extension of the SGR to Kisumu and […]

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Kenya: Woman hacked to death

Kevin Githuku | January 16, 2024

The Director of Criminal Investigations in Kenya is investigating a case of a 25-year-old woman who was brutally murdered in a rental apartment in Roysambu, Thika Road, in Nairobi county by an unknown assailant on Sunday morning. A police report confirmed the incident, noting that the prime suspect, a middle-aged […]