Kenya
Kenya to reopen Mogadishu embassy 'as soon as possible'
Ties between the countries were severed on December 15 after Kenya hosted the leadership of Somaliland, a breakaway state not recognised by the central...
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Kenya appeals ruling against constitutional changes
In a formal appeal filed in court on Wednesday, solicitor general Kennedy Ogeto said the five-panel bench had "erred" in determining that the president did not have the legal authority to spearhead such amendments.
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Martha Koome becomes Kenya's first woman chief justice
She inherits a Supreme Court that in September 2017 annulled the presidential election results in a historic ruling under her predecessor David Maraga that strained its relationship with the executive.
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IMF to disburse $410 million in aid to Kenya
The payment must first be approved by the Board of Governors, which is set to meet in the coming weeks, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in a statement.
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Kenya leader's constitutional reform bid illegal, says court
The reform plan, known as the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI), would notably dilute the current winner-take-all electoral system blamed by Kenyatta for repeated post-electoral conflicts in the country.
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Fearing India-like COVID collapse, Kenya scrambles for oxygen
In April Kenya registered a record 571 deaths, and the health ministry warned hospitals were overrun with fewer than 300 patients in the Intensive Care Unit and fewer than 2,000 hospitalised countrywide.
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Kenya suspends flights from Somalia
The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) said commercial flights to and from Somalia would be paused for three months, without giving a reason.
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Climate to ravage Kenya's tea production
Tea is the world's most consumed drink after water and disruption in supply from the east African nation is predicted to have a global impact.
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Indian COVID variant detected in Kenya: health ministry
The case was detected among samples taken from Indian travellers who were working in Kisumu, a city in western Kenya.
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Kenya suspends flights from India over COVID fears
India recorded 360,000 new infections -- a global record -- and more than 3,000 deaths on Wednesday.
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Kenya imposes Nairobi lockdown, shuts schools, to contain COVID-19
Kenya is gripped by a deadly third wave of the pandemic but nearly three-quarters of all cases have been recorded in the capital Nairobi and the nearby counties of Kajiado, Kiambu, Machakos and Nakuru.
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Kenya orders closure of camps housing over 400,000 refugees
The interior ministry instructed the UN refugee agency to develop a plan within 14 days for shuttering the decades-old settlements of Kakuma, in Kenya's remote northwest, and Dadaab in its far east near the border of Somalia.
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Kenyan veteran opposition leader Odinga out of hospital
Odinga, 76, a mainstay of Kenyan politics since the 1980s, checked into hospital last week with fatigue and his doctor said he had tested positive for coronavirus.
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Kenyan veteran opposition leader Odinga out of hospital
Odinga, 76, a mainstay of Kenyan politics since the 1980s, checked into hospital last week with fatigue and his doctor said he had tested positive for coronavirus.
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Africa virus fight boosted as jabs reach Nigeria, Angola
Kenya received its first shipment of just over 1 million Covax-funded AstraZeneca/Oxford shots early on Wednesday.
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Kenya's locust hunters on tireless quest to halt ancient pest
On the ground, having warmed to just the right temperature, the thick cloud of locusts fills the air with a rustling akin to light rainfall.
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Kenya reopens schools after 10-month virus closure
Mask-wearing students had their temperatures checked before entering school to repeat their lost academic year, in what was both a relief and a concern to their parents.
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Kenya extends COVID-19 curfew as numbers rise
The tally of new infections, which had fallen in September rebounded in October, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said.
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Kenyan lawyer in ICC bribery case surrenders to Dutch
Paul Gicheru 'surrendered to the authorities of The Netherlands pursuant to an arrest warrant' issued by The Hague-based ICC, the court said in a statement.
