Miners to return to work after pay rise ends five weeks of bitter industrial action during which 45 people were killed
Kenyan rubbish dump offers little money for much misery
Campaigners want to close a dump in Nairobi that spreads disease, but thousands of scavengers rely on it for survival
Kenyan troops close in on al-Shabaab’s Somali stronghold
African Union forces set to take rebel-held port of Kismayo, according to military, as rights groups fear civilian death toll
Nigerian police kill Boko Haram spokesman
Abu Qaqa, one of few publicly known members of Islamist group, shot after trying to flee military checkpoint, sources say
Egyptian soldier killed and seven injured in Sinai attacks
Security forces had been carrying out raids arresting suspected militants linked to killing of 16 border guards
Former Cabinet Minister Arthur Magugu dies at his Nairobi home
Former Cabinet Minister Arthur Magugu died at his Nairobi home today minutes before noon, he has been ailing for sometime. Family sources told this reporter that the late minister suffered a stroke and went into a coma for a long time and had sought medical attention at various places. Hon Magugu represented Githunguri constituency of […]
Deadly clashes in Kenya fuel fears of election violence
Death of at least 116 people in coastal region raises suspicions of political motives and Somali involvement as elections near
Nairobi on high alert after Police recovered a cache of weapons
BY: Isaack Nyakundi Two Alshabaab terror suspects have been arrested in Nairobi; the police seized a cache of deadly weapons believed to have been amassed for multiple attacks in Nairobi churches. The two were arrested after a successful police operation in Eastleigh estate. The recovered weapons included six suicide bombs, 12 hand grenades, four […]
Cancer strikes again: PS David Nalo dies at Nairobi
BY: Isaack Nyakundi The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of East Africa Community David Nalo is dead. The PS died Thursday morning (2 am) at Nairobi Hospital after battling with cancer of Lymphoma, he had been admitted at the ICU for over a week. Lymphoma is a cancer of the lymphocytes, a type of cell […]
How anti-Islamic movie sparked lethal assault on US consulate in Libya
Previously obscure film made last year provided pretext for violence that left US ambassador and three others dead BY:Julian Borger for the guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 12 September 2012 20.00 BST The attack on the US consulate in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi came after midnight in a blaze of gunfire and grenade explosions, taking the […]