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President Kenyatta signs controversial anti-terror bill amid criticism

AfricaSapa-AFP | 2014-12-19 18:26:00

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday signed into law a controversial anti-terror bill that sparked brawls in parliament and charges that it...

Kenyan unions warn civil servants to leave amid 'danger' of attacks

AfricaPeter Martell | 2014-11-25 13:17:00

Thousands of Kenyan civil servants were urged on Tuesday to leave troubled regions hit by a wave of insurgent attacks, as protesters in the capital...

Governor arrested over Kenyan massacres

AfricaAFP | 2014-06-26 09:14:00

Kenyan police have arrested the governor of the coastal Lamu district in connection with three recent massacres in which over 60 people were...

Kenyatta blames 'local political networks' for Kenya attacks

AfricaAthman Omar, Zoe Flood | 2014-06-18 10:14:00

The president of Kenya has insisted that political agitators, not Islamist extremists, were responsible for two attacks on the coast in successive...

New violence erupts in Kenya's north-east

AfricaSapa-AFP | 2012-11-20 15:05:00

Several other people were also hospitalised, some of them after being beaten with clubs by security forces in a crackdown following the killing of...

Somalia: African Union secures strategic port

AfricaNastasya Tay | 2012-10-05 00:00:00

The Somali flag is flying high in Kismayo and the African Union has distributed photographs of smiling men in camouflage patrolling the streets who...

Hillary Clinton kicks off African tour with swipe at China

WorldDavid Smith | 2012-08-02 07:42:01

Although the US secretary of state did not mention any country by name, her remarks will be widely interpreted as a swipe at China, which eclipsed...

Somalia's al-Shebab execute CIA, MI6 'spies'

AfricaSapa-AFP | 2012-07-23 15:47:47

Two of the men were accused of having attached a satellite tracker device to a car used by al-Qaeda operatives in January, which was later struck by...

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