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Somali rebels: Up to $8K to kill Kenyan forces
An intelligence message intercepted from an al-Qaida-linked Somali militant group shows that the rebels are being offered up to $8,000 as a reward for ...
Ethiopian Air says Kenya Air merger not practical
A merger proposal made last month by the chief executive of Kenya Airways was considered but is not practical, a senior Ethiopian Airlines official ...
Piracy group: Make sure Somali pirates aren't paid
A U.K.-led Piracy Ransom Task Force says the shipping industry must adopt additional measures to ensure that payments aren't made to pirates after a ...
AP IMPACT: China overtaking US as global trader
Shin Cheol-soo no longer sees his future in the United States. The South Korean businessman supplied components to American automakers for a decade.
South Sudan: Sudan aerial bombardment kills 7
Sudan carried out aerial bombardments on the northern part of South Sudan in the last three days, killing seven people and wounding others, a South ...
Report: Impunity endangers Somalia's journalists
Somalia's journalists are urging their new government and the international community to help end the impunity they say is contributing to making ...
Rwanda-Congo deja vu?
History is repeating itself yet again in eastern Congo. Rebels supported by Rwanda are on the march. Civilians are fleeing. And higher powers appear ...
More violence in Kenya as Somali tensions rise
More than a dozen people have been shot, one woman has died and hundreds of shops were burned to the ground in this eastern Kenyan town amid rising ...
Riot in Kenya after bus bombing kills 9 in capital
Kenyan police fired bullets and tear gas in downtown Nairobi on Monday in an effort to stop rioters from fighting with ethnic Somalis one day after ...
Explosion on bus in Kenya capital kills at least 5
An explosion on a bus in Kenya's capital killed at least five people and wounded 29 on Sunday, a police official and the Red Cross said.
US military behind Africa news websites
The website's headlines trumpet al-Shabab's imminent demise and describe an American jihadist fretting over insurgent infighting. At first glance it ...
Granny Obama, Kenya celebrate White House win
Waving her walking cane and smiling broadly, the step-grandmother of Barack Obama celebrated Wednesday as this tiny Western Kenyan village danced and ...
Obama's Kenyan half-brother predicts election win
United States President Barack Obama's Kenyan half-brother says the leader's African family is optimistic that he will win Tuesday's election.
Kenya Red Cross: 10 wounded in grenade attack
The Kenya Red Cross says at least 10 people were wounded in a grenade attack on a church service at a police camp in northern Kenya. According to the ...
Kenya bull fight: Obama trounces Romney
If the U.S. presidential election were to be determined by a bull fight in Kenya then President Barack Obama would defeat Mitt Romney. On Saturday ...
Secessionists call for independence of Kenya coast
A series of violent attacks on the Kenyan coast blamed on a separatist movement called the Mombasa Republican Council highlights a growing feeling on ...
As peace expands in Somalia, gov't wants weapons
Should Somalia's fledgling government be allowed to import weapons to arm its nascent military? With areas under government control increasing and the ...
Kenyan official: 2,700 Ugandans dead in Somalia
The number of African Union troops killed while battling Somali militants has always been a tightly held secret, but a top Kenyan official says more ...
German aid for refugee clinics may be in jeopardy
A restructuring of German aid policies could jeopardize medical assistance for tens of thousands of Somali refugees in a camp in Kenya, diplomats ...
Kenya's Wilson Chebet wins Amsterdam Marathon
Wilson Chebet of Kenya defended his title at the Amsterdam Marathon on Sunday, setting a course record in the process. Chebet broke away from the ...
Group: Hunger 'critical' in violent area of Sudan
More than 80 percent of people living in a conflict zone in Sudan's southern region are eating only one meal a day, compared with 10 percent one year ...
3 suspects die in grenade blast during Kenya raid
Police say three terror suspects in Kenya's largest coastal city have been killed after a raid turned violent. Aggrey Adoli, the top police official ...
No African leader qualifies for $5m award, again
It's the biggest cash prize available to former leaders of African countries, and no one was worthy this year — again. The Mo Ibrahim Foundation ...
UK court rules Kenyan torture victims can sue
The High Court ruled Friday that three elderly Kenyans tortured during a rebellion against British colonial rule can proceed with compensation claims ...
Kenya: Doctors strike over poor health care
Doctors in Kenya's public hospitals on Wednesday spent their 17th day on strike to protest the dilapidated state of public health care.