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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 ...
Drivers: Kenyan traffic laws increase bribe size
Traffic bribes are a way of life for many Kenyan drivers. One dollar here, $5 there. But the drivers of the rowdy minibuses known as matatus say that ...
Ousted Madagascar president says he won't run
The former president of Madagascar says he will not run for any position in the island country's next election, but he says he wants to return home.
Clooney: Village burnings in Sudan a war crime
Actor George Clooney and a group of U.S. genocide scholars in the United States are warning that war crimes are taking place in an obscure conflict ...
Poachers kill 4 rhinos in 1 Kenyan wildlife park
Officials at a wildlife park in Kenya say they found four dead rhinoceros shot by poachers in a two-day span. The Lewa Wildlife Conservancy said ...
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.
2 Kenyans charged at ICC form political alliance
Two prominent Kenyans facing crimes against humanity charges at the International Criminal court have formed a political alliance to run for the ...
Kenya village pairs AIDS orphans with grandparents
There are no middle-aged people in Nyumbani. They all died years ago, before this village of hope in Kenya began. Only the young and old live here.
Sudan: Group says images show burned villages
A U.S. based advocacy group says that satellite images show 13 villages were intentionally burned in Sudan. The Satellite Sentinel Project said Friday ...
Somali Islamist militants slam soldier abuse video
A video that appears to show Kenyan troops beating militant suspects has opened the force to criticism from al-Qaeda-linked militants who are known ...
New blow for Rice: Moderate senator voices concern
A moderate Republican senator, vital to any White House hopes of getting U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice confirmed as secretary of state, said Wednesday ...
4 Ugandan bombing suspects claim FBI abused them
Four terror suspects charged with killing 76 people watching the 2010 World Cup soccer final on TV in Uganda claimed they were physically abused ...
Aid group raises concern on South Sudan violence
An international aid group says the increasing level of violence in South Sudan's Jonglei state is causing a humanitarian emergency. Medecins Sans ...
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 ...
Kenya: 12 police killed in ambush in remote region
A Kenyan official says 12 police officers were killed when they were ambushed while pursuing men who had stolen cattle. Police spokesman Eric Kiraithe ...
Clinton says US to increase anti-poaching efforts
Alarmed that rebel militias could be profiting from a sharp increase in the poaching of elephants and rhinos, the U.S. plans to step up efforts to ...
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 ...