Kenya police: Suspected militants kill 5 people
An official says gunmen suspected to belong to Somalia's al-Qaida-linked rebels have shot dead five people and seriously wounded three others at a ...
Kenya: Coffins set on fire to protest outgoing MPs
Hundreds of demonstrators angered at the conduct of outgoing Kenyan legislators doused 221 coffins with gasoline and set them on fire Wednesday, ...
638 illegal elephant tusks found at Kenyan port
Custom officials seized 638 pieces of illegal elephant ivory estimated to be worth $1.2 million at Kenya's main port, evidence of what wildlife ...
Rights group: Eritrea forced workers to build mine
The Eritrean government used forced labor to construct a gold mine it jointly owns with a Canadian company worth billions of dollars, an international ...
Kenya president rejects lavish pay for legislators
Kenya's President has vetoed legislation in which members of parliament gave themselves a hefty send-off package in a late-evening vote on the last ...
Red Cross: 200 dead from violence in Kenya's south
The Kenya Red Cross says at least 200 people have been killed in violence in Kenya's southeast since August in fighting that could be related to ...
Kenya: 10 people die in retaliatory tribal attack
One day after suffering a deadly attack, a Kenyan community retaliated with their own tribal assault on Thursday, killing 10 people and furthering a ...
Kenya legislators vote themselves lavish pay
Legislators in Kenya have voted themselves a hefty pay package in a late-evening vote on the last day of session before national elections. The bill, ...
From Ethiopia to Chile: Day 1 of a 7-year walk
On the eve of an unimaginably long walk — one that starts in Africa, winds through the Middle East, across Asia, hops over to Alaska, goes down the ...
Kenya: Tribal clash kills 7; police blame politics
Police in Kenya say seven people have been killed in tribal violence. The Wednesday deaths came near the Tana River in eastern Kenya after more than ...
Kenya: Man in police uniform was not a cop
Joshua Waiganjo wore the full uniform of an assistant commissioner of police. To the public he appeared like he was carrying out the duties that come ...
Rwanda gets new UN seat, but world standing falls
Rwanda has been hailed for years as a beacon of peace and economic growth in its post-genocide period, and on Jan. 1 it took a prestigious seat on the ...
Poachers kill 11 elephants in Kenyan wildlife park
The Kenya Wildlife Service says its rangers are pursuing a poaching gang believed to have killed 11 elephants for their ivory tusks. KWS said Monday ...
South Sudan arrests 2 state TV journalists
A journalists group says two reporters working for state TV in South Sudan have been arrested without charge. The Committee to Protect Journalists ...
Ugandan court dismisses case against pro-gay play
A Ugandan court has dismissed a case against a British national arrested for staging a pro-gay play. Frank Mugisha, a gay rights activists, said ...
MSF: More refugees to worsen state of Kenya camp
The health of thousands of Somali refugees will be threatened if they are moved from the country's urban areas into a camp near the Kenyan-Somali ...
Kenya hospital imprisons new mothers with no money
The director of the Pumwani Maternity Hospital, located in a hardscrabble neighborhood of downtown Nairobi, freely acknowledges what he's accused of: ...
South Sudan accuses Sudan of air attack, killing 5
South Sudan says Sudan has launched attacks inside its territory, killing at least five people. Military spokesman Col. Philip Aguer said Thursday ...
Puntland troops rescue hostages on hijacked ship
In a siege that lasted nearly two weeks, forces of Somalia's semiautonomous Puntland region raided a hijacked ship Sunday and safely rescued 22 ...
Obama condemns deadly violence in Kenya
President Barack Obama is condemning violence in Kenya that left at least 39 people dead in renewed fighting between farming and herding communities ...
Kenya Red Cross: 39 people killed in clashes
At least 39 people were killed when farmers raided a village of herders in southeastern Kenya early Friday in renewed fighting between two communities ...
55 people drowned or missing off Somali coast
The U.N. refugee agency says 55 people have drowned or are missing after an overcrowded boat capsized off the Somali coast. UNHCR said the incident ...
Somali militants publicly rebuke American member
Militants in Somalia are publicly rebuking their best known American fighter. Al-Shabab posted a statement Monday scolding Omar Shafik Hammami, ...
After attacks, Kenya restricts refugee freedoms
After enduring months of grenade and other explosive device attacks, Kenya announced new, more stringent controls aimed primarily at Somali refugees ...
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 ...
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