http://www.mail.com/locations/48330-nairobi.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/48330-nairobi.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2096022-kenya-police-kill-terror-couple.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Police shot dead a couple suspected to be terrorists after they threw four grenades, wounding five officers in an overnight stand-off, a police official said Sunday. Following a tip, investigators raided the apartment where the couple was staying in the Githurai Kimbo area on the outskirts of Nairobi Saturday evening and ordered them... Sun, 19 May 2013 12:20:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2096022-kenya-police-kill-terror-couple.html 2013-05-19T12:20:56Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2084404-kenyan-protesters-release-pigs-parliament-pay.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Nearly three dozen piglets were released and animal blood spilled Tuesday at an entrance to Kenya's parliament as civil society activists protested what they called parliament's greedy salary demands. Police fired tear gas and water cannons and swung their batons to disperse the protesters, who gathered in what was dubbed the "Occupy... Tue, 14 May 2013 16:31:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2084404-kenyan-protesters-release-pigs-parliament-pay.html 2013-05-14T16:31:01Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2070888-kenya-co-turns-sandals-colorful-objects.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The colorful handmade giraffes, elephants and warthogs made in a Nairobi workshop were once only dirty pieces of rubber cruising the Indian Ocean's currents. Kenya's Ocean Sole sandal recycling company is cleaning the East African country's beaches of used, washed-up flip-flops and other sandals. About 45 workers in Nairobi make 100 ... Wed, 08 May 2013 15:35:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2070888-kenya-co-turns-sandals-colorful-objects.html 2013-05-08T15:35:24Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2050854-correction-somalia-famine-deaths-story.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — In a story April 29 about a report estimating the number of Somalis who died in the country's 2011 famine, The Associated Press erroneously reported that about half of the 260,000 victims were age 5 and under. Instead, half of the victims were under the age of 5. A corrected version of the story is below: APNewsBreak: Report: 260,000... Mon, 06 May 2013 17:19:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2050854-correction-somalia-famine-deaths-story.html 2013-05-06T17:19:44Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2065940-kenyan-court-sentences-2-iranians-to-life-jail.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A Kenyan court on Monday sentenced two Iranian nationals convicted of plotting attacks against Western targets to life in prison. Ahmad Abolfathi Mohammad and Sayed Mansour Mousavi were arrested in June 2012 and led officials to a 15-kilogram (33-pound) stash of the explosive RDX. Officials in Kenya say the two suspects may have been... Mon, 06 May 2013 13:47:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2065940-kenyan-court-sentences-2-iranians-to-life-jail.html 2013-05-06T13:47:34Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2058116-kenya-court-2-iranians-guilty-terror-plot.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Two Iranian nationals, whom officials accused of planning to attack Western targets inside Kenya, were found guilty Thursday by a Kenyan court of terror-related charges. Officials in Kenya say the two suspects may have been planning attacks on Israeli, American, British or Saudi Arabian interests in Kenya. Magistrate Kaire Waweru Kia... Thu, 02 May 2013 13:18:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2058116-kenya-court-2-iranians-guilty-terror-plot.html 2013-05-02T13:18:08Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2048424-ethiopia-flies-dreamliner-grounding.html KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A Boeing 787 operated by Ethiopian Airlines flew from Ethiopia to Kenya's capital Saturday, the first commercial flight since air safety authorities grounded the Dreamliners after incidents with smoldering batteries on two different planes in January. The Boeing 787 passenger jet arrived in Nairobi on Saturday afternoon after a two-... Sat, 27 Apr 2013 16:42:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2048424-ethiopia-flies-dreamliner-grounding.html 2013-04-27T16:42:27Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2028330-kenyan-parliament-fights-to-retain-lavish-pay.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Even before they begin their latest session in earnest, newly elected Kenyan parliamentarians are demanding a pay increase, and legislator Mithika Linturi petitioned parliament on Thursday to impeach members of a government commission that reduced their salaries. Kenya adopted a new constitution in 2010 which removed the parliamentar... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:23:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2028330-kenyan-parliament-fights-to-retain-lavish-pay.html 2013-04-18T18:23:18Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2022792-kenya-supreme-court-election-was-perfect.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya's Supreme Court on Tuesday said the execution of the nation's March presidential election wasn't perfect but that petitions to overturn the result did not prove President Uhuru Kenyatta was illegally elected. The court had announced its unanimous ruling upholding Kenyatta's election in late March but on Tuesday released its 113... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:45:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2022792-kenya-supreme-court-election-was-perfect.html 2013-04-16T14:45:26Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1993056-kenya-president-trial-hague.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya's powerbrokers and voters carried out a mostly violence-free election five years after tribal clashes ripped apart the country. The next big scheduled event is another potential flashpoint: the trials of the new president and deputy president. President-elect Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President-elect William Ruto both face tria... Tue, 02 Apr 2013 17:08:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1993056-kenya-president-trial-hague.html 2013-04-02T17:08:30Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1989148-uneasy-calm-kenya-court-ruling-vote.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan police deployed forces Sunday in the capital and the lakeside city of Kisumu to contain the continuing threat of violence after five people were killed in riots Saturday, officials said, but the country remained mostly peaceful after a court upheld Uhuru Kenyatta's election as president. Rowdy youths in Nairobi's slums were st... Sun, 31 Mar 2013 15:36:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1989148-uneasy-calm-kenya-court-ruling-vote.html 2013-03-31T15:36:14Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1988244-kenyan-supreme-court-upholds-election-result.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya's Supreme Court on Saturday upheld the election of Uhuru Kenyatta as the country's next president and the loser accepted that verdict, ending an election season that riveted the nation with fears of a repeat of the 2007-08 postelection violence. Jubilant Kenyatta supporters flooded the streets of downtown Nairobi, honking horns... Sat, 30 Mar 2013 19:38:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1988244-kenyan-supreme-court-upholds-election-result.html 2013-03-30T19:38:19Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1988242-tension-kenya-ahead-courts-decision-vote.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Lawyers and observers have started gathering inside the courtroom in the Kenyan capital where six Supreme Court judges are expected to deliver a judgment in the petition challenging the results of the March 4 election which declared Uhuru Kenyatta as Kenya's next president. Armed police patrolled the area surrounding the court in Nai... Sat, 30 Mar 2013 14:07:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1988242-tension-kenya-ahead-courts-decision-vote.html 2013-03-30T14:07:31Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1986738-anxiety-ahead-supreme-court-judgment-kenya.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya is on edge awaiting the Supreme Court decision Saturday on whether it will uphold or invalidate the election of Uhuru Kenyatta as president, a potential flashpoint for unrest. Kenyatta won by a hair in the March 4 election, with 50.07 percent of the vote, breaking the 50 percent mark by about 8,000 votes out of 12.3 million cas... Fri, 29 Mar 2013 18:37:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1986738-anxiety-ahead-supreme-court-judgment-kenya.html 2013-03-29T18:37:23Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1986492-tanzania-police-2-dead-building-collapse.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A Tanzanian police official says two people have died after a building under construction collapsed in the country's largest city and economic center. Suleiman Kova, the police commander in charge of Dar es Salaam, said Friday 17 people have been pulled out of the debris, with three seriously injured. Kova says the building was in th... Fri, 29 Mar 2013 12:02:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1986492-tanzania-police-2-dead-building-collapse.html 2013-03-29T12:02:08Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1979324-chimps-gorillas-apes-lost-to-trade.html BANGKOK (AP) — The multibillion-dollar trade in illegal wildlife — clandestine trafficking that has driven iconic creatures like the tiger to near-extinction — is also threatening the survival of great apes, a new U.N. report says. Endangered chimpanzees, orangutans, gorillas and bonobos are disappearing from the wild in frightening numbers, as private ow... Tue, 26 Mar 2013 06:58:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1979324-chimps-gorillas-apes-lost-to-trade.html 2013-03-26T06:58:19Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1977928-kenya-court-partial-recount-presidential-vote.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya's Supreme Court on Monday ordered a recount of votes in some constituencies in the country's March 4 presidential election. The court heard arguments from civil society groups and the legal team of Prime Minister Raila Odinga over what they charge were failures by the election commission to conduct a free and fair election. ... Mon, 25 Mar 2013 17:17:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1977928-kenya-court-partial-recount-presidential-vote.html 2013-03-25T17:17:07Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1959228-tear-gas-kenya-prime-minister-files-suit.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Police in Kenya lobbed tear gas Saturday on crowds supporting the prime minister as he filed a petition asking the Supreme Court to void the presidential election, a vote the prime minister says was neither free nor fair. Prime Minister Raila Odinga's court filing comes a week after Kenya's election commission declared Uhuru Kenyatta... Sat, 16 Mar 2013 16:46:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1959228-tear-gas-kenya-prime-minister-files-suit.html 2013-03-16T16:46:48Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1948526-election-dispute-big-test-kenyas-top-judge.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Confidence was so low in Kenya's courts after its 2007 election that people preferred to settle their disputes with machetes and bows and arrows. After this year's disputed presidential vote, there has been no violence, in part because of the faith the country has in its highest-ranking judge. Chief Justice Willy Mutunga will soon pr... Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:55:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1948526-election-dispute-big-test-kenyas-top-judge.html 2013-03-12T15:55:55Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1946108-international-court-case-aided-kenyan-candidate.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The charges Uhuru Kenyatta faces at the International Criminal Court would have crippled a U.S. or European politician. Instead, the accusations that he orchestrated murder and rape in Kenya's 2007-08 postelection chaos, along with a cold shoulder from the West, may have helped propel Kenyatta to Kenya's presidency. Kenyatta on Satur... Mon, 11 Mar 2013 17:12:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1946108-international-court-case-aided-kenyan-candidate.html 2013-03-11T17:12:06Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1944338-kenyan-church-moves-painful-election-history.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The Rev. Joshua Kimuyu pointed where his church floor is broken and black, a scar from an attack five years old. More than 200 young men armed with crude weapons stormed the Africa Inland Church in Nairobi's sprawling Kibera slum and set a generator on fire. The explosion tore through the roof, creating one of the most visible scenes... Sun, 10 Mar 2013 15:02:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1944338-kenyan-church-moves-painful-election-history.html 2013-03-10T15:02:06Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1942696-kenya-vote-winner-5007-pct-loser-challenges.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Uhuru Kenyatta, the son of Kenya's founding father, was named the winner of the country's presidential election on Saturday with 50.07 percent of the vote, but his opponent refused to concede, alleging multiple failures in the election's integrity that he said has put Kenyan democracy on trial. Supporters of Kenyatta — a man accused ... Sat, 09 Mar 2013 23:52:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1942696-kenya-vote-winner-5007-pct-loser-challenges.html 2013-03-09T23:52:50Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1939928-kenya-final-vote-total-kenyatta-5003-pct.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya's election commission posted complete results early Saturday showing that Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta prevailed in the country's presidential elections by the slimmest of margins, winning 50.03 percent of the vote. That result is likely to bring controversy in Kenya and an almost certain legal challenge from Prime Mini... Sat, 09 Mar 2013 04:48:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1939928-kenya-final-vote-total-kenyatta-5003-pct.html 2013-03-09T04:48:40Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1935068-kenya-manual-tally-capital.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya's election commission accepted responsibility on Wednesday for the failure of an electronic vote counting system that has left the country in an electoral limbo, while a leading presidential candidate accused Britain's high commissioner of meddling in the crucial election. The election commission said that the final results of ... Wed, 06 Mar 2013 17:52:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1935068-kenya-manual-tally-capital.html 2013-03-06T17:52:26Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1931922-kenya-runoff-ballot-decision.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A slow ballot count in Kenya's presidential vote raised questions Tuesday about the election process, but it was a decision involving hundreds of thousands of rejected ballots that made it appear likely the election will be decided in a runoff. Nearly 330,000 ballots — the number keeps rising — have been rejected for not following el... Tue, 05 Mar 2013 23:26:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1931922-kenya-runoff-ballot-decision.html 2013-03-05T23:26:06Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1929316-long-wait-kenya-vote-19-dead-mombasa.html MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — Kenya's presidential election drew millions of eager voters who endured long lines to cast ballots Monday, but the vote was marred by violence that left 19 people dead, including four policemen hacked to death by machete-wielding separatists. Officials urged voters not to be intimidated by the violence amid fears the impending electi... Mon, 04 Mar 2013 20:14:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1929316-long-wait-kenya-vote-19-dead-mombasa.html 2013-03-04T20:14:25Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1928020-violent-start-kenyan-election-police-killed.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Five years after more than 1,000 people were killed in election-related violence, Kenyans on Monday began casting votes in a nationwide election seen as the country's most important — and complicated — in its 50-year history. Police issued alerts late Sunday of impending attacks, and the violence began even before the voting. Police ... Mon, 04 Mar 2013 03:07:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1928020-violent-start-kenyan-election-police-killed.html 2013-03-04T03:07:33Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1926728-contentious-quotes-upend-kenya-presidential-vote.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya's top two presidential candidates held their final rallies before large and raucous crowds Saturday, a day of political attacks and denials following published comments attributed to the prime minister that election violence could be worse than in 2007-08. Monday's vote is the first nationwide election since Kenya's December 20... Sat, 02 Mar 2013 21:21:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1926728-contentious-quotes-upend-kenya-presidential-vote.html 2013-03-02T21:21:18Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1922492-factors-complicating-kenyas-election.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya's presidential election on Monday is the most important and complicated in the country's 50-year history. More than 1,000 people were killed after Kenya's 2007 vote, and political leaders, civil society groups and international governments are pressing Kenyans for no violence this time. Despite the push for peace, there are man... Thu, 28 Feb 2013 18:53:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1922492-factors-complicating-kenyas-election.html 2013-02-28T18:53:28Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1921594-kenya-prepares-watershed-elections.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The toll of more than 1,000 dead after Kenya's last election makes Monday's presidential vote the most important in the country's 50-year history. A slate of new races and a presidential candidate who faces charges at an international court also make it Kenya's most complicated. Voters on Monday will cast ballots in a host of regiona... Thu, 28 Feb 2013 18:03:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1921594-kenya-prepares-watershed-elections.html 2013-02-28T18:03:48Z