There were 9.1 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the Central and Eastern Africa region as of December 2008.

The world-famous Dutch floral and houseplant auctions realized 4-billion Euros in 2008 - an increase of 0,25 percent. In the current economic climate, people spend more money on prettying up their houses with bright blooms and plants, and less on luxury.

After many years of discouragement due too high costs of production, Kenya’s movie industry is rising up to challenge the giants.

Despite being praised as one of the 10 countries with best child friendly laws in Africa, a report just released shows a worrying number of children are held in prisons in blatant violation of the rights of children

The Kenyan government has blocked Kenyan members of President-elect Barrack Obama's extended family from talking to the media. Family members will have to ask permission from the government before issuing any statement concerning Obama.

UNHCR is seeking $92 million to ease the plight of nearly 250,000 Somalis in one of the world's oldest, largest and most congested refugee sites.

The number of Somalian pirates are growing - and their range has expanded from Somalian waters: they now are also hunting merchant vessels off the coasts of Tanzania and Kenya.

A joint operation between Interpol and the Kenya Wildlife Service has resulted in Africa's largest-ever international crackdown on wildlife crime.

Kenya declared a national holiday today after Senator Barack Obama was elected the 44th President of the United States of America.

A Kenyan woman living in Boston's public housing has been there four years after being instructed to leave the United States by a U.S. immigration judge. This wouldn't be big news except for the fact that Zeituni Onyango is the aunt of Barack Obama.