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Armed men on a motorbike kill at least four in Mombasa

Mombasa - At least four people were killed in the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa on Sunday in an attack by armed men on a motorbike, according to medical sources.Another eight people were wounded in the shooting, said the same source.

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Shebab claims deadly strike on Kenya bus

Nairobi - Somalia's Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab on Saturday claimed an attack on a bus near the Kenyan vacation island of Lamu in which seven people were killed.

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Kenyan coast tense, divided amid massacre whodunnit

Nairobi - More than a month after attackers stormed into a Kenyan town and executed dozens of residents, lingering uncertainty over exactly who was responsible has left the coastal region nervous and divided.

In the Media by Reuben Kyama, Thomas Morfin (AFP)

Attacks hit Tanzania and Kenya tourist sites

Arusha - Tanzania and Kenya were targeted in separate attacks in key tourist sites in the east African nations, police said Tuesday, the latest in a series of bombings and gun battles scaring off foreign visitors.

In the Media by Ephrem Rugiririza (AFP)

At least 21 killed in new attacks in Kenyan coastal region

Mombasa - At least 21 people have been killed in new attacks in Kenya's Lamu coastal region, the area where some 60 people were massacred last month, Kenyan authorities said Sunday.

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Shooting reported in violence-hit Kenyan coastal region

Nairobi - Shooting was reported in Kenya's coastal district of Lamu, the same area where some 60 people were massacred last month, authorities said.

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Cargo plane crashes in Nairobi killing four crew members (Video)

Nairobi - A Fokker 50 cargo plane crashed into a two-story building in Nairobi, Kenya early Wednesday, killing all four crew members. The plane had taken off shortly before from the city's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.

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Kenyan cargo plane crashes into building, killing 4 on board

Nairobi - At least four people died when a cargo plane crashed into a building shortly after takeoff on Wednesday from the Kenyan capital's main airport, the busiest in east Africa.

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Kenya arrests governor after coastal attacks

Mombasa - Kenyan police have arrested the governor of the coastal Lamu district in connection with three recent massacres in which over 60 people were killed, officers said Thursday.

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Kenya 'grass cutter' gang rape trial opens

- Kenya on Tuesday began to try one of the suspects in a brutal schoolgirl gang rape, whose initial punishment of cutting grass sparked international outrage.

In the Media by Reuben Kyama (AFP)

Gunmen kill five in fresh Kenya coast attack

Mombasa - At least five people have been killed in a new attack on Kenya's coastal region, officials said Tuesday, one week after some 60 people died in twin massacres nearby.

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20 die in NE Kenya ethnic clashes

Nairobi - At least 20 people have been killed in Kenya in ethnic clashes in the restive northeast, the latest in a series of revenge attacks between rival Somali clans.

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Kenya air strikes pound Somali Shebab bases: African Union

Mogadishu - Kenyan fighter jets have bombed bases of Somalia's Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab with scores of fighters killed, the African Union said Monday, claims the extremists dismissed as lies.

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Kenya attacks revive spectre of ethnic violence

Nairobi - Six years after Kenya erupted into ferocious ethnic battles and post-election violence, security guard John Mboya is fearful once again, after twin massacres on the coast brought political rivalries to the surface.

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Baby elephants 'try out' for World Cup in Kenya orphanage (Video)

Nairobi - It seems even elephants love the "beautiful game," as these cute orphans play football at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in Kenya's Nairobi National Park. Julius Letoiya, staff keeper at the facility, says the baby elephants can even perform tricks.

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Kenya troops 'kill five suspects' after coastal massacres

Malindi - Kenyan security forces on Thursday killed five people suspected of involvement in massacres earlier this week in the country's coastal Lamu region, the interior ministry and a military source said.

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Kenya troops 'kill 5 suspected attackers after coastal massacres'

Malindi - Kenyan security forces have killed five people suspected of involvement in massacres earlier this week in a coastal town and nearby village, the interior ministry said.

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Arrests amid mounting tensions after Kenya coast massacres

Nairobi - Kenyan police said they arrested several suspects Wednesday amid high political tension in the wake of twin massacres on the coast, claimed by Somalia's Islamist Shebab but blamed by the president on local political networks.

In the Media by Peter Martell (AFP)

Kenya president blames 'local political networks' for attacks

Nairobi - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday blamed "local political networks" for the killings of dozens of people in two attacks in the coastal region that have been claimed by Somalia's Shebab militants.

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Scores killed in two days of attacks on Kenyan coast

Malindi - At least 64 people have been killed in two consecutive nights of carnage in Kenya's coastal region, officials said Tuesday, with the Kenyan president blaming "local political networks" and Somalia's Shebab insisting they were responsible.

In the Media by Aymeric Vincenot (AFP)

Islamist gunmen kill at least 48 in Kenya attack

Mombasa - At least 48 people were killed when suspected Shebab militants from Somalia stormed into a Kenyan coastal town and launched a major assault on a police station, hotels and government offices, officials said Monday.

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Poachers kill famed giant Kenyan elephant

Nairobi - One of Africa's largest elephants has died after being shot by poachers using poisoned arrows in Kenya, wildlife officials revealed as they mourned on Saturday the loss of an "old friend.

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Kenya expels hundreds of Somalis

Nairobi - Hundreds of Somalis have been expelled from Kenya, with 98 in the latest batch detained and sent back in a major crackdown on suspected Islamists, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Friday.

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Somalia's Shebab chief say war 'shifting to Kenya'

Mogadishu - Somalia's Al-Qaeda linked Shebab vowed Thursday to move their war to neighbouring Kenya, one of the top commanders said in broadcast urging fighters to launch attacks.

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Italian tourists paying Kenyan children to have sex with dogs

Malindi - The picture-postcard Kenyan beach resort of Malindi is hiding a terrible secret. Girls and boys, some of them not yet teenagers, are being sexually exploited by tourists, many of them older Italian men who pay them to have sex, sometimes with dogs.

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Ten dead, more than 70 wounded in Nairobi blasts

Nairobi - Ten people were killed and over 70 wounded in two bomb attacks at a busy market in Nairobi, the latest in a wave of unrest blamed on Kenya's Islamist militants.

In the Media by Reuben Kyama (AFP)

Eight dead, more than 70 wounded in Nairobi blasts

Nairobi - Eight people have been killed and over 70 wounded in two explosions in a busy market area in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, a hospital official said Friday.

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Scores killed in Kenya by toxic homebrew alcohol

Nairobi - At least 80 people have died in Kenya and dozens more have been blinded or fallen ill after drinking a toxic homebrew thought to have been laced with industrial chemicals, officials said Wednesday.

In the Media by Reuben Kyama (AFP)

At least 27 wounded in twin Nairobi bus blasts: police

Nairobi - At least 27 people were wounded on Sunday, six of them critically, in bomb attacks against two buses along a busy highway in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, police said."In both incidents 27 people have been taken to hospital with injuries.

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Three dead, several injured as Mombasa hit by twin attacks

Mombasa - At least three people were killed and several others wounded Saturday in twin attacks in Kenya's restive coastal city of Mombasa, officials said.

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Caravan of Hope is a roadshow that aims to draw world leaders' attention to climate change in Africa

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Massive fire engulfs Nairobi International airport forcing closure on August 7, 2013.

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Kenya's Naivasha township: People were running for their lives as the fire spread quickly

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Kenya repeatedly taunted Porsha with a BULLHORN and SCEPTRE prior to the altercation.

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Ngong Hills Wind Project, Kenya

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Kenya's Naivasha township: School children wait to be issued with pens and pencils. Getting things back to normal was a priority for the KCC project.

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Kenya's Naivasha township: The fire left a charred landscape

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Massive fire engulfs Nairobi International airport forcing closure on August 7, 2013.

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Kenya took home two victories at the ING New York City Marathon as Geoffrey Mutai successfully defended his New York City Marathon title. Priscah Jeptoo rallied to win the women's race

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