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Concern is mounting in Kenya that the government has leased a big slice of agricultural land to the Qatari foreign investors to produce food for export.
ELEVEN years ago when I opened the Rome conference that led to the founding of the International Criminal Court, I reminded the delegates that the eyes of the victims of past crimes and the potential victims of future ones were fixed firmly upon them.
Unsurprised by the African Group's defence of Kenya at the UN, Korir Sing'Oei considers whether the group's actions should historically be regarded as positive or negative for the African continent it represents. Just as it has often stood in the way of some of the more radical action proposed against human rights violators, the group also has the dubious distinction of regularly championing the ...
International Criminal Court prosecutor Louis Moreno-Ocampo has requested information on investigations and prosecutions in the 2008 post-election violence.
US President Barack Obama has strongly criticised Kenya's leadership, expressing concern about the country's political and economic direction.
A day ahead of this year’s African Union summit in Libya, the 11th meeting of the forum of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) took place in the sweltering seaside town of Sirte. Reports emerging from those who attended threw up few surprises and some lingering concerns.
Although some countries within East Africa and the Horn region have scaled up their influenza A (H1N1) contingency plans, overall pandemic preparedness remains "relatively inactive", a UN agency has said, as the first cases were reported in Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda.
Protestant churches in Kenya have dispatched one of their leaders to the International Criminal Court at The Hague to deliver a one-million signature petition urging investigations of post-election violence.
International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Lui Moreno Ocampo on Friday asked Kenya for a 12-month plan showing how the country intends to bring key culprits of the 2007 election violence to justice.
America's President Barack Obama has, for the first time, this week talked about Kenya's political leadership. In an interview whose content has been published elsewhere in this paper, President Obama was livid about the slow pace of political and economic reforms and reconciliation efforts.
One Saturday 40 years ago, Kenya's most promising leader, Tom Mboya, was gunned down in a busy Nairobi street.
The recent Gender Festival in Kenya has underlined the important role that male activism can play in achieving gender equality and women's empowerment.
A court in Kenya ruled on Tuesday that the assets of Felicien Kabuga should remain frozen until the ICTR completes the trials of suspects of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.
There is little chance that the Kenyan economy will improve much in the near future, according to a new international economic report.
A 15-year-old boy who has been missing for three days after kidnappers grabbed him as his father escorted him to school has been found unhurt in Nairobi.
Barack Obama makes his first visit to sub-Saharan Africa as president of the United States next week, following a trip to Russia as well as to Italy, where he will participate in a meeting of industrialized nations known as the G8. AllAfrica's Charles Cobb, Jr., Reed Kramer and Tami Hultman went to the White House to explore President Obama's views on Africa in advance of his visit. The interview ...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is making preparations to start funding the Gibe III dam, a mega project on River Omo whose completion is expected to alleviate Kenya's perennial electricity crisis.
Relief food distribution in Turkana Central is under threat due to a tussle between the area MP and some constituents over which agency should give it out.
Mayoral elections currently taking place across the country have been marked by a confusion and skirmishes that have now become traditional.
Kenya's economic recovery registered mixed signals between January and March, arousing both hope and pessimism that the country could soon bounce back to a high growth pedestal.
About 500 people have the difficulty to treat tuberculosis strain called Multiple Drug Resistant (MDR) TB, majority of whom are not in any kind of treatment programme.
Kenya has been ranked as the country with the highest bribery index in East Africa.
The UPDF 3rd Division operations and training officer has urged Kenyan militias to gun down any armed Karimojong who enters their territory. Col. Mike Ondoga said this would curb cross-border cattle raids.
The family of 15-year-old Eugene Nelson Mandela Ochieng has appealed to his abductors to state their demands.
Police have shot dead eight gangsters in three separate incidents in Juja Town and in the city. Three of them were killed in Juja and police believe they were behind the recent murder of detectives in Athi River.
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