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September 03, 2008
Irin - Humanitarian news and analysis
   KENYA: From rubbish dump to cabbage patch -- NAIROBI, 3 September 2008 (IRIN) - Rubbish is everywhere in Kibera, Africa’s largest slum, just a few kilometres from the centre of Nairobi. It lies not just between the ramshackle dwellings, but often underneath them, rendering them vulnerable to collapse in times of flood.
 
August 19, 2008
BBC News
   Kenya: Struggling for peace -- When Raila Odinga and President Mwai Kibaki signed a peace deal on 27 February, ending Kenya's post-election violence, people took to the streets to celebrate.
 
July 30, 2008
Human Rights Watch
   Trained in Terror -- The British trained the Kenyan army in counter-terrorism tactics that are being used with devastating force against its own people
 
April 04, 2008
HRW
   Kenya: Army and Rebel Militia Commit War Crimes in Mt. Elgon -- End Murder, Torture, and Rape of Civilians
 
February 26, 2008
BBC News
   Kenya poll crisis talks suspended -- Talks to end post-election violence in Kenya have been suspended, former UN head and mediator Kofi Annan has said.
 
February 25, 2008
BBC News
   Kenya peace talks reach impasse -- Talks aimed at ending the political crisis in Kenya have stalled, forcing mediator Kofi Annan to intervene.
 
February 06, 2008
BBC News
    Kenya opposition in rally warning -- Kenya's opposition has warned it will hold mass rallies if a regional meeting on the post-poll crisis goes ahead.
 
February 05, 2008
BBC News
   'Hard' Kenya crisis talks resume -- Kenya's political foes have begun discussing crucial political issues to try to end to weeks of violence.
 
January 21, 2008
BBC News
   Kenya's 'mafia' feel the heat -- The plan by Kenya's opposition to boycott companies run by allies of President Mwai Kibaki in protest at the outcome of last month's presidential election is an astute political move.
 
January 09, 2008
BBC News
   New effort to solve Kenya crisis. -- New effort to solve Kenya crisis Ghana's President John Kufuor has held separate talks with both sides involved in Kenya's election crisis.
 
January 07, 2008
BBC News
   Kenya opposition cancels protests -- Kenya's opposition leader has called off nationwide rallies planned for Tuesday, following disputed elections.
 
January 02, 2008
BBC News
   Kenyan party to defy protest ban -- Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga has insisted he will go ahead with a banned rally on Thursday despite pleas for an end to post-election unrest.
 
August 17, 2007
BBC World News
   Malaria drugs recalled in Kenya -- A Chinese pharmaceutical firm plans to recall thousands of anti-malarial drugs supplied to Kenya after discovering a counterfeit syndicate.
 
August 16, 2007
New York Times
   CARE Turns Down Federal Funds for Food Aid -- MALELA, Kenya — CARE, one of the world’s biggest charities, is walking away from some $45 million a year in federal financing, saying American food aid is not only plagued with inefficiencies, but also may hurt some of the very poor people it aims to help.
 
August 15, 2007
BBC World News
   Kenya's media in gagged protest -- Kenyan journalists have staged a silent protest through the streets of the capital against a media law that would compel them to disclose their sources.
 
August 09, 2007
New York Times
   Fossils in Kenya Challenge Linear Evolution -- Two fossils found in Kenya have shaken the human family tree, possibly rearranging major branches thought to be in a straight ancestral line to Homo sapiens.
 
June 10, 2007
BBC NEWS
   Residents flee from Kenyan slum -- Residents of one of the Kenyan capital's biggest slums are continuing to abandon their homes following a police crackdown which killed 14.
 
May 09, 2007
Irin News
   KENYA: Cash boost for HIV/AIDS programmes -- Efforts to curb the spread of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Kenya received a boost this week when the United States (US) committed to US$370 million for the support of treatment, care and prevention programmes
 
May 04, 2007
IRIN
   KENYA: International Women's Summit: Women's Leadership on HIV and AIDS -- First ever global conference on women and AIDS.
 
May 02, 2007
By CARLEY PETESCH
   Kenya Turns Away Somali Refugees -- Kenya has turned away thousands of refugees at its border with Somalia and forcibly returned hundreds who had fled Somalia's rampant violence before the border was closed — leaving them susceptible to hunger, beatings and rape, Amnesty International said in a report Tuesday.
 
May 01, 2007
IRIN
   KENYA: Land dispute spawns violence, displacement -- A long-standing dispute over land ownership has led to inter-communal violence and the displacement of thousands.
 
April 27, 2007
The East African Standard
   Kenya: Poverty Goes Down As Economy Grows -- Reduction on poverty levels has been driven by growth in key economic sectors such as agriculture, trade, and finance, the Government has said.
 
April 27, 2007
IRIN
   At least 37 schools have been closed because of insecurity. -- Emmanuel Barasa, 17, is a former primary school pupil from the Mt Elgon district in western Kenya, along the Kenyan-Ugandan border. Barasa, who is now living with relatives in Bungoma, a neighbouring district, spoke to IRIN during a food aid distribution about the effects the fighting has had on his education.
 
April 20, 2007
IRIN
   KENYA: Slum-dwellers to benefit from housing fund -- Millions of people living in urban slums throughout the world are set to benefit from the pro-poor housing fund set up by UN-Habitat and its partners
 
April 03, 2007
IRIN
   KENYA-SOMALIA: Border remains closed to asylum seekers -- The Somalia-Kenya border is to remain closed despite the arrival of thousands of new Somali asylum seekers escaping weeks of heavy fighting in the Somali capital, Mogadishu
 
March 30, 2007
IRIN
   KENYA: Religious leaders join anti-FGM fight -- The decision by Muslim religious leaders in northeastern Kenya to talk about the dangers of female genital mutilation (FGM) during Friday prayers has turned into a significant campaign against the practice
 
March 29, 2007
IRIN
   KENYA: More people at risk as land clashes persist -- Clashes caused by a dispute over land rights in the western Kenyan district of Mount Elgon have continued, exacerbating the plight of about 45,000 displaced people
 
March 14, 2007
IRIN
   KENYA: Inadequate rainfall could aggravate food insecurity -- Inadequate rainfall in parts of Kenya's eastern, northern and southern areas is likely to cause food insecurity and water scarcity in 2007
 


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