September 03, 2008
Irin - Humanitarian news and analysis
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| | 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. |
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August 19, 2008
BBC News
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| | 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. |
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July 30, 2008
Human Rights Watch
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| | Trained in Terror
-- The British trained the Kenyan army in counter-terrorism tactics that are being used with devastating force against its own people |
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April 04, 2008
HRW
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| | Kenya: Army and Rebel Militia Commit War Crimes in Mt. Elgon
-- End Murder, Torture, and Rape of Civilians |
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February 26, 2008
BBC News
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| | 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. |
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February 25, 2008
BBC News
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| | Kenya peace talks reach impasse
-- Talks aimed at ending the political crisis in Kenya have stalled, forcing mediator Kofi Annan to intervene. |
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February 06, 2008
BBC News
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| | 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. |
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February 05, 2008
BBC News
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| | 'Hard' Kenya crisis talks resume
-- Kenya's political foes have begun discussing crucial political issues to try to end to weeks of violence. |
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January 21, 2008
BBC News
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| | 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. |
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January 09, 2008
BBC News
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| | 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. |
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January 07, 2008
BBC News
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| | Kenya opposition cancels protests
-- Kenya's opposition leader has called off nationwide rallies planned for Tuesday, following disputed elections. |
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January 02, 2008
BBC News
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| | 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. |
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August 17, 2007
BBC World News
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| | 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. |
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August 16, 2007
New York Times
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| | 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. |
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August 15, 2007
BBC World News
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| | 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.
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August 09, 2007
New York Times
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| | 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. |
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June 10, 2007
BBC NEWS
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| | 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. |
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May 09, 2007
Irin News
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| | 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 |
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May 04, 2007
IRIN
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| | KENYA: International Women's Summit: Women's Leadership on HIV and AIDS
-- First ever global conference on women and AIDS.
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May 02, 2007
By CARLEY PETESCH
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| | 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. |
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May 01, 2007
IRIN
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| | KENYA: Land dispute spawns violence, displacement
-- A long-standing dispute over land ownership has led to inter-communal violence and the displacement of thousands.
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April 27, 2007
The East African Standard
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| | 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.
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April 27, 2007
IRIN
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| | 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. |
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April 20, 2007
IRIN
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| | 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 |
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April 03, 2007
IRIN
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| | 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 |
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March 30, 2007
IRIN
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| | 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 |
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March 29, 2007
IRIN
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| | 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 |
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March 14, 2007
IRIN
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| | 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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