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Kenya's William Ruto looks on during a trial hearing at the International Criminal Court, on May 14, 2013.  By Lex van Lieshout (ANP/AFP)

Kenya's Deputy Leader Pledges Commitment To Icc Trial

Tuesday, May 14, 2013 THE HAGUE AFP - Kenyas Deputy President William Ruto pledged his countrys continued cooperation with the International Criminal Court on Tuesday where he and President Uhuru Kenyatta face crimes against humanity trials, but maintained he was a victim of a conspiracy of lies.The new Kenya ...
Policemen try to block a sow and its piglets from outside parliament in Nairobi on May 14, 2013.  By Simon Maina (AFP)

Kenyans stage 'greedy pig' protest against lawmakers

Tuesday, May 14, 2013 NAIROBI AFP - Kenyan demonstrators released two dozen piglets at the gates of parliament and poured blood on the pavement Tuesday to protest demands by newly elected lawmakers for a wage hike.Police, who fired tear gas to disperse the protestors and beat others with truncheons, scurried after ...
Psychiatric patients stand next to an advocacy poster in one of Nairobi's shantytowns, Kangemi on April 11, 2007.  By Tony Karumba (AFP/File)

40 psychiatric patients escape from Kenya hospital, 10 back

Monday, May 13, 2013 NAIROBI AFP - Ten of 40 mentally ill patients who escaped from a psychiatric hospital in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, have been returned to the facility, officials said Monday.We are now talking of 30 mental patients who are not back. Some have come back on their own volition while some were c ...
The logo of the at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Florencia, Colombia, pictured on May 2, 2012.  By Guillermo Legaria (AFP/File)

Yemen tribesmen kidnap Swiss, Kenyan Red Cross staff

Monday, May 13, 2013 ADEN AFP - Armed tribesmen kidnapped two expatriate employees of the International Committee of the Red Cross and their interpreter in southern Yemen on Monday, witnesses and militia sources said.The Swiss and Kenyan ICRC staffers were abducted in the southern city of Jaar, which was held by l ...
Susan Soila (R), of the Amboseli Trust for Elephants, and her son Robert Ntawasa, appear May 13, 2013 in a Nairobi court.  By Simon Maina (AFP)

Kenyan conservationist charged for ivory possession

Monday, May 13, 2013 NAIROBI AFP - A top official in a Kenyan conservation group was Monday charged with illegal possession of 19 kilogrammes of elephant ivory worth more than 20,000.Susan Soila, 50, deputy director of the community development wing of the Amboseli Trust for Elephants, a not-for-profit organisati ...
Kenya's newly elected President Uhuru Kenyatta at the Martyrs of Uganda Catholic church in Gatundu on March 10, 2013..  By Simon Maina (AFP/File)

Kenya attorney general disowns bid to drop Kenyatta trial

Saturday, May 11, 2013 NAIROBI AFP - Kenyas attorney general on Saturday distanced himself from a move by the countrys ambassador to the United Nations seeking to drop an international trial for crimes against humanity for President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy.Githu Muigai, the governments top legal advisor, sa ...
Adel Amrouche looks on during the FIFA 2014 World Cup qualifying match against Nigeria in Calabar on March 23, 2013.  By Pius Utomi Ekpei (AFP/File)

Kenya's Amrouche unfazed by lowly position

Friday, May 10, 2013 NAIROBI AFP - Kenya coach Adel Amrouche says he is not too worried about his teams lowly position in the 2014 World Cup qualifying competition and will take one match at a time.With only a single point from three matches, Kenya face two decisive games against Group F co-leaders, Nigeria and M ...
Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta joins worshippers at a Catholic church in Gatundu, on March 10, 2013.  By Simon Maina (AFP/File)

Kenya asks UN to drop ICC charges for Kenyatta, Ruto

Thursday, May 09, 2013 NAIROBI AFP - Kenya has written to the UN Security Council seeking to scrap the international crimes against humanity trials for President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Vice President William Ruto, according to a letter seen Thursday.Kenyatta, 51, voted into power in March elections, is to go on tria ...
Ahmed Mohammed (right) and Sayed Mansour in court in Nairobi on May 6, 2013 after sentencing on terror-related charges.  By Simon Maina (AFP)

Kenya court jails Iran pair for life on terror charges

Monday, May 06, 2013 NAIROBI AFP - A Kenyan court sentenced two Iranians to life in prison on Monday for terror-related charges, including possessing explosives allegedly to be used in bomb attacks.I shudder to imagine the amount of damage that could have been seen, judge Kiarie Waweru Kiarie told the court in t ...
Ahmed Mohammed (right) and Sayed Mansour in court in Nairobi on May 6, 2013 after sentencing on terror-related charges.  By Simon Maina (AFP)

Kenya jails Iranians for life on terror charges

Monday, May 06, 2013 NAIROBI AFP - A Kenyan court on Monday sentenced two Iranians to life in prison on terror-related charges, including the possession of explosives allegedly to be used in bomb attacks.I shudder to imagine the amount of damage that could have been seen, judge Kiarie Waweru Kiarie told the cour ...
Soldiers patrol a village in Kenya, November, 1952, during the Mau Mau uprising.  By  (AFP/File)

Britain mulling payouts for Kenyan Mau Mau victims

Monday, May 06, 2013 LONDON AFP - Britain is negotiating to compensate thousands of Kenyans who claim they were severely mistreated by their colonial rulers during the 1950s Mau Mau uprising, the Guardian reported on Monday.According to a letter sent to lawyers representing some of the claimants, the Foreign Offic ...
Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta speaks moments after being sworn in on April 9, 2013 in Nairobi.  By Simon Maina (AFP/File)

ICC-indicted Kenyatta to make official visit to London

Friday, May 03, 2013 NAIROBI AFP - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, who faces international trial for crimes against humanity, will travel to London on Sunday for a three-day official visit, the presidency said.Kenyatta, who will be making his first trip outside Africa as leader, will attend a conference on Somali ...
Sayed Mansour (second left) and Ahmed Mohammed appear in Nairobi's high court on July 23, 2012.  By Tony Karumba (AFP/File)

Kenya finds Iranians guilty of possessing explosives

Thursday, May 02, 2013 NAIROBI AFP - Two Iranians were found guilty by a Kenyan court Thursday for possessing explosives allegedly for use in bomb attacks.Ahmed Mohammed and Sayed Mansour, who were arrested last June, were found guilty of possessing 15 kilos 33 pounds of the powerful explosive RDX. The court said ...
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