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Kenyan cops charged over 'vampire' escape

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 22 07:29 PM

Three Kenyan police officers were charged on Friday with helping a 'bloodthirsty vampire' child murderer escape from their custody. Read more »

One of world's last two northern white rhinos dropped from breeding program

Reuters
Posted at Oct 22 11:40 AM

One of the world's last two northern white rhinos, a mother and her daughter, is being retired from a breeding program aimed at saving the species from extinction, scientists said on Thursday. Read more »

Catriona Gray visits Kenya for cleft charity programs

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 13 05:29 PM

Catriona Gray visited Kenya to support the programs of the cleft charity Smile Train, where she serves as a global ambassador. Read more »

Kenya holds first national wildlife census

Hillary Orinde, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 05 02:49 PM

The flimsy planes tethered to metal drums to prevent them from accidentally becoming airborne are unlikely weapons in Kenya's fight to protect threatened species as it conducts its first national wildlife census. Read more »

'Vampire' confesses to killing 10 children in Kenya

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 15 10:37 PM

NAIROBI - Kenyan police were on Thursday holding a man described as a "bloodthirsty vampire" accused of the grisly murders of at least 10 children.   Read more »

2 candidates of Miss Grand International test positive for coronavirus

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 04 05:44 PM

Candidates from Nigeria and Kenya for the upcoming Miss Grand International competition both tested positive for novel coronavirus. Read more »

Elephants or avocados: A Kenyan dilemma

Jackson Njehia and Nazanine Moshiri, Reuters
Posted at Mar 03 09:40 PM

The free movement of some 2,000 Amboseli elephants, along with two dozen other wildlife species plus cows owned by local Maasai people, may be under threat - from avocados. Read more »

5 new countries join polarized UN Security Council

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 05 03:14 AM

NEW YORK - Five new countries -- India, Mexico, Norway, Ireland and Kenya -- formally joined the UN Security Council on Monday at a time of growing polarization in the body charged with keeping world peace and security. Read more »

Kenya's former president Daniel Arap Moi dies

Reuters
Posted at Feb 04 02:42 PM

Former Kenyan president Daniel arap Moi, who kept his country on a relatively stable footing during his tenure but was less successful at reining in poverty and corruption, has died, the office of the president said on Tuesday. Read more »

Advocates of fair health services for disabled women protests discrimination

Nita Bhalla, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Nov 14 11:12 PM

Disabled women around the world are being denied basic health services from family planning advice to pap smears because they are seen as asexual, disability rights campaigners said. Read more »

Gay men seen dying from AIDS due to Africa's homophobic laws

Nita Bhalla, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Oct 08 08:55 AM

NAIROBI - Thousands of gay men in Africa are likely dying from HIV-related illnesses every year due to homophobic laws that stifle their chances of being tested and treated, said researchers behind a study published on Monday in The Lancet HIV journal. Read more »

Teacher from remote Kenya village is world's best, wins $1 mn

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 25 06:58 AM

A maths and physics teacher from a secondary school in a remote village in Kenya's Rift Valley has won the $1 million Global Teacher Prize for 2019, organizers have said. Read more »

The nations grounding their Boeing 737s

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 12 06:54 AM

A number of countries grounded Boeing's 737 MAX 8 medium-haul workhorse jet on Monday in response to an Ethiopian Airlines crash that killed all 157 people on board.   Read more »

Boeing 737 MAX safety record questioned after two tragedies

Delphine Touitou, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 11 06:47 AM

For the second time in less than 6 months, a Boeing 737 MAX 8 has crashed minutes after takeoff and killed everyone on board, raising fresh questions about the safety of a model that is crucial to the US giant's future plans. Read more »

Greek man saved from Ethiopia crash by being late

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 11 06:45 AM

A Greek man said on Sunday he would have been the 150th passenger on the Nairobi-bound Ethiopian Airlines Boeing plane that crashed killing all on board, except he arrived two minutes late for the flight.  Read more »

From flying toilets to 'froggers': Kenya struggles with slum waste

Hereward Holland, Reuters
Posted at Mar 08 11:15 PM

NAIROBI - Most of Patrick 'Moreno' Osunda's neighbours curse when the rains make the latrines overflow. For him, it's the smell of money. Read more »

Kenya hotel siege over, militants and at least 14 victims dead

Duncan Miriri and Omar Mohammed, Reuters
Posted at Jan 17 12:38 AM

More than 700 civilians were evacuated from the dusitD2 complex after a 20-hour, overnight siege in a Nairobi hotel. Read more »

Filipinos in Kenya warned amid attack

Baz Ratner, Reuters
Posted at Jan 16 01:30 PM

A member of security forces walks as cars are seen on fire at the scene where explosions and gunshots were heard at the Dusit hotel compound, in Nairobi, Kenya. Read more »

Blast, gunfire in Islamist attack at Nairobi hotel, office complex

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 16 01:18 AM

A huge blast followed by a gun battle rocked an upmarket hotel and office complex in Nairobi on Tuesday, causing casualties, in an attack claimed by the Al-Qaeda-linked Shabaab Islamist group. Read more »

Pinoys in Nairobi urged to stay indoors amid Kenya terror attack

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 16 12:04 AM

MANILA - The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Tuesday advised Filipinos in Nairobi, Kenya to stay indoors amid a suspected terror attack. Read more »