Kenya

Britain gives green light to compensate Kenyan torture victims

7 May 2013

Britain is negotiating to compensate thousands of Kenyans who claim they were severely mistreated by their colonial rulers during the 1950s Mau Mau uprising, a report says.

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Chinese ivory smuggler caught in Kenya fined less than US$1 a piece

27 Mar 2013

A Chinese smuggler caught in Kenya with a haul of ivory was fined less than a dollar a piece, wildlife officials said yesterday. Kenya Wildlife Service spokesman Paul Udoto said Tian Yi was...

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Talking points

4 Mar 2013

Kenyans head to the polls for the first time since a new constitution was passed in 2010 to reform the political system and ease ethnic divides. Leading the race of eight presidential candidates...

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Kenyan elections on Monday stir fears of ethnic violence

3 Mar 2013

Down in the valley there's a clue why. Sunshine gleams off the metal roofs of housing built for families displaced by ethnic violence that followed Kenya's general election five years ago. More...

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Chinese ivory smugglers fined just US$340

30 Jan 2013

During sentencing in Nairobi, Magistrate Timothy Okello regretted the defendants' crime "is still considered a petty offence" and called for Kenyan laws "to be amended to reflect the gravity of...

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Four Chinese men in Kenyan court over ivory smuggling

29 Jan 2013

Four Chinese men appeared in a Kenyan court on Monday charged with smuggling ivory, a judicial official said.

The men were arrested on Sunday carrying ivory products, including 40...

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Opinion

Tom Holland

Worrying economic parallels between China and India

4:13PM

Howard Winn

Elsie Leung caught up in Rusal's byzantine politics

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Another Obama picks political life

President Barack Obama’s Kenyan half brother has launched his own political career by announcing his intention to run for a Kenyan county gubernatorial seat in the upcoming March 4 elections.

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Poachers kill 11 elephants in 'worst massacre in Kenya for decades'

Kenyan wildlife rangers yesterday were tracking a team of poachers who massacred a family of 11 elephants in what they said was the worst single such killing in the country in the past three...

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Ivory haul from Kenya hidden among stones

Ivory smugglers are finding new ways to bring banned elephant tusks into Hong Kong, Customs officials said yesterday as they announced the third largest seizure of raw tusks in three months.

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China launches Africa-edition newspaper