Kenya Violence

International Court To Begin Inquiry Into Kenya Violence

nytimes.com | JEFFREY GETTLEMAN and ALAN COWELL | Posted 11.05.2009 | World


NAIROBI, Kenya After months of political wrangling, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said Thursday that he will initiate an in...

Kenya Replaces Most Top-Ranked Police

BBC NEWS | Posted 11.08.2009 | World


The government in Kenya has replaced almost all of the country's most senior police officers in what analysts say could be the start of major reform. ...

Obama Admin. Slams Kenya Just Prior To Hillary Clinton Visit

AP | TOM MALITI | Posted 09.03.2009 | World


NAIROBI, Kenya — The U.S. strongly criticized Kenya on Tuesday just hours before U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's arrived, sayin...

Kenya-Somalia Border To Be Secured

BBC News | Posted 08.22.2009 | World


Kenya has promised to reinforce its border with Somalia after several abductions near the frontier....

Kenya Tribunal On Violence To Be In Place By 2010

UPI | Posted 08.07.2009 | World


Kenya has agreed to a July 2010 deadline to set up a tribunal to try those responsible for inciting violence that killed 1,500 people in 2007, officia...

Kenya Machete Attacks: How The Mungiki Performed The Bloody Night Raid

The Daily Nation | PATRICK NZIOKA and JOHN NJAGI | Posted 05.23.2009 | World


They crept out of the night like ghouls, dozens of Mungiki followers, the axes, pangas and rungus in their hands betraying their intentions: to kill....

Kenya Machete Massacre Leaves 29 Dead

Daily Nation | Posted 05.22.2009 | World


At least 29 people have been killed in Monday overnight clashes between Kirinyaga residents in central Kenya and suspected Mungiki members. The sect ...

Two Kenyan Activists Who Investigated Police Killings Shot Dead

guardian.co.uk | Xan Rice in Nairobi | Posted 04.06.2009 | World


Two Kenyan human rights activists who provided evidence to a senior UN investigator over execution-style murders by police were assassinated on a busy...

Kenya's Rival Politicians Sign Deal

AP | TOM MALITI | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya's president and the opposition leader signed a power-sharing deal Thursday to bring the country back from the depths of v...

A Letter From Kenya

Indagare.com | Saba Douglas-Hamilton | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living


Documentary filmmaker and conservationist Saba Douglas-Hamilton was raised in Kenya, where she still works alongside her parents, Iain and Oria Dougla...

Rape Is Weapon in Kenyan Violence

AP | KATY POWNALL | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


NAIROBI, Kenya — Looting, arson and murder have become hallmarks of Kenya's conflict over a disputed presidential election. Another, less talked...

Kenya Death Toll Near 800 in a Month

AP | ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


NAIVASHA, Kenya — Gangs of youths armed with machetes and clubs fought running battles with police on Sunday and burned tribal rivals alive in t...

Kenya Turmoil Test Of Obama's Claim Of Foreign Policy Expertise

Lynn Sweet | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Lynn Sweet

Obama has to be careful because while he is one of the most credible figures the US has to deal with Kenya, the dispute between Odinga and Kibaki is mired in tribal politics.

World Leaders Pressure Kenya To End Postelection Violence

AP | KATHARINE HOURELD | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


International pressure mounted on Kenya's leaders Wednesday to end postelection violence that has killed more than 300 people, including dozens burned...