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  • January 2008

    • Kenya Spirals Toward Ethnic War

      Time  |  Jan 2, 08 9:58 PM CST

      Kenya Spirals Toward Ethnic War

      (Newser) - The tribal violence gripping Kenya could reach a bloody climax tomorrow, Time reports, when an opposition leader has urged supporters to converge on a park in Nairobi to protest the results of last month's general election. Raila Odinga blames a rigged vote-count for re-electing President Mwai Kibaki, igniting disarray that has left more than 300 dead in four days. More »

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      election  • Kenya  • Mwai Kibaki  • Raila Odinga  • Rwanda  • Kikuyu  • tribes  • Luo  • ethnic warfare

    • Scramble for Peace After Kenya Carnage

      BBC  |  Jan 2, 08 5:26 AM CST

      Scramble for Peace After Kenya Carnage

      (Newser) - Political leaders scrambled yesterday to contain violence in Kenya as rioting and retaliation over an election dispute appeared to leave the nation teetering on the edge of bloody chaos, the BBC reports. Tens of thousands of people have fled their homes. At least 300 people have been killed, including 30 burned alive as they sought refuge in a church. The president of the African Union is due in Kenya today for talks. More »

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      Africa  • Kenya  • Mwai Kibaki  • Raila Odinga  • Uganda

    • Fire at Church Kills 50 as Riots in Kenya Rage

      Associated Press  |  Jan 1, 08 12:08 PM CST

      Fire at Church Kills 50 as Riots in Kenya Rage

      (Newser) - A mob set fire to a church filled with people in Kenya today, killing at least 50, according to the Red Cross, most of them members of Mwai Kibaki’s Kikuyu tribe. Chaos has reigned in the country since Kibaki’s disputed election victory, which EU inspectors say lacks credibility. At least 270 have been killed in increasingly ethnic violence, the AP reports. More »

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      Kenya  • Mwai Kibaki  • Raila Odinga  • Kikuyu  • ethnic conflict

  • December 2007

    • Post-Election Rioting Kills 124 in Kenya

      Reuters  |  Dec 31, 07 7:23 AM CST

      Post-Election Rioting Kills 124 in Kenya

      (Newser) - At least 124 have died in rioting that escalated across Kenya today in anger over president Mwai Kibaki's  disputed re-election victory. Police fired live ammunition at protesters, who threw stones, wielded machetes and burned cars and buses. Supporters of opposition candidate Ralia Odinga, who led in the vote count until the last minute, say Kibaki rigged the election, and EU election observers also threw doubt on the results, Reuters reports. More »

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      Kenya  • Mwai Kibaki  • Raila Odinga  • riots

    • Kenyan Prez Kibaki Declared Victor, Sworn In

      BBC  |  Dec 30, 07 11:38 AM CST

      Kenyan Prez Kibaki Declared Victor, Sworn In

      (Newser) - Kenya today declared President Mwai Kibaki the winner of Thursday's election, igniting riots in Nairobi as protesters accused the Kibaki government of election fraud and demanded a recount, reports the BBC. At least 10 people have been killed. Kibaki was sworn into a second 5-year term immediately after the announcement that he beat opposition leader Raila Odinga by just 230,000 votes. More »

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      Africa  • election  • Kenya  • Mwai Kibaki  • Raila Odinga  • riots  • voting

    • Kenya Race Tightens; Riots Delay Count

      BBC  |  Dec 29, 07 5:44 PM CST

      Kenya Race Tightens; Riots Delay Count

      (Newser) - Police had to restore order today at Kenya’s election commission as the presidential race tightened yet again and officials halted the count until tomorrow. Politicians on both sides scuffled and shouted accusations of election fraud as the once-hefty lead of opposition candidate Raila Odinga dropped to just 40,000 votes. Supporters on both sides are declaring victory—and rioting in the streets, the BBC reports. More »

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      Africa  • Kenya  • Mwai Kibaki  • Raila Odinga

    • Kenya Opposition Claims Victory

      CNN  |  Dec 29, 07 8:56 AM CST

      Kenya Opposition Claims Victory

      (Newser) - The party of opposition leader Raila Odinga, a wealthy businessman with a populist platform, has declared victory in Kenya's hotly contested election, but the slow pace of the vote tally has led to rioting in the slums of Nairobi. After a largely peaceful campaign, machete-wielding gangs have looted and torched storefronts. "We do not want violence, we want our rights," said one Odinga supporter marching in the streets. More »

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      Kenya  • Mwai Kibaki  • Raila Odinga

    • Kenya's Prez Appears Defeated

      New York Times  |  Dec 28, 07 9:57 AM CST

      Kenya's Prez Appears Defeated

      (Newser) - A populist challenger appears to be winning Kenya's presidential election, the New York Times reports. Raila Odinga, a businessman who promises to spread Kenya's growing wealth more equitably, has a 57%-40% lead over incumbent Mwai Kibaki in early results, while many in Kibaki's inner circle, including the vice president and 14 ministers, are losing their seats in parliament, Nairobi's Standard newspaper reports. More »

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      Africa  • election  • Kenya  • Mwai Kibaki  • Raila Odinga  • Nobel Peace Prize

    • Violence as Kenyan Vote Nears

      Mail & Guardian (South Africa)  |  Dec 25, 07 10:00 AM CST

      Violence as Kenyan Vote Nears

      (Newser) - Kenya's presidential election remains too close to call with 48 hours to go, writes the Mail and Guardian . President Mwai Kibaki is seeking a second term but facing a stiff challenge from former ally Raila Odinga for the leadership of East Africa's bellwether nation. Yesterday police fired teargas at supporters of the two camps who began hurling stones at each other in downtown Nairobi. More »

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      election  • presidential election  • Kenya  • Mwai Kibaki  • Raila Odinga  • Kikuyu

    • Locusts Swarm Northeast Kenya

      BBC  |  Dec 7, 07 2:28 PM CST

      Locusts Swarm Northeast Kenya

      (Newser) - Threatened by the largest swarm of locusts seen in Kenya since the 1960s, authorities have begun spraying crops in affected areas in hopes of exterminating the rapacious pests before they have a chance to lay eggs. The locusts, each of which can consume its own weight in food daily, have already done serious damage to the African nation's crops, the BBC reports. More »

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      Kenya  • agriculture  • famine

    • Africa Nations Move to Ban Plastic Bags

      Christian Science Monitor  |  Dec 2, 07 6:55 PM CST

      Africa Nations Move to Ban Plastic Bags

      (Newser) - With garbage rotting in the streets and being burnt in toxic bonfires, many African countries are looking to ban plastic bags. Kenya produces 48 million every year, and is now trying to follow Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda by outlawing them. In Nairobi’s slums, bags even clog channels leading out of toilets, creating a “stomach churning mass,” the Christian Science Monitor reports. More »

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      Kenya  • Nigeria  • ban  • Tanzania  • plastic bags  • Nairobi  • Uganda

  • November 2007

    • 1B Trees Take Root to Help Save Planet

      AFP  |  Nov 28, 07 7:39 PM CST

      1B Trees Take Root to Help Save Planet

      (Newser) - A UN-sponsored initiative exceeded its goal of having one billion trees planted in 2007, AFP reports. Developing nations are leading the charge: Ethiopia tops the list with 700 million plantings, and Mexico, Kenya, Rwanda, and Myanmar all made substantial contributions. The UN Environment Program said it had confirmation of 1.56 billion trees planted, out of pledges for 2.24 billion. More »

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      climate change  • global warming  • Mexico  • Kenya  • Indonesia  • Ethiopia  • Wangari Maathai

    • 8,000 Kenyans Killed by Cops, Lawyers Say

      Associated Press  |  Nov 25, 07 8:30 PM CST

      8,000 Kenyans Killed by Cops, Lawyers Say

      (Newser) - Kenyan cops have killed or fatally tortured more than 8,000 youth since 2002, human rights lawyers charged today. The deaths, along with 4,000 cases of missing men, are allegedly part of a state crackdown on the Mungiki—an outlawed sect the government blames for gang violence. Police have dismissed the report as “fictitious” and “a document not worth responding to.” More »

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      Africa  • Kenya  • human rights  • Mwai Kibaki  • gangs  • Kikuyu  • Nairobi  • tribes  • Mungiki

    • Kenyan Lel Claims Second NYC Marathon

      New York Times  |  Nov 4, 07 2:32 PM CST

      Kenyan Lel Claims Second NYC Marathon

      (Newser) - Martin Lel of Kenya narrowly beat out Abderrahim Goumri of Morocco to take first place in this year's New York City Men's Marathon. This was Lel's second NY victory, having also won in 2003. Lel and Goumri also battled to the finish in this year's London Marathon, when Lel beat Goumri by only three seconds. This time it was by 12— Lel's wining time was 2 hours and 9.03 minutes. More »

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      Kenya  • track and field  • marathon  • running  • New York City Marathon

  • September 2007

    • Floods Devastate Africa

      Guardian (UK)  |  Sep 20, 07 3:04 AM CDT

      Floods Devastate Africa

      (Newser) - Several of Africa's poorest countries have been devastated by a catastrophic deluge of rain, washing away lives, communities and crops. As many as 18 of the normally driest countries in the world, from Senegal, Mauritania, Mali and Burkina Faso in the west, to Kenya, Sudan and Ethiopia in the east, will be inundated with floods for weeks. More »

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      Africa  • Kenya  • Sudan  • flood  • natural disaster  • Ethiopia  • rain  • Senegal

    • Cell Phones Spur Growth Surge in Africa

      BusinessWeek  |  Sep 15, 07 7:30 AM CDT

      Cell Phones Spur Growth Surge in Africa

      (Newser) - Mobile phones are revolutionizing the economic life of many of the world's poorest countries, igniting an unprecedented growth surge across Africa. In remote villages in Kenya, Nigeria, and Uganda, people who until recently lived without any modern infrastructure now use cell phones to sell crops, summon doctors, transmit vital information, and transfer money, Business Week reports. More »

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      cell phones  • Africa  • Kenya

    • 7.5 Tremor Hits Indonesia

      Associated Press  |  Sep 12, 07 9:11 PM CDT

      7.5 Tremor Hits Indonesia

      (Newser) - A 7.5-magnitude aftershock has rocked Indonesia, sparking a new tsunami alert and making buildings sway in nearby Singapore. This morning's 8.4 quake killed at least 5, injured dozens and sent people fleeing inland for safety. Governments issued alerts as far as Kenya and Tanzania warning people to abandon the beaches, the AP reports. More »

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      Kenya  • Indonesia  • aftershock  • Singapore  • tsunami  • Tanzania  • Malaysia

  • August 2007

    • Lagat Wins 1500m Gold for US

      Associated Press  |  Aug 30, 07 8:53 AM CDT

      Lagat Wins 1500m Gold for US

      (Newser) - Kenya native Bernard Lagat became the first US runner to win the 1,500 meters at the world track and field championships in Osaka last night, the AP reports. Lagat, who became a US citizen in 2004, broke away from the pack near the end of the race to defeat countrymen Rashid Ramzi, competing for Brunei, and Shedrack Kibet Korir. More »

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      Kenya  • runner  • Bernard Lagat

    • Kenyan Fossil Rattles Human Family Tree

      National Geographic  |  Aug 9, 07 8:15 AM CDT

      Kenyan Fossil Rattles Human Family Tree

      (Newser) - Two of our ancestors apparently lived alongside each other in Africa rather than evolving from one to the next on the path to Homo sapiens , as scientists once believed. National Geographic reports that a Homo habilis skull dug up in Kenya is surprisingly young, making its 1.4 million-year-old owner a neighbor to Homo erectus rather than an evolutionary forerunner. More »

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      Africa  • Kenya  • evolution  • archaeology  • fossil  • human evolution  • anthropology  • origins of humanity  • homo sapiens  • Homo erectus

  • July 2007

    • African Villagers Sold on the Simpsons

      BBC  |  Jul 26, 07 5:25 PM CDT

      African Villagers Sold on the Simpsons

      (Newser) - Villagers in a remote Kenyan village are thrilled about tomorrow’s premiere of The Simpsons movie, but not because it’s playing in a theater near them. Most, in fact, have never even seen the TV show. But their soapstone busts of the cartoon characters have been declared official Simpsons merchandise, and business is booming, the BBC reports. More »

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      Africa  • Kenya  • The Simpsons Movie  • The Simpsons  • Twentieth Century Fox

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