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Kenya stories: 125 news summaries

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Kenyan Robbers Raid Grandma Obama's Home

They fail to remove solar panel on house
in African village

Sep 11, 08 4:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - A band of thieves broke into the Kenyan home of Barack Obama's 85-year-old step grandmother yesterday, Reuters reports. "These are just people who think that Obama has been sending me a lot of money," said Sarah Obama. Nothing was stolen from the home in tiny Kogelo village. The... More »

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Barack Obama • Kenya • crime • robbery • Sarah Obama

(Newser) - Sewage and sunlight are offering unexpected aid to the poor of Kenyan slums, the AP reports. Public toilets are recycling waste into gas, while sunlight disinfects water and reduces cases of waterborne illness. Adapted from a plan in Tanzania, the project was funded by international donors to help people struggling... More »

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Kenya • biofuel • green energy • solar power • Kenya's economy

(AP) - Samuel Wanjiru pulled away over the final few kilometers to become the first Kenyan in the storied running history of that nation to win an Olympic marathon. The 21-year-old negotiated the 26.2-mile course through Beijing streets in bright Sunday morning sunshine in an Olympic record of 2 hours, 6... More »

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China • Kenya • Morocco • Ethiopia • Beijing • 2008 Beijing Olympics • marathon • running • Samuel Wanjiru • Jaouad Gharib • Tsegay Kebede

Obama Inspires Destitute Half-Brother

26-year-old George Obama sees role model in powerful bro

Aug 21, 08 11:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Presidential candidate Barack Obama's half-brother isn't on the campaign trail, he's living in a shack in a Kenyan slum, reports the Telegraph. George Hussein Obama, 26, has only spoken to his powerful relative twice in his life, but is crediting Barack for providing the inspiration to lift himself out... More »

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Barack Obama • Kenya • Dreams From My Father • George Obama • half-brother

Obama Brother Surfaces
in Britain

Kenyan Bernard
'so proud'
of candidate

Jul 26, 08 10:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s Kenyan half-brother Bernard has emerged in England after a British tabloid tracked him down. Bernard Obama told the Sun he was “proud of my brother” and said he was sure Barack would win the White House. “He will be a breath of fresh air for... More »

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Barack Obama • Kenya • family • brother • Britain • British tabloids • Barack Obama Sr.

Idealism Met Different End
for Obama Sr.

Kenya's graft drove Dem's father to drink, untimely death at 46

Jul 17, 08 4:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Like his candidate son, Barack Obama Sr. was charismatic, eloquent and idealistic, those who knew him say—so idealistic he was devastated by the corruption he saw in his native Kenya. The Harvard grad was so disillusioned upon his return to Africa, the Los Angeles Times reports, he turned to... More »

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Barack Obama • Kenya • alcoholism • Harvard • Barack Obama Sr. • disillusionment

African Union Pushes Unity Government in Zimbabwe

Move a rare shot at Mugabe by leaders

Jul 1, 08 3:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - The African Union adopted a resolution today calling for President Robert Mugabe to begin negotiations with the Zimbabwean opposition on forming a unity government, Reuters reports. The action marks the first time the AU has censured Mugabe, who once enjoyed a strong reputation as Zimbabwe’s liberator, for his undemocratic... More »

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Kenya • Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Southern Africa • African Union • Botswana • election fraud

Kenyan PM: Intervene in Zimbabwe

Odinga is Mugabe's most vocal critic at African Union summit

Jun 30, 08 1:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Kenya’s prime minister blasted Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe today, saying it would set a dangerous precedent for the African Union to accept him as "a duly elected president," the BBC reports. "They should suspend him and send peace forces to Zimbabwe to ensure free and fair elections,... More »

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Kenya • Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • voter fraud • African Union • prime minister • Raila Odinga • disputed election

Grandson as President?
Eh, No Big Deal

'It's just a job,' says Obama's Kenyan grandmother

Jun 6, 08 2:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Her grandson could be the next president of the United States, but don't think Kenya's "Mama Sarah" is about to let it go to her head or Barack Obama's. “It’s just a job, a government job," she tells the Guardian. "I am not going to... More »

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Barack Obama • Kenya

Kenya Mob Torches 11
for Witchcraft

'Sorcerers' accused
of casting spells
on villagers

May 22, 08 8:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - A mob in western Kenya hunted down and killed 11 people they accused of being witches and wizards, AP reports. The gang went from house to house with a list of suspected sorcerers and the spells they had cast. The eight men and three women, most over 70, were lynched... More »

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Africa • Kenya • lynching • witchcraft • witches

 Cheruiyot, Tune Win Boston 

Kenyan racks up 4th victory; Ethiopian triumphs in closest women's finish

Apr 21, 08 1:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Robert Cheruiyot of Kenya became the fourth man to win the Boston Marathon four times today, crossing the finish line on 2:07:46, 32 seconds slower than his own course record, the AP reports. Dire Tune of Ethiopia won the women’s race in 2:22:25, squeaking past... More »

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Kenya • Boston • Boston Marathon • Ethiopia • marathon • Robert Cheruiyot • Dire Tune • Alevtina Biktimirova

IPO Fever Shows Kenya is Recovering

Thousands line up to buy into delayed Safaricom offering

Apr 15, 08 1:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - When Safaricom, Kenyan’s partially state-owned cellular giant, went public, Kenyans lined up by the thousands to buy in—a generally good sign for a country recently wracked by paralyzing ethnic violence, the Wall Street Journal reports. Safaricom’s IPO itself had been delayed by post-election clashes, but now... More »

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Africa • Kenya • IPO • emerging markets • Kenyan elections • Kenya's economy • Safaricom

Obama Senior's Long-Lost Political Writing Surfaces

Elder Barack critiqued Kenyan socialism

Apr 15, 08 11:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - A mid-'60s treatise on Kenyan socialism has been causing a stir in the 2008 US presidential election, Politico reports, because of its author—Barack Obama Sr. Titled “Problems Facing Our Socialism,” conservative bloggers believe the paper reveals the elder Obama’s hidden communist leanings. But the scholarly paper... More »

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Barack Obama • Kenya • socialism • father • Dreams From My Father

 Kenya Announces
 Shared Cabinet 

Prez names opposition leader PM

Apr 13, 08 2:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Calling for Kenyans to "put politics aside and get to work," president Mwai Kibaki named chief opposition leader Raila Odinga prime minister today in a move to end political strife with a power-sharing cabinet. The 40-member cabinet, including two deputy PMs, was divided evenly between the two parties,... More »

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Kenya • Cabinet • power sharing deal • Mwai Kibaki • Raila Odinga • Kenyan elections

 Deal Reached in Kenyan Crisis 

Analysts remain skeptical, noting past attempts at accord

Apr 12, 08 7:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Kenya’s election crisis may finally be over. President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga today reached a deal on a new cabinet, the BBC reports, ending the dispute that has long delayed a February power-sharing deal. The new cabinet will be announced tomorrow and should be in place... More »

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Kenya • power sharing deal • Mwai Kibaki • Raila Odinga • Kenyan elections

 Riots Flare as Kenya Talks Stall 

Government and opposition deal falters

Apr 9, 08 6:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Riots erupted again in Kenya yesterday as opposition leaders suspended talks with the government over a stalled power-sharing pact, reports the New York Times. Dozens of men in a Nairobi slum lit bonfires and hurled rocks at police, chanting, "No cabinet, no peace!" The violence marked the first... More »

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Africa • Kenya • East Africa • riots • Mwai Kibaki • Kenyan elections • political protest

Wright Takes Cross Over Racial Divide

Rebel preacher aims
to free gospel from 'whiteness'

Apr 6, 08 8:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama pastor Jeremiah Wright built his Chicago church on black liberation theology, which directs Christianity at African Americans, Kelefa Sanneh writes in the New Yorker. The movement’s founder aimed to “emancipate the gospel from its ‘whiteness,’” but also from Frederick Douglass’ belief that antebellum... More »

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Barack Obama • Kenya • Black Power • Frederick Douglass • Jeremiah Wright • Trinity United Church of Christ • black liberation theology




 Slowly
 Changing
 Painful
 Customs 

Kenya group develops alternatives to female circumcision

Mar 14, 08 7:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - The practice of female circumcision has been twice banned in Kenya, but nearly 40% of young women still undergo the painful and dangerous rite of passage into married life. The Christian Science Monitor profiles activists at the Tasaru Girls Rescue Center who work with villagers—using role models, lessons about... More »

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Africa • Kenya • women's rights • female circumcision • female genital mutilation • Tasaru Girls Rescue Center • human rights activists

Tough Work Awaits Kenya Lawmakers

Parliament, back in session, must figure out how to make peace deal work

Mar 6, 08 4:53 PM CST
(Newser) - Kenya's parliament reconvened today, the New York Times reports, and was immediately given the task of putting into law the power-sharing deal that ended the startling wave of violence that followed December's disputed election. "You must now become the ambassadors of peace and reconciliation,” President Mwai Kibaki told... More »

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Africa • Kenya • Mwai Kibaki • Raila Odinga • Kenyan elections • ethnic violence • Kenya parliament

Kenya Gov't Linked to Militia

Officials said to have tried to enlist violent Mungiki during turmoil

Mar 5, 08 2:15 PM CST
(Newser) - Kenya's government might have played a direct role in sanctioning recent ethnic violence. A source tells the BBC that senior officials met with the violent Mungiki militia, with the aim of recruiting the outlawed group as a "defense force" to help protect the ethnic Kikuyu population. In January, Mungiki... More »

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Kenya • militia • Human Rights Watch • Mungiki • Kikuyu • ethnic violence • International Crisis Group

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