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Kenya

"I had a farm in Africa at the foot of the Ngong Hills. The Equator runs across these highlands, a hundred miles to the north, and the farm lay at an altitude of over six thousand feet. In the day-time you felt that you had got high up; near to the sun, but the early mornings and evenings were limpid and restful, and the nights were cold." - Out of Africa by Karen Blixen

Formed out of African tribal lands by colonialists, Kenya is both one of the most richly endowed and most politically troubled countries in Africa.  As it continues to develop economically and politically. it faces numerous challenges and opportunities.

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  • November 2008

    • Unrelated Obamas Relish Connection

      Washington Post  |  Nov 28, 08 2:59 PM CST

      Unrelated Obamas Relish Connection

      (Newser) - Ordinary citizens who share the last name Obama with the president-elect are seeing goodwill and unexpected perks lately, the Washington Post reports. They might not be able to score Inauguration tickets, but entrance to a swanky nightclub? No problem. Speeding ticket? Fixed. And it’s an exclusive club: The country may have fewer than 20 Obama families, compared to 60,000 people whose last name is Bush. More »

    • Obama's Kenyan Clan Adjusts to Fame

      Los Angeles Times  |  Nov 22, 08 6:27 AM CST

      Obama's Kenyan Clan Adjusts to Fame

      (Newser) - The election of Barack Obama has changed the lives of his Kenyan relatives forever, the Los Angeles Times reports. Roughly 400 people in western Kenya can claim kinship to the president-elect, and the clan is attracting huge amounts of attention from the world's media and from fellow Kenyans. Their village now boasts a new road, its first power line—and a new police station. More »

    • Tomorrow's Obama Day in Kenya

      BBC  |  Nov 5, 08 7:53 AM CST

      Tomorrow's Obama Day in Kenya

      (Newser) - Kenya has declared tomorrow a national holiday to honor Barack Obama’s presidential victory, the BBC reports. “We the Kenyan people are immensely proud of your Kenyan roots,” President Mwai Kibaki said. Obama’s father was Kenyan; his step-grandmother danced and cheered outside her home after the family pulled an Election-Day all-nighter. Meanwhile, people across the country took to the streets to celebrate. More »

  • October 2008

    • Kenya Deports Author of Obama Nation

      Times (UK)  |  Oct 7, 08 8:43 AM CDT

      Kenya Deports Author of Obama Nation

      (Newser) - The author of the bestselling attack on Barack Obama, The Obama Nation, is being deported from Kenya for lacking the right working papers, the AP reports. Police nabbed Jerome Corsi at his hotel ahead of a book launch. One source said he had been held for accusing the prime minister’s Muslim supporters of post-election violence, the Times of London reports. More »

  • August 2008

    • Eco-Waste, Water Plans Aid Kenya's Poor

      Associated Press  |  Aug 24, 08 5:03 PM CDT

      Eco-Waste, Water Plans Aid Kenya's Poor

      (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 with high coal and food prices. More »

  • May 2008

    • Kenya Mob Torches 11 for Witchcraft

      Associated Press  |  May 22, 08 8:15 AM CDT

      Kenya Mob Torches 11 for Witchcraft

      (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 and burned in their homes in the notoriously superstitious district. More »

  • April 2008

    • IPO Fever Shows Kenya is Recovering

      Wall Street Journal  |  Apr 15, 08 1:24 PM CDT

      IPO Fever Shows Kenya is Recovering

      (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 the country’s economic boom appears back on track. More »

    • Kenya Announces Shared Cabinet

      BBC  |  Apr 13, 08 2:11 PM CDT

      Kenya Announces Shared Cabinet

      (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, though the BBC notes that key positions remained with Kibaki loyalists. More »

    • Deal Reached in Kenyan Crisis

      BBC  |  Apr 12, 08 7:18 PM CDT

      Deal Reached in Kenyan Crisis

      (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 before the parliament returns on Tuesday. More »

    • Riots Flare as Kenya Talks Stall

      New York Times  |  Apr 9, 08 6:14 AM CDT

      Riots Flare as Kenya Talks Stall

      (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 major riot since February, when Kenya's president and his main rival agreed to form a government together. More »

  • March 2008

    • Tough Work Awaits Kenya Lawmakers

      New York Times  |  Mar 6, 08 4:53 PM CST

      Tough Work Awaits Kenya Lawmakers

      (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 legislators. “Please forget the history of what has happened." More »

    • Kenya Gov't Linked to Militia

      BBC  |  Mar 5, 08 2:15 PM CST

      Kenya Gov't Linked to Militia

      (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 thugs allegedly used machetes to attack non-Kikuyu in the Rift Valley. More »

    • Poisoned Arrows Riddle Kenya

      Time  |  Mar 1, 08 7:58 PM CST

      Poisoned Arrows Riddle Kenya

      (Newser) - Kenya has struck a peace agreement, but its people are still stockpiling a new weapon of choice: poisoned arrows. A primitive arms industry is supplying ethnic warriors with the projectiles to replace their time-tested machetes, Time reports. “This is obviously something very wrong and very new,” said one former police commander. More »

  • February 2008

    • Kenyan Rivals Sign Peace Deal

      New York Times  |  Feb 28, 08 4:43 PM CST

      Kenyan Rivals Sign Peace Deal

      (Newser) - Kenya’s rival political leaders signed a power-sharing deal today in a ceremony that brought jubilant crowds to the streets of Nairobi, the New York Times reports—a change from the violence that followed December's disputed election. The agreement creates a powerful prime minister position for opposition leader Raila Odinga, with cabinet positions filled by the parties of both Odinga and President Mwai Kibaki. More »

    • Kenyan Leaders Reach Deal

      BBC  |  Feb 28, 08 8:12 AM CST

      Kenyan Leaders Reach Deal

      (Newser) -  Kenya’s feuding leaders have finally reached a power sharing deal, Kofi Annan announced today after a four-hour meeting. Annan said he could not yet release details, but the deal is expected to spell out duties for the prime minister position to be created for opposition leader Raila Odinga, the BBC reports. Though the violence that swept Kenya after the election has waned, tensions remain high. More »

    • Annan Suspends Kenya Talks

      Associated Press  |  Feb 26, 08 11:09 AM CST