NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — President Donald Trump’s vulgar insult of Africa was a puzzle for many foreign media organizations, which didn’t have a ready translation of his epithet for their readers or listeners. FILE – In this Jan. 11, 2018 file photo, President Donald Trump speaks during a prison reform roundtable in the Roosevelt Room […]
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Kenya Election Official Tortured, Killed Days Before Vote
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — An official crucial to running Kenya’s presidential election next week has been found tortured and killed, the electoral commission chairman said Monday, as concerns grew that the East African nation’s vote again would face dangerous unrest. Wafula Chebukati helped identify the body of Christopher Msando at the city morgue and said […]
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Author and Conservationist Kuki Gallmann Shot in Kenya
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The Italian-born author and conservationist Kuki Gallmann was shot at her Kenyan ranch and airlifted for treatment after herders invaded in search of pasture to save their animals from drought, officials said Sunday. In this image from a video footage taken on May 3, 2000 in New York, the Italian-born author […]
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Court to Name Suspects in Kenya Post-vote Violence
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Three years after postelection violence left more than 1,000 people dead, top Kenyan leaders will learn Wednesday if they will face international prosecution over their involvement in the violence. The prosecutor for the International Criminal Court on Wednesday is expected to make public two cases against six people suspected of participation […]