Times Online (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
The Ogiek believe they arrived in the Mau forest in the Kenyan Rift Valley as a punishment, banished by their god for the crime of killing an elephant. He told them they could only ever eat food from the forest.
BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Ireland win won the three-match Carnegie Cup series against Kenya after Wednesday's game is abandoned.
BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Scorecard from the one-day international in Belfast.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Family of tourist killed in Kenya offers £78,500 reward for information on her murderer
People Daily (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
UN Special Humanitarian Envoy Abdul Aziz Arrukban is currently on mission in Kenya and Somalia to highlight the humanitarian crisis in Somalia and advocate for stronger involvement of Gulf countries in tackling the unfolding emergency. A statement from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said Arrukban is on Wednesday visiting the Bakool region in Somalia and Dadaab refugee...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
The Kenyan government has developed a plan for a new metropolitan Nairobi, aimed at making the capital city an African diplomatic hub and a trade centre. Nairobi Metropolitan Minister Mutula Kilonzo said the Kenyan engineers and economic researchers are working out an elaborate blueprint, seeking to utilize Nairobi's proximity to the intra-African highway, the northern corridor, to grab the attention...
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
There are reasons to cheer for M-PESA, the mobile banking system in Kenya: “Anyone with a new Safaricom sim card would have noticed two additional menus under the M-PESA section: ‘Buy Goods' and ‘ATM Withdrawal'.”
Relief Web (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Date: 28 Aug 2008 Source: Minority Rights Group
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Kenyan Pundit congratulates Kenyan athletes for their performance in Beijing….but, “…why the hell there were more officials than athletes in the Kenyan contigent that went to Beijing?”
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Jump to the full entry & travel map Nairobi, Kenya One of the things that I wanted to do during my visit Mara was to go to an actual Masai Village. The lodge arranges for "tours" to one of the villages and I felt that was an opportunity to see a people and a culture up close and personal that I did not want to miss. Since we did not have an early morning drive on Monday, Samwel arranged for us (me...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
The text of the Kenyan National Dialogue and Reconciliation Accord, brokered by former UN chief Kofi Annan in March this year and released to the press in full last Sunday, identifies land as one of the central issues creating "economic, social, political and environmental problems" in the country.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
The two main political parties in last year's General Election on Wednesday traded accusations and blamed each other for the violence that erupted.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
President Kibaki was spot-on when he pledged that the Government will provide more funds for tourism marketing.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Kenya could start importing low-priced crude oil from Sudan as early as next month.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
The economy has in the past five years registered impressive growth. This has translated into surging consumer demand and, inevitably, demand-push inflation.
