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Somali refugees laud Kenya’s court ruling quashing camp closure

GARISSA, Kenya, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- Somali refugees on Friday welcomed Kenya's court ruling, which declared the closure of the Dadaab refugee camps illegal. The refugees who fled violence in Somalia to Dadaab refugee camps celebrated after Thursday's court ruling which blocked the planned closure...

Kenya-Somalia maritime border spat earns lawyers Sh300m

Treasury Secretary Henry Rotich. FILE PHOTO | NMG
By: Business Daily Lawyers are emerging the biggest beneficiaries in the maritime boundary fight between Kenya and Somalia with revelations that the Treasury paid Sh300 million to Nairobi’s legal team handling the dispute. Revised estimates for the current year show that the budget for Kenya’s legal...

Uhuru Kenyatta wins Kenya presidential election

Incumbent's win comes amid allegations of voting fraud made by supporters of opposition leader Raila Odinga. Kenya's incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta has been declared winner of the country's presidential election amid allegations of voting fraud by the opposition. According to official figures released by the country's...

Somaliland political parties met officials of Kenya’s Independence Party

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Horndiplomat-Representatives from three Somaliland political parties have today met officials of Kenya’s independence party KANU for lessons on peacebuilding ahead of their next elections. The officials accompanied by programme officers from saferworld are in the country on a fact? finding mission to learn from Kenya’s...

Kenya’s Ruto: I fired police unit boss over killings

George Kinoti exited as the Director of Criminal Investigations in September
By: BBC WORLD Kenyan President William Ruto has disclosed that he fired the former head of criminal investigations over cases of forced disappearances and extrajudicial killings.President Ruto had previously said the former director of criminal investigations George Kinoti had...

After four years in a refugee camp, one 19-year-old journeys home to Somalia

By Anthony Langat DADAAB REFUGEE COMPLEX, Kenya — Mohamed Omar Abdille remembers the night before he left his home in Merca, Somalia, in September 2012 to begin life as a refugee. He was 15. Family and friends gathered around the table for a final meal before...

Kenya:NASA will withdraw KDF from Somalia if it wins, Kalonzo says

NASA will withdraw KDF troops from Somalia immediately it ascends to power after the August election and instead seek democratic options in the war on al Shabaab. Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka faulted the continued presence of Kenyan troops in Somalia and said it is unwise...

Raila oath will show world that Africa is a shithole, says Alfred Mutua

Machakos governor Alfred Mutua has disparaged Nasa leaders Raila Odinga and Kalonzo Musyoka's planned swearing in. Raila's oath-taking is scheduled for Tuesday but Mutua termed it a recipe for chaos. He further described it as the planting of seeds of civil war "which will turn our nation...

Ethiopia takes over Nile Council leadership

Ethiopia has taken over leadership of the Nile Council of Ministers (Nile-COM) for the next one year, filling the rotational position that is shared by member countries of the Nile Basin. The new chair of Nile-COM is Sileshi Bekele, Ethiopia’s Minister for Water, Irrigation and...

Kenya loses 2.61 mln livestock to drought

This photo, taken on Feb. 28, 2023, shows the horns of livestock after their corpses were cremated near a livestock market in Kajiado County, Kenya. (Xinhua/Li Yahui)
Source: Xinhua Kenya has lost some 2.61 million livestock to drought in the past months as the crisis worsens in arid and semi-arid areas, according to the National Drought Management Authority.  Kenya has...