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Nobel Prize Winner Malala YousafZai Visits In Kenya In the World’s Largest Refugee Camp

Horn Diplomat:-DADAAB, Kenya — Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai is spending her 19th birthday in Kenya in the world's largest refugee camp? to draw attention to the global refugee crisis, especially as the Dadaab camp faces pressure to close. Malala's spokesman, Taylor Royle, said the education...

Al-Shabaab militants overrun Kenyan police outpost

Horn Diplomat-Over 100 al-Shabaab militants attacked and overpowered a Kenyan police station on Saturday, the latest in a series of attacks by the Somalia-based militant group. Police confirmed that the early-morning attack took place in the north-eastern town of Wajir, about 50 kilometers (31 miles)...

Kenya dismisses UN report on killings in Somalia

  The Kenyan government has not said how many of its soldiers were killed but CNN reported in May that as many as 141 died. In his report, Mr Ban offered a mixed assessment of the status of Amisom’s campaign against Al-Shabaab. Kenyan air...

US fintech pioneer’s start-up in Kenya

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Kenyans protest over alleged extrajudicial killings of trio by police

HORDIPLOMAT-Protesters gather in the capital Nairobi following discovery of bodies of lawyer Willie Kimani, his client and their driver Activists carry a mock coffin emblazoned with the words ‘stop extrajudicial killings’ Hundreds of people have marched in Kenya to protest against the apparent extrajudicial killing by...

Kenya’s Safaricom launches Little Cab app to rival Uber

HORNDIPLOMAT-Kenya's biggest telecoms operator Safaricom on Tuesday launched a ride-hailing app called Little Cab to compete with Uber and which was developed with a local software firm. Safaricom, which is 40 percent owned by Britain's Vodafone, and Nairobi-based software developer Craft Silicon will jointly...

Kenya promise to help restore Israel into African politics

Horndiplomat-Kenya’s president, Uhuru Kenyatta has said that he would work to restore Israel as an observer at the African Union, a move the Israeli premier has described as ‘Very significant for Israel.’ The Jewish state previously enjoyed observer status in the now disbanded Organization of...