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How Mr.Barack Obama’s grandfather loathe become the British ?

Ruiru :: Kenya | 1 day ago | No category

Posted by aarana

Hussein Onyango Obama, Mr Obama’s paternal grandfather, became involved in the Kenyan independence movement while working as a cook for a British army officer after the war. He was arrested in 1949 and jailed for two years in a high-security...

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Pirates fire on US cruise ship in hijack attempt

Nairobi :: Kenya | 2 days ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by vishnughimire

Pirates chased and shot at a U.S. cruise liner with more than 1,000 people on board but failed to hijack the vessel as it sailed along a corridor patrolled by international warships, a maritime official said Tuesday. The liner, carrying...

24 news stories / 5 blog posts / 5 images / 16 videos / 2 voices

Pirates fire on US cruise ship in hijack attempt

Nairobi :: Kenya | 2 days ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by kalex

30 news stories / 3 blog posts / 4 images / 16 videos / 0 voices

Pirates fire on US cruise ship in hijack attempt

Nairobi :: Kenya | 2 days ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by apriljieh11

By ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY, Associated Press Writer NAIROBI, Kenya – Pirates chased and shot at a U.S. cruise liner with more than 1,000 people on board but failed to hijack the vessel as it sailed along a corridor patrolled by...

30 news stories / 3 blog posts / 6 images / 16 videos / 1 voice

IOL, South Africa: Elders tell SADC to get tough with Zimbabwe

Nairobi :: Kenya | 1 day ago | No category

Source: Androscoggin News

Human rights advocate and member of The Elders, Graça Machel, has said governments in the region should follow South Africa's example and withhold resources. SA is holding onto R300-million promised to Zimbabwe earlier this year. Her advice came as the...

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Tale of family torture may strengthen Barack Obama’s animosity

Nairobi :: Kenya | 2 days ago | Political News

Source: Times Online

Barack Obama is no admirer of British colonialism, to judge from his writings, but the discovery that the British authorities tortured his grandfather may well deepen any animosity. In his bestselling memoir, Dreams from My Father , Mr Obama does...

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Kenya team to probe MPs tax plan

Nairobi :: Kenya | 2 days ago | No category

Source: BBC

This follows a widespread public outcry over a decision by the country's legislators to drop a proposal to tax their allowances. Kenya's 222 MPs each earn more than $10,000 (£6,800) a month but only pay tax on their basic pay...

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Kenya witch doctor predicts Obama win

Nairobi :: Kenya | about 1 month ago | Political News

Posted by benjiross

As the United States presidential election looms, it's not just polls in the US that are putting Democratic candidate Barack Obama in the lead. A witch doctor in Kogelo, western Kenya, where Obama's father grew up, on Saturday also predicted...

50 news stories / 3 blog posts / 2 images / 19 videos / 1 voice

U.N. and African leaders meet on Congo crisis

Nairobi :: Kenya | 27 days ago | Political News

Posted by kalex

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon met African leaders at a summit in Kenya on Friday to try and end the conflict in the east of Democratic Republic of Congo before it engulfs the whole region. Fighting between rebel leader Laurent Nkunda...

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Obama victory raises hopes of Kenyan poor

Nairobi :: Kenya | 29 days ago | Political News

Source: Financial Times

Sources within the Kenya Power and Lighting Company said they were under intense pressure from high up to ensure that the home of Mama Sarah – Mr Obama’s grandmother – and the surrounding area had electricity.

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