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Kenya
Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator. With the Indian Ocean to its south-east, it is bordered by Tanzania to the south, Uganda to the west, South Sudan to the north-west, Ethiopia to the north and Somalia to the north-east. Kenya has a land area of 580,000 km2 and a population of a little over 43 million residents. The country is named after Mount Kenya, a significant landmark and second among Africa's highest mountain peaks. Its capital and largest city is Nairobi.
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Travel Weekly UK
October 30, 2015
The lifting of a UK travel ban to further areas of the Kenyan coast has been welcomed by the country's tourism office. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office removed the travel advisory for further areas of the Kenya coast to include Malindi, situated ...
SDE Entertainment News
October 30, 2015
Jamaican reggae unit, Morgan Heritage's long stay in Kenya left many of their fans confused. Their host, Tru Blaq's Big Kev, explains what they did during the three-week extension.
AllAfrica.com
October 30, 2015
Indian companies will help set up specialist hospitals in Kenya to help save on costs incurred by Kenyans travelling abroad for treatment.
The Star
October 30, 2015
The past few weeks in Kenya have seen saturation media attention on the almost US$3 billion that the government raised via a sovereign bond over two years ago.
The Star
October 30, 2015
A quick survey would show you only children from Kenya fly business or upper class to commence their studies in the UK. No other foreign students do this.
The Star
October 30, 2015
Kenya has secured a $750 (Sh76.17 billion) international syndicated loan kicking off plans by the government to ease pressure on domestic borrowing.
Independent Online
October 30, 2015
Time and distance mean something else in East Africa, particularly in Kenya, and especially in making the 17km trip between Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and Nairobi's city centre (the equivalent would be going from OR Tambo to Eastgate), a ...
The Conversation AU
October 30, 2015
Kenya has reduced stunting to 26%. Its low birth weights are down to 5.6% and it has improved exclusive breastfeeding to 61.4%.
The Guardian
October 30, 2015
Kenyan police are investigating the murders of 10 women working as prostitutes, a record number of attacks in one month that has led to fears of a serial killer targeting sex workers.
ISRAEL21c
October 29, 2015
On October 21, 2015, Kenya's new pop "it" guy, Gilad, released an official video to his single, Sema Milele (Say Forever).
CBC.ca
October 29, 2015
Former Charlottetown city councillor Bruce Garrity is in Kenya working with grandmothers who are caring for their grandchildren and living in poverty.
Kenya Broadcasting Corporation
October 29, 2015
President Uhuru Kenyatta and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi have kicked off discussions to lower the cost of medical services for Kenyans. The President and the Prime Minister said their two countries are ready to work together in the transfer of ...
The Daily Tar Heel
October 29, 2015
One Durham-based nonprofit is helping to bring Kenyans out of poverty through employment and education. Tensions in Kenya escalated into violence in 2007, after incumbent President Mwai Kibaki was re-elected despite numerous international andÃÂ ...
Kenya Broadcasting Corporation
October 29, 2015
Following the deal, Interswitch East Africa is set to launch its money transfer services, verve card and Quickteller used for paying bills and top-up airtime in Kenya. Paynet started in Kenya in 2003 and is known for a number of innovations including ...
Kenya Broadcasting Corporation
October 29, 2015
Kenya Broadcasting Corporation
October 29, 2015
The OKOA Kenya Secretariat Wednesday presented 1.4 million signatures needed by coalition for reforms and democracy CORD for the Okoa Kenya referendum campaign. Presenting the signatures to CORD principals Raila Odinga, Kalonzo Musyoka,ÃÂ ...
ThinkProgress
October 29, 2015
Kenya imports 100,000 tons of secondhand clothing a year. Although exact figures are not available, thousands of Kenyans earn their livings by buying and selling secondhand clothing - a business which has come to overshadow the country's once robustÃÂ ...
The Star
October 29, 2015
The Okoa Kenya Secretariat yesterday announced it has collected 1.4 million signatures in its campaign to amend the Constitution.
Voice of America (blog)
October 29, 2015
Now, the country's first electric-powered motor bike is being made. The bike is designed to cut down on pollution and aimed at low-income communities.
Kenya Broadcasting Corporation
October 29, 2015
Kenya has been ranked the third most reformed country globally according to the latest World Bank Ease of Doing Business Report.
NBCNews.com
October 27, 2015
A Kenyan marathon runner who crossed the finishing line in second place was accused of cheating after organizers spotted that he ran only the final 1,000 yards.
Variety
October 27, 2015
After a five-year run celebrating the local film and TV industries through an annual award ceremony, Kenya's Kalasha Awards - "Fundimentals," above, is in the running for best picture - have expanded its focus this year, with organizers hoping theÃÂ ...
Huffington Post
October 26, 2015
Washington Post
October 26, 2015
Running is serious business in Kenya, where many of the world's top long-distance Athletes come from, so perhaps it shouldn't come as a surprise that if you try to cheat, you'll get arrested if caught.
Hanford Sentinel
October 24, 2015
"The work in Kenya is with an organization called Furaha, which means joy in Swahili and it is this school that was started there and it's this incredible place of joy in the middle of the Huruma slum which is just outside of Nairobi, Kenya," explained ...
The Star
October 24, 2015
The Kenya Orchid Society was established in 1953 to create and increase interest in orchids and their cultivation throughout Kenya and other East African countries. This year's orchid show under the theme " passport to the world" opened at the Sarit ...
Kenya Broadcasting Corporation
October 24, 2015
Kenya is expected to be a food self sufficient country within the next decade if its irrigation potential is fully exploited.
The Indian Express
October 24, 2015
people in Kenya drink cow blood but don't kill it, says RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat. In certain situations like famine, people in Kenya drink blood of cows to survive but they don't kill them or eat their flesh, Bhagwat said while speaking at a function.
The Star
October 24, 2015
"The case at the ICC continues to pose serious serious political and social distractions within Kenya and by extension, continues to undermine the immediate and long-term political stability of Kenya, and threatens that of the sub-region of Eastern ...
NBCNews.com
October 24, 2015
Nakuru is one of three shallow lakes - the others are Bogoria and Elementaita - lying in the part of Africa's Great Rift Valley that cuts a fertile gash through Kenya's highlands. The scenery is stunning, from forests of gentle green acacia trees to ...
Huffington Post
October 23, 2015
Kenyan Tara Todras-Whitehill/Vignette Interactive Kenyan women and girls bring firewood they have collected back to their villages. An estimated 3 billion people -- half the world's populationÃÂ ...
Biztech Africa
October 23, 2015
Airtel Kenya customers travelling across sixteen Airtel Africa's countries can roam on any of the Airtel networks for only Ksh.
AllAfrica.com
October 23, 2015
American actress Kristin Davis is planning to visit Kenya with her four-year-old daughter, Gemma Rose, next year. The Sex and the City star is working closely with The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust to help raise awareness about the preservation ofÃÂ ...
SDE Entertainment News
October 23, 2015
The newly-crowned Miss World Kenya Charity Mwangi hit the ground running with a State invite to the Mashujaa Day celebrations where she was joined by her Miss Kenya team led by pageant holder and Ashleys CEO Terry Mungai. "I admire UhuruÃÂ ...
AllAfrica.com
October 23, 2015
Kenya has presented to the UN evidence of what it believes should determine its sea boundary dispute with Somalia. On Thursday, Attorney-General Githu Muigai and his team tabled geographical and seismic data collected for the past seven years.
AllAfrica.com
October 23, 2015
The Star
October 23, 2015
Electioneering season set in at the start of the year when the Jubilee Alliance Party of Kenya was launched. In 2012-13, the campaign was characterised by 'prayer rallies' at which a cross section of ' religious leaders' prayed for the fate of the ...
TravelPulse
October 23, 2015
The Herald
October 23, 2015
Nairobi. - The El Nino rains have started in parts of Kenya and some maize farmers are readying to plant once again to cash in on the downpour.
AllAfrica.com
October 23, 2015
Nairobi - Pope Francis is looking forward to holding mass in Kenya according to a Kenyan delegation that met him at the Vatican this week.
TakePart
October 23, 2015
Since 2008, mobs in coastal Kenya have attacked LGBT individuals at least six times, according to the September report. Though police came to protect the victims, no perpetrators were arrested.
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