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Australia, Singapore ban Boeing 737 MAX jets, more airlines ground plane
World
March 12, 2019
Australia, Singapore ban Boeing 737 MAX jets, more airlines ground plane
Australia and Singapore on Tuesday banned Boeing 737 MAX planes from their airspace and airlines around the world grounded the…
UN environment talks open under shadow of Ethiopian plane crash
Environment
March 11, 2019
UN environment talks open under shadow of Ethiopian plane crash
A world forum on addressing the planet’s environmental crisis opened in Nairobi on Monday, the mood darkened by the Ethiopian…
No survivors as Ethiopian Airlines crashes with 157 aboard
World
March 10, 2019
No survivors as Ethiopian Airlines crashes with 157 aboard
An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 crashed Sunday morning en route from Addis Ababa to Nairobi, killing all 149 passengers and…
Kenya bomber’s journey offers cautionary tale of intel. failures
World
January 31, 2019
Kenya bomber’s journey offers cautionary tale of intel. failures
NAIROBI/MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) – The bomber who blew himself up outside a Nairobi hotel last week, launching an attack that…
Kenya repels another suspected al-Shabaab attack: police
World
January 21, 2019
Kenya repels another suspected al-Shabaab attack: police
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenyan police have thwarted an attack by suspected Somali militants al-Shabaab on a Chinese-owned construction company in…
15 killed in ongoing attack on Nairobi hotel complex
World
January 16, 2019
15 killed in ongoing attack on Nairobi hotel complex
Fifteen people have died in an Islamist attack on an upmarket hotel complex in Nairobi, Kenyan police sources said Wednesday,…
Kenya’s top TV stations still off the air amid crackdown
World
February 2, 2018
Kenya’s top TV stations still off the air amid crackdown
Kenya’s three leading TV stations were off the air for a fourth day Friday as police prevented the delivery of…
Broadcasters shut as thousands gather for Kenyan opposition ‘swearing in’
World
January 30, 2018
Broadcasters shut as thousands gather for Kenyan opposition ‘swearing in’
Kenyan authorities shut down private television and radio stations on Tuesday as thousands of supporters of opposition leader Raila Odinga…
Nervous Kenyans await Odinga response to Kenyatta poll victory
World
October 31, 2017
Nervous Kenyans await Odinga response to Kenyatta poll victory
Nervous Kenyans waited on Tuesday for the response of opposition leader Raila Odinga to President Uhuru Kenyatta’s victory in last…
Kenyan police, protesters clash during disputed election
World
October 26, 2017
Kenyan police, protesters clash during disputed election
Kenyan police on Thursday fired tear gas at stone-throwing protesters in some opposition areas after the start of Kenya’s second…