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October 31, 2023
The king's visit has reignited some tensions over land in parts of Kenya, which is celebrating the 60th anniversary of…
September 11, 2021
Hundreds line up every morning, starting before dawn, on a grassy area outside Nairobi’s largest hospital hoping to get the…
April 17, 2020
A well-meaning governor in Nairobi, Kenya thought to add Hennessy to aid packages but faced immediate backlash due to untrue…
July 25, 2015
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Fulfilling the hopes of millions of Kenyans, Barack Obama returned to his father's homeland Friday for…
July 23, 2014
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A man has been charged with sexually abusing boys and girls while volunteering at an organization…
January 11, 2014
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The gunmen who attacked an upscale mall in Kenya's capital, killing at least 67 people, likely…
October 7, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The issue of al-Shabaab recruitment is not necessarily just a Somali problem, or a Muslim problem, or…
October 5, 2013
NBC News - In twin raids in Africa on Saturday, U.S. commandos captured two of the world’s most-wanted terrorists.
September 30, 2013
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — More than three dozen people remain unaccounted for almost a week after the end of the…
September 27, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - There is overall optimism about Kenya’s future and its global economic growth. Uhuru Kenyatta, the current president…
September 24, 2013
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya's president proclaimed victory Tuesday over the terrorists who stormed a Nairobi mall, saying security forces…
September 23, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Members of Minnesota’s Somali community expressed shock and grief at the attack on a shopping mall in…
June 27, 2013
OPINION - Some people are mad at President Barack Obama, but not the ones you might expect. This time, don’t…
July 2, 2012
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Gunmen killed two policemen guarding a church, snatched their rifles and then opened fire on the…
September 12, 2011
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Flames leapt out from the pipeline in a radius of some 300 yards (meters), setting shacks…
November 4, 2009
GUANGZHOU, China (AP) -- President Barack Obama's half-brother has finally spoken out, discussing his new, semi-autobiographical novel...
November 3, 2009
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- The world's fastest man has adopted the animal kingdom's fastest sprinter, as Usain Bolt welcomed a…
September 3, 2009
Hundreds of thousands of Somali refugees are jammed into camps that are "barely fit for humans," with poor sanitation and…