Last year, the phone hacking tool maker Cellebrite announced it had suspended Serbian police as customers, after human rights researchers alleged local police and intelligence agencies used its…
Read more Cellebrite cut off Serbia citing abuse of its phone unlocking tools. Why not others? | TechCrunchAviation workers in Kenya have agreed to resume work during the second day of their strike that has led to cancellations, delays and diversions which have particularly hit…
Read more Strike deal reached after two days of chaos at Kenya’s main airportNAROK, Kenya—Leaders of the Maasai ethnic group are seeking a court order to demolish a new Ritz-Carlton luxury safari camp they say blocks a key route of the…
Read more Maasai Sue Marriott Over Ritz-Carlton Safari CampKYIV (Reuters) -More than 1,400 citizens from three dozen African countries are fighting alongside Russian forces in Ukraine, Kyiv’s foreign minister said on Friday. Ukrainian officials say Russia…
Read more Ukraine Says More Than 1,400 Africans From Dozens of Countries Fighting for RussiaMore than 40 people are now known to have died after multiple landslides struck Kenya and Uganda’s mountainous border region last week. “I lost a grandmother, a maternal…
Read more Agony for families as landslide death toll climbs in Uganda and KenyaHellen Obiri of Kenya set a women’s course record to win the New York City Marathon on Sunday while compatriot Benson Kipruto won the men’s race by edging…
Read more Obiri sets women’s NYC Marathon course record, Kipruto wins men’s race in photo finishA plane with 12 people on board has crashed in Kwale near Kenya’s coast, the aviation authority has said. It was flying from the coastal town of Diani…
Read more Plane with 12 on board crashes near Kenya’s coastNAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenya’s Civil Aviation Authority said on Tuesday that there had been an aircraft accident at Kwale, with 12 people on board the plane that crashed. The…
Read more Kenya Aviation Authority Says Aircraft Crashed With 12 People on Board(Reuters) -Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces said on Sunday they had captured the army headquarters in the city of al-Fashir, the Sudanese army’s last stronghold in the Darfur…
Read more Sudan’s RSF Says It Captured Al-Fashir Army HeadquartersKISUMU (Reuters) -Dozens of mourners were injured on Saturday at a memorial service for Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga as crowds swelled, with some in critical condition taken…
Read more Dozens of Mourners Injured at Odinga Memorial in Kenya, Red Cross Official SaysNAIROBI (Reuters) -Two people were killed and almost 200 people were injured in a stampede at a stadium in Kenya’s capital Nairobi where a state funeral for former…
Read more Two People Killed in Kenya’s Stampede at Odinga Funeral Aid GroupRaila Amollo Odinga, who has died at the age of 80, was something of a paradox in post-independence Kenyan politics. A leader who repeatedly ran for president, he…
Read more Raila Odinga: the man who changed Kenya without ever ruling itHuge crowds of mourners in Kenya fled screaming after police fired gunshots and tear gas in a stadium where they had gathered to see the body of former…
Read more Kenya police fire shots at crowds gathered to see body of ex-PM OdingaNAIROBI (Reuters) -At least two people were shot dead in Nairobi on Thursday after Kenyan security forces fired in the air to disperse thousands of mourners at a…
Read more At Least Two Shot Dead in Kenya After Odinga’s Body Repatriated, Citizen TV SaysRaila Odinga was one of Kenya’s most influential and enduring political figures despite five unsuccessful presidential bids. For years, the firebrand politician emerged as a staunch campaigner and…
Read more Raila Odinga: The man who shaped Kenyan politicsNAIROBI, Kenya—The Kenyan government is using special antiterrorism courts—established with U.S. money to combat al Qaeda—to threaten political dissidents with decades in prison. Prosecutors have charged 75 Kenyans…
Read more Kenya Uses U.S.-Funded Antiterrorism Courts for Political CrackdownSeveral investigations have been launched after a Spanish man in Kenya posted videos of himself pouring beer down an elephant’s trunk – sparking anger on social media. He…
Read more Tourist pouring beer down elephant’s trunk in Kenya sparks angerNAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — At a recent opening of the newest Rastafari place of worship just outside Kenya’s capital, some of the faithful gathered to sing rhythmic songs,…
Read more In Kenya’s capital, a new Rastafari temple shows the movement’s enduranceNAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s airport workers’ union has called off a strike that grounded flights in the country’s main airport on Wednesday over awarding the contract for…
Read more Workers call off protest that grounded flights at Kenya’s main airportJohannesburg — Ugandan athletics officials said Thursday that the country’s Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei had died in a hospital in neighboring Kenya where she was being treated…
Read more Ugandan Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei dies after allegedly being set on fire by boyfriend
