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Kenyan court convicts Venezuelan diplomat for envoy's murder

A Kenyan court on Wednesday found a Venezuelan diplomat guilty of murdering the Latin American nation's acting ambassador a decade ago at her home in an upmarket Nairobi neighbourhood.

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‘Culture is hard to break’: Kenya’s medical schools face a shortage of cadavers

Medical training is in demand, but hesitancy on body donation means students have little to work with, while an illicit trade in transplant organs flourishes

The Guardian - UK

Transgender Kenyans seek refuge amid backlash over activist's death

NAIROBI - For the first time in years, Arya Rams falls asleep and wakes up each day without a dense knot of fear in her chest.

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Kenya and South Africa are working to address trade barriers: where to start

Trade volumes between Kenya and South Africa have always been minimal compared to each country’s engagement with its other major trading partners. But in recent years, leaders of the two countries have been taking steps to stimulate trade. South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa was on the same mission late last…

The Conversation

Kenya’s Trade Minister: Nairobi to Witness Qualitative Cooperation with Saudi Arabia

Kenya’s Minister of Trade and Industry Moses Kuria said that Africa, and his country in particular, would not allow its resources to be exploited in the US-Chinese trade war. He noted that Kenya looked forward to strengthening economic ties with Saudi Arabia by reviving axes of cooperation. In an interview…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Journalists detained over footage appearing to show South Sudan president wet himself

NAIROBI - Six journalists in South Sudan have been detained over the circulation of footage showing President Salva Kiir appearing to wet himself at an official event, the national journalists union said on Saturday.

Reuters

In Nairobi, Naperville native Jennifer Sapitro helps Kenyans fulfill their artistic dreams

She grew up in the west suburb and has lived for over 10 years in Kenya, where she helped start a foundation and an art program for people in an impoverished area.

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Many Kenyans have embraced vigilante cops – an ineffective police force is to blame

In March 2017, Ahmed Rashid, a Kenyan police officer, shot and killed two unarmed teenagers accused of theft. They had surrendered and were lying on the ground in a Nairobi neighbourhood. Rashid executed them in full view of the public. This was caught on camera.

The Conversation

Brit who disappeared in Kenya sparking manhunt found in pub after four-day bender

The 22-year-old Brit, Nelson Newbery, disappeared last week in Nairobi, Kenya, prompting a police manhunt and his dad to fly out from England - but he was actually in the pub

Daily Mirror

Pakistani journalist's killing in Kenya a pre-meditated murder -report

A team set up by the Pakistani government to probe the killing of a well-known Pakistani journalist in Nairobi said it found several contradictions in the version given by Kenyan authorities, and believes it was a case of pre-meditated murder.

Reuters

Peace talks between DR Congo and armed groups end in Kenya

Kenya's former president Uhuru Kenyatta says progress has been made after peace talks between the DR Congo and armed rebel groups. The talks, hosted by Nairobi, have just wrapped up. Also, Chanel holds a fashion show in Dakar, its first ever catwalk in sub-Saharan Africa. We meet some of Senegal's…

France 24

Female genital mutilation: What it will take to end a dangerous tradition?

More than 200 million girls and women have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM) across 30 countries, according to the United Nations. Rooted in cultural beliefs, FGM is deeply harmful; risking in death or long-term health issues for the victim. Many nations have made the practice illegal but the tradition still…

France 24

Inter-Congolese dialogue opens as East Africa Community seeks to end DRC rebel activity

A fresh round of EAC-led talks between the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and armed militia operational in the eastern DRC has opened in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi without, however, the presence of the M23 Tutsi rebel group that Kinshasa says is being supported by Kigali.

Radio France Internationale

DR Congo: East African countries meet in bid to end violence

There's hope for peace in the DRC as high-profile talks kick off in Nairobi. Leaders of the East African Community are meeting to plot a path towards the end of a decade-long conflict between rebel groups and Congolese government forces.

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The Independent UK

Talks begin on disarmament of rebel groups in eastern Congo

The third round of Congo peace talks facilitated by the East Africa regional bloc has begun in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, with a plan to discuss reforms that will facilitate disarmament of rebel groups

Reuters

Clitoris reconstruction offers hope to Kenyan women after childhood mutilation

Imagine having no sensation in a body part for most of your life and then being able to feel it at last.

The Independent UK

2 killed in second Kenya building collapse this week

Authorities say two people have died after a multi-story building under construction collapsed on a neighbor’s home on the outskirts of Kenyan capital Nairobi

The Independent UK

Building under construction collapses in Kenya's capital

A multi-story residential building under construction has collapsed in Kenyan capital Nairobi

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Military leaders from Ethiopia and the Tigray region have agreed on a peace roadmap

Both parties have agreed to protect civilians and facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid to the region of more than 5 million people, according to a copy of the agreement seen by the AP.

Reuters

Ethiopia truce implementation to start "immediately", mediator says

The Ethiopian government and Tigrayan forces on Saturday signed an agreement laying out the roadmap for implementation of a peace deal that both sides reached in South Africa this month.

Reuters

Passengers stranded as Kenya Airways' pilots strike

Kenya Airways on Saturday warned its striking pilots they could be dismissed if they do not return to work immediately as industrial action led to the cancellation of dozens of flights and left thousands of passengers stranded.

Irish Mirror

Dad 'ecstatic' to have baby triplets home in Ireland after debacle costing thousands

The Dubliner raced to Nairobi after the babies were born prematurely

The Conversation

Kenya: police killings point to systemic rot and a failed justice system

Barely a month into office, President William Ruto of Kenya ordered the disbandment of a special police unit placed at the centre of a widening investigation into a wave of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances. At least nine officers of the Special Service Unit face charges relating to the disappearance…

Radio France Internationale

Body of murdered veteran Pakistani journalist repatriated from Kenya

The body of well-known Pakistani television journalist Arshad Sharif is being repatriated to Pakistan on Tuesday from Nairobi, Kenya, two days after he was allegedly killed by police at a roadblock on the outskirts of the Kenyan capital.

The Independent UK

Pakistan bringing home body of journalist killed in Kenya

Pakistan's information minister says the body of an outspoken Pakistani journalist who was killed by police while living in hiding in Kenya is being repatriated home to Islamabad

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