January 2009

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Liberian women unite against sexual violence

PALALA, Jan 11 – Women in this central Liberian village, who suffered at the hands of rebels during a 14-year civil war, want to...

January 11, 2009

Featured

Wildlife, warriors share DRC park

RWINDI, Jan 11 – Until recently this outpost was a centre for watching the herds of elephants that lumber through the Virunga National Park...

January 11, 2009

World

Scores killed in Somali fighting

MOGADISHU, Jan 11 – Fighting between rival Islamist groups in central Somalia left at least 25 people dead and more than 50 wounded Sunday,...

January 11, 2009

World

UN Chief calls China over Gaza

BEIJING, Jan 11 – UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon spoke to China’s foreign minister Sunday, as part of an effort to bring about the...

January 11, 2009

Kenya

Kenya vs Uganda in CECAFA final

KAMPALA, Uganda, Jan 11 – Harambee Stars are on the threshold of winning their second Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA)...

PHILIP SAMBUJanuary 11, 2009

Kenya

Probe Mungiki killings, ICC told

NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 11 – A local non-governmental organisation has written to the International Criminal Court (ICC), inviting it to investigate alleged executions and...

BERNARD MOMANYIJanuary 11, 2009

World

Taylor s son gets 97 year jail term

MIAMI, Jan 10 – "Chuckie" Taylor, son of former Liberian president Charles Taylor, was sentenced in a US federal court on Friday to 97...

January 10, 2009

Kenya

Seven people massacred in Mukuru slum

NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 10 – Seven people were hacked to death overnight at Nairobi’s Mukuru kwa Njenga slums. Their bodies were found on Saturday...

Capital FMJanuary 10, 2009

Kenya

EAC commends aviation sector for integration

NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 10 – The East Africa Community Secretariat has commended the aviation sector for leading the way in harmonising regional policies geared...

Wambui WaweruJanuary 10, 2009

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MPs who pass laws then disown them

NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 9 – Since the passage of the Kenya Communications Amendment Bill 2008, a good number of Members of Parliament (MPs) have...

JUDIE KABERIAJanuary 9, 2009