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Africa's largest wind farm set to emerge from Kenyan desert

NAIROBI -- Kenya's Chalbi Desert is a bleak, forbidding stretch of coarse sand and ash-gray ridges broken by clusters of tiny huts. It is also one of the windiest places on Earth, experts say, and it soon will be the site of...

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IFRC calls for dramatic rethink on humanitarian assistance in Africa

NAIROBI, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) warns humanitarian assistance in Africa is too reactive and costly and is failing to match the growing needs of vulnerable...

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Pirate hostages fear they will be killed in days

Fears are intensifying for the plight of the British couple captured by pirates in the Indian Ocean in October, after a new video aired yesterday showed the pair surrounded by gunmen and desperately urging the British...

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Japanese to head Red Cross Federation

NAIROBI--Tadateru Konoe, head of the Japanese Red Cross Society, was elected president of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) on Thursday. Konoe, 70, is the first Asian to assume the...

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Kenya: Judge Wary Over Protection of Witnesses

Nairobi — An appellate judge has expressed concern over the possibility of perpetrators of post election violence suppressing evidence by threatening witnesses. Court of Appeal judge Justice Philip Waki whose concern was also...

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Kenya: First Islamic Book-Fair is Held in Nairobi

Kenyan Islamic faithful have been encouraged to cultivate a culture of reading in the ongoing Islamic Book-fair on Islamic topics and other religions, family, and children at Jamia Mosque Complex in Nairobi.

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Kenya: Centum Posts Fall in Earnings

Nairobi — Centum Investment Ltd has reported a 72 per cent drop in pre-tax profit for the six months period ended September 30, 2009. One of the oldest and largest investment companies in the country, Centum's pre-tax earnings...

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Ruto Moves to Clear Name in Poll Chaos Report

Nairobi — Agriculture minister William Ruto Friday moved to court seeking to expunge his name from a report linking him to post-election violence. In an application certified urgent, Mr Ruto says the report by the Kenya...

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Kenya: Man Arrested in Sting Operation With Game Trophies

Nairobi — A 37-year-old man in Malindi was caught in a sting operation when he attempted to sell game trophies to KWS officers posing as customers. Mr Garama Mathayo Kondo's bid to fetch several thousands of shillings, or US...

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Kenya: Court Grants Re-Verification to Sugar Firm

Nairobi — The process of re-verifying 25 containers of sugar which has been detained at the port of Mombasa for the last two years has begun. Mumias Sugar was granted the order to scrutinize the contents following reports that...

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