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Kenya sets fire to 5,000 illegal weapons in crime fight INTERNATIONAL

Kenya sets fire to 5,000 illegal weapons in crime fight

Kenya destroyed some 5,250 illegal firearms by fire on Tuesday as part of efforts to fight crimes like cattle rustling, carjackings and to eliminate threats from terrorism.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Drugs displayed as Kenya's $6m cocaine trial gets underway INTERNATIONAL

Drugs displayed as Kenya's $6m cocaine trial gets underway

Cocaine dusted the vinyl flooring of the drab third-storey conference room at Nairobi's CID headquarters as Kenya's top narcotics cop sliced open another kilogramme slab of the drugs.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Six killed in suspected Shabaab attack in northeast Kenya INTERNATIONAL

Six killed in suspected Shabaab attack in northeast Kenya

Six people were killed in a suspected attack by Shabaab militants on a residential compound in the restive northeastern Kenyan town of Mandera, police and local authorities said on Thursday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Three women killed in attack on police station in Kenya INTERNATIONAL

Three women killed in attack on police station in Kenya

Three robed women tricked their way into a Mombasa police station where they stabbed one officer and set fire to the building with a petrol bomb before being shot dead, an officer and a witness said on Sunday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Mosquito traps laced with human scent help fight malaria INTERNATIONAL

Mosquito traps laced with human scent help fight malaria

Dutch and Kenyan scientists have designed a unique mosquito trap which uses human odour to attract the malaria-carrying insects, helping cut the number of cases dramatically ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Italian athletics coach charged in Kenya with doping INTERNATIONAL

Italian athletics coach charged in Kenya with doping

Italian athletics coach Claudio Berardelli was charged in a Kenyan court on Tuesday over the alleged administration of a prohibited performance enhancing substance to a Kenyan marathon champion.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Six killed in gun attack on two buses in Kenya's Mandera INTERNATIONAL

Six killed in gun attack on two buses in Kenya's Mandera

At least six people were killed when gunmen sprayed two buses with bullets on Friday in Kenya's Mandera county on the border with Somalia, a regional official said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Kenya nationwide blackout caused by monkey tripping transformer INTERNATIONAL

Kenya nationwide blackout caused by monkey tripping transformer

A nationwide blackout that hit Kenya on Tuesday was caused by a monkey tripping a transformer at a hydropower plant, leading to the loss of more than 180 megawatts from the grid, power producer Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Two shot dead as Kenyan protests turn violent INTERNATIONAL

Two shot dead as Kenyan protests turn violent

At least two protesters were shot dead in Kenya on Monday as anti-government protests turned violent, with police opening fire to disperse demonstrators in the country's third biggest city, Kisumu.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Troops kill 21 al Shabaab fighters in Somalia: Kenya INTERNATIONAL

Troops kill 21 al Shabaab fighters in Somalia: Kenya

Kenya's military said on Wednesday it had killed 21 al Shabaab fighters in Somalia where its troops are trying to defeat the militant Islamist group ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Qatar Airways Cargo marks 10 years of service in Kenya ECONOMY

Qatar Airways Cargo marks 10 years of service in Kenya

Qatar Airways Cargo, the world’s third largest international cargo carrier, recently celebrated 10 years of services in Kenya.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Woman rescued six days after Kenya building collapse INTERNATIONAL

Woman rescued six days after Kenya building collapse

A woman was pulled alive Thursday from the rubble of an apartment block that collapsed six days ago when heavy rains hit Nairobi, causing floods and landslides ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016