| 5,623,223 |
-0.45357 |
39.6461 |
Kenya |
|
Some 120 Oromo Liberation Front [OLF, Ethiopian] rebels have been arrested in a crackdown in northern Kenya. The operation was launched three months ago by Kenyan and Ethiopian forces to mop up illegal arms and secure the border. |
| 5,623,227 |
3.93573 |
41.85421 |
Kenya |
|
Thousands of families are fleeing Mandera town [in northeastern Kenya] following intense fighting that has been going on at the Kenya-Somalia border since Wednesday night. Eight people were struck by bullets fired by militiamen who have been fighting AU troops on the Somalia side. One Kenyan woman was killed. |
| 5,623,230 |
3.93573 |
41.85421 |
Kenya |
|
Unconfirmed reports indicate that an AS battalion of elite forces has been deployed in Bulo-Xawo and that operatives from the AS intelligence services (Amniyat) were being deployed in Mandera town. |
| 5,623,234 |
-4.05 |
39.66667 |
Kenya |
|
Police on Monday used tear gas to disperse hundreds of dock workers who were heading to a Mombasa hotel to storm a port privatization workshop convened by the Kenya Ports Authority. The KPA stakeholders meeting at Mombasa Beach Hotel was meant to finalize Mombasa Port privatization exercise. |
| 5,623,238 |
-1.50361 |
40.0333 |
Kenya |
|
Some 2,800 people have been displaced from their homesteads following fresh conflict between two communities in Tana River district. The worst hit areas are Bura, Madogo and Bangale where homesteads were burnt to the ground, forcing more than 2,000 residents to flee their homes. |
| 5,623,242 |
-0.45357 |
39.6461 |
Kenya |
|
Some 2,800 people have been displaced from their homesteads following fresh conflict between two communities in Tana River district. The worst hit areas are Bura, Madogo and Bangale where homesteads were burnt to the ground, forcing more than 2,000 residents to flee their homes. |
| 5,623,245 |
3.93573 |
41.85421 |
Kenya |
|
Two unidentified military helicopters are reported having been deployed in Mandera military area and have been seen overflying Mandera and Bulo-Xawo without engaging AS forces on the ground. |
| 5,623,249 |
-3.5 |
38.3 |
Kenya |
|
A human rights organization has launched investigations into claims that security personnel mopping up illegal firearms in Tana North District raped women. Ms Sadia Hussein, a rights activist based in Tana River County alleged victims from Bulla Righa Village in Bura were raped last week and dozens of others have not turned up for medical assistance. |
| 5,623,253 |
3.93573 |
41.85421 |
Kenya |
|
A motor bomb was thrown on Monday night [14 March] in Mandera town and later followed by sporadic gunfire that lasted almost ten minutes from neighboring Bulawayo town on the border of Kenya and Somalia. Police said five residents were seriously injured. The incident came days after Al-Shabab warned that it would attack Kenya in retaliation for training soldiers for the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia. |
| 5,623,257 |
-3.39605 |
38.55609 |
Kenya |
|
Police on Monday used tear gas to disperse hundreds of Voi residents demonstrating against what they claimed were plans to settle internally displaced families in Taita-Taveta County. The demonstration was sparked by claims that more than 1,000 people were living in temporary shelter on a private farm in Taveta after efforts to settle them were opposed by the community. |
