5,623,349 |
-1.28333 |
36.81667 |
Kenya |
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Kenyan authorities said they have heightened security in Nairobi and its environs following a terror alert warning that Somali militant group, Al Shabaab, have threatened to bomb social places particularly during the Easter holiday. |
5,623,353 |
-4.267 |
39.6 |
Kenya |
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A multi-million-shilling mortuary and crematorium built in an estate in Ukunda, Kwale County, is at the centre of a storm. Residents, who held a demonstration in Mwakamba, said the mortuary was misplaced and did not go well with their religious and traditional beliefs. |
5,623,357 |
0.43333 |
34.15 |
Kenya |
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Three Kenyan fishermen were killed in Uganda in the disputed Kenya-Uganda border territory. |
5,623,363 |
1.25769 |
35.09269 |
Kenya |
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University students from West Pokot County on Thursday held a demonstration over alleged discrimination in the recruitment of employees by an international agency operating in the area. Carrying placards and twigs, the demonstrators blocked the Makutano-Kapenguira road, bringing traffic to a standstill as business people hurriedly closed their shops, fearing looting. |
5,623,367 |
-0.16667 |
37.3 |
Kenya |
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Police broke up an oath-taking ceremony on Saturday night and arrested 20 suspected followers of the proscribed Mungiki sect in Mwea East District. Weapons such as machetes and a spear were also seized from the suspects when police stormed Karira village of Kirinyaga County. |
5,623,372 |
-1.28333 |
36.81667 |
Kenya |
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Police are investigating the killing of former NTV reporter Wambui Kabiru at her house in Nairobi. Her body was found on Sunday with marks on the neck, an indication she may have been strangled. |
5,623,376 |
4.53333 |
35.93333 |
Kenya |
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In retaliation for an earlier attack, angry Turkana residents shot dead five Merrile militia in [a] retaliatory attack. |
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4.53333 |
35.93333 |
Kenya |
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Suspected cattle rustlers from Ethiopia shot and hacked at least 38 people to death in neighboring Kenya. Eighteen people were killed at Todonyang. |
5,623,387 |
3.12528 |
35.58972 |
Kenya |
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Five more people have been killed by suspected Merrile bandits from Ethiopia, two days after the militia executed 20 other Kenyans. |
5,623,391 |
-1.36667 |
36.65 |
Kenya |
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Four children were killed on Sunday and another seriously hurt when an explosive device they found in an empty field with went off. The device, which police described as an anti-personnel bomb -- the round fired from a mortar -- was almost certainly an unexploded munition from the nearby Ngong Range, used for training by the military and police. |