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Good evening readers, Somali Pirates have hijacked an oil tanker carrying $20 million worth of crude headed to the U.S. Because Naval warships are stretched too thin the Greek-Flagged oil tanker, traveling from Saudi Arabia to New Orleans, had no...

Originally published Saturday, November 28, 2009 at 7:36 AM 10,000 E. African albinos in hiding after killings The mistaken belief that albino body parts have magical powers has driven thousands of Africa's albinos into hiding, fearful of losing their lives...

Barack Obama's Kenyan grandmother 'Mama Sarah' is undertaking the Muslim Hajj pilgrimage this year along with her son Syeed Obama.This is being reported by the Dubai-based publication Arabian Business. The Obama mother and son were apparently invited by an UAI...

A million Kenyans expected to know their HIV status during campaign More than one million Kenyans are expected to get tested for HIV during a national campaign launched on Monday. The drive is expected to target more than 77 per...

Somalia's Islamist Al-Shabab militia group has taken control of the southern town of Afmadow, 620km south of the capital Mogadishu, causing hundreds of families to flee in fear of violence. November. “They [Al-Shabab] are in control.” Most of the fighting...

Kenya needs $1,02-billion in the next three years to tap its geothermal power potential, seen as an answer to over-reliance on drought-hit hydroelectric power, Energy Minister Kiraitu Murungi said on Monday. Drought has slashed capacity at Kenya's main dams, forcing...

Kipkosgei, who bagged sh5m for the 42km race, was closely followed by fellow Kenyans, Naibei Ruto and Thomas Ngelei, who got sh2.6m and sh1.8m respectively. Kenya�s Jane Nyambura won the women�s 42km race on a day that saw a record...

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...