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Thursday 6 October 2022
As the stand-off enters its third day, sustained bursts of rapid gunfire erupted at dawn and lasted 15 minutes, and soldiers posted around the complex ducked for cover.
Cabinet Secretary for the Interior Joe Lenku says 59 people have been killed and 175 injured.
Gunmen in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi lobbed grenades and opened fire on shoppers at an upscale mall.
Edward Loden commanded a Parachute Regiment unit that opened fire on civilians on Bloody Sunday in 1972.
Bodies were said to be ‘strewn all over’, according to police.
The event will see the Kenyan race against celebrities over 800m.
A compensation deal worth €23.5 million was unveiled. That’s around €4,460 per person – five times the annual salary of a Kenyan civil servant.
No crash-mat, no problem.
Ten of the patients have now returned to the hospital and police said the breakout must have been well planned.
Protests erupted in western Kenya yesterday after a court upheld Uhuru Kenyatta’s victory in the country’s presidential elections.
Lawyers for challenger Raila Odinga argued before the Supreme Court that the election was marred by irregularities.
Uhuru Kenyatta, one of Africa’s richest men, was declared the winner with 50.07 per cent of the vote.
The elections are seen as a crucial test for the country which was hit by violence during the last elections five years ago.
Five years ago, over 500,000 people were displaced and more than 1,500 killed in post-election violence in Kenya. Now, NGOs are working to manage humanitarian situation ahead of the country’s next election this Monday, writes Ivy Ndiewo.
The first independent evaluation of the international scheme shows promise.
The Kenyan legend was in Dublin to attend an event for his mentor Brother Colm O’Connell.
Olympic champion David Rudisha will be in Dublin this week to attend a ceremony honouring the work of Cork missionary Brother Colm O’Connell.
What is it like founding an organisation that offers trade without aid in Kenya? Corkonian James Hennessy, who founded Development Pamoja, tells us.
Both pilots and two German tourists were killed in the crash at Kenya’s Masai Mara national park.
On World Humanitarian Day, Concern Director in Kenya Anne O’Mahony writes from Nairobi on tackling the underlying causes of vulnerability to the worst effects of manmade and natural shocks.
The Kenyan World Champion over 800 metres is in bullish mood ahead of his event on Monday.
Barack Obama’s father could not be traced back to slavery – but nobody had checked the records on his mother’s side…
On his tour of Africa, Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore announces €50,000 in funding for a hospital which also offers paediatric heart surgery.
At least 18 people have been killed in the fighting in the south of the country.
The four were working with the Norwegian Refugee Council when they were abducted and one of their colleagues was killed during an ambush last week.
Two churches were targeted in what officials believe were attacks mounted by Somali militants.
US Embassy in Nairobi had warned its citizens on Friday of threat of “imminent” terrorist attack in Mombasa.
US government travel to Mombasa suspended and citizens warned of threat of attack at the popular tourist destination.
US State Dept’s annual report on human trafficking shows progress being made in Burma, while Syria fell in the rankings.
The FBI has joined the investigation into the blast, which ripped through a building full of small shops, wounding 33 people yesterday.
The tournament favourites shook off the disappointment of losing to Namibia and won out comfortably in their second qualifier on Wednesday.
The men have been ordered to stand trial over post-election violence in 2007 and 2008.
Marko Cheseto, 28, of Kenya, disappeared from the university last month. He was suffering from hypothermia and severe frostbite to his feet when he staggered into the lobby of an Anchorage hotel three days later.
UNICEF says it fears for the lives of malnourished children who have been receiving food from its workers, who have been banned by al-Shabab fighters.
Has Ethiopia followed Kenya in sending its troops to tackle Somali insurgents?
Tensions on the Kenya-Somalia border follows a spate of recent kidnappings and the imposition of a Kenyan military force in the region.
YESTERDAY, THE CABINET signed off on the plan to provide three €200 energy credits over the next several months.
The plan was announced initially as part of Budget 2023, but there had been some criticism around the measure being universal and not targeted at those who need it most.
This included Sinn Féin, with party leader Mary Lou McDonald saying that payment amounts should have been provided based on income levels.
She proposed giving a higher payment of €500 to those earning €21,000 or less, and €407 to those on less than €40,000.
The first €200 payment is expected to be issued in early November, while the remaining two will be issued in the new year.
With that in mind, we want to know: Do you think the €200 electricity credits should be targeted based on income?
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The security analyst writes that on the other hand, the Ukrainian motivation to fight is high.
Housing expert Dr Rory Hearne shares an extract from his new book ”Gaffs’ released this week.
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