Tag: Kenya
Egypt, Kenya Sign Military Agreement as Dispute With Ethiopia Over Blue Nile Dam Heats Up
Africa01:11 GMT 27.05.2021Amid a continued impasse over a controversial Ethiopian dam on the Blue Nile, Egypt has signed a defense cooperation agreement with...
Osama Bin Laden’s Henchman Returns to UK Because He’s Too Fat to Remain in Prison, Report Says
UK13:35 GMT 12.12.2020(updated 13:38 GMT 12.12.2020) Adel Abdel Bary, born in Egypt, was a senior member of the London cell of the...
Epstein Pal Ghislaine Maxwell Hires Lawyer Who Defended Osama bin Laden’s Associate, Court Files Say
Society13:41 GMT 07.10.2020Jeffrey Epstein's one-time lover and close pal Ghislaine Maxwell is awaiting next trial next year on sex trafficking charges after prosecutors...
Pentagon Using Private Contractors in Kenya to Help Launch Drone Strikes Into Somalia, Probe Finds
Africa14:29 GMT 15.08.2020(updated 14:33 GMT 15.08.2020)One US soldier and two Pentagon contractors were killed at a military base in Manda Bay,...
Sudan Found Liable for 1998 Embassy Bombings as Khartoum Seeks Removal From Terrorism List
Africa22:54 GMT 19.05.2020(updated 23:06 GMT 19.05.2020)The US Supreme Court has ruled that Sudan must pay damages for the 1998 US embassy...
Sudan 'must pay' US East African embassy attack victims
Sudan is required to pay punitive damages to some of the victims of the 1998 embassy...
UK to Boost Covid Support Force by 10,000 Troops as Police, NHS at Full Stretch Over Pandemic
On Wednesday, Boris Johnson gave his third daily press conference as hundreds of cases were confirmed in the UK amid the coronavirus pandemic, with...
Plague Alert: Swarms of Voracious Locusts Predicted Heading for Middle East
World12:57 GMT 17.03.2020Swarms of desert locusts have been wreaking havoc in large parts of East Africa, Iran and Pakistan, as desperate farmers struggle...
‘Threat is Higher’: US Airstrikes Against Somalia’s Al-Shabaab Have Increased in 2020
Africa20:48 GMT 11.03.2020US Africa Command (AFRICOM) has increased the tempo of its airstrikes against al-Shabaab in Somalia in 2020 after a January attack...
‘Inconvenient Reality’: AFRICOM Chief Says US Troops Needed in Africa to Fight Al-Qaeda
Africa19:22 GMT 31.01.2020As the Pentagon weighs withdrawing thousands of US troops from Africa for deployment to other theaters, a leading US commander said...
Photos: US Delivers Six Light Attack Helicopters to Kenyan Army Amid Troop Withdrawal Debate
Africa19:33 GMT 24.01.2020The US has delivered six light attack helicopters to the Kenyan military weeks after an al-Shabaab attack on a US base...
Al-Shabab militants attack Kenya and US naval base
The Islamist militant group al-Shabab has attacked a naval base used by Kenyan and US forces...
Garissa University attack: Tanzanian and Kenyans get long sentences
A court in Kenya has sentenced a militant Islamist to life in prison for his...
