IXS Nairobi
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Nairobi, Kenya - South Africa's Sheltam group, the firm awarded the concession to operate the Kenya-Uganda railway, has failed to meet its targets on pas s enger and cargo services on the colonial era rail as a result of funding shortfalls, officials said in Nairobi on Friday.
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Nairobi, Kenya - The school riots that saw property worth thousands of Ke nya Shillings go up in smoke and the closure of dozens schools in the country, took centre stage in the Kenyan press this week.
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Nairobi, Kenya - Simon Mburu was the hero Friday, scoring the lone goal for Kenyan champions, Tusker FC, when they beat Tanzania's Young Africans (Yanga) for a place in Sunday's finals of the Cecafa Club Championship in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Nairobi/Kinshasa - A boat accident in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) left at least 42 people dead and 115 missing, Congolese radio reported Friday. Radio Okapi said the boat sank Thursday night on the Oubangui river near Bosobolo while on its...
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
I love Kenya. Its liberation struggles and subsequent victory over dictatorship are inspiring. When I made a stop over in Nairobi on July 7, I was naturally hungry for current news.
Afriquenligne (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Nairobi, Kenya - Tanzania's Young Africans look the favourites to advance when they take on Kenyan champions, Tusker, in the second semi-final of the Cecafa Club Championship Friday.
Afriquenligne (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Nairobi, Kenya - Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki Thursday welcomed the decis ion by Coca Cola Company to make Nairobi its regional Headquarters.
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Karl and Mandy's trip around Africa (or who knows where!!)
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Bankelele describes the first session of the Kwani Literary Festival in Nairobi that started Wednesday night, with the title “How foreign correspondents have formed the literary image of Africa”.
Truth Out (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Nairobi - More than 14 million people in the east Africa region require urgent food aid due to drought and spiralling cereal and fuel prices, aid agencies say. In an emergency appeal launched today, Oxfam warns that millions of people in Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda, Djibouti and Kenya are fast being pushed "towards severe hunger and destitution". Earlier this week the UN said it needed £200m to avert...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Before the post-election violence in Kenya in January and February 2008, Wangui Mwangi Theuri was a landlady in a city slum, but she is now displaced, living in a tent at the Mathare chief's camp in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. Prospects for her return to Mathare, where she owned 14 rooms - which were destroyed - are bleak after "rich" people took over her land. She spoke to IRIN on 21 July:
Alertnet (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Source: IRIN Before the post-election violence in Kenya in January and February 2008, Wangui Mwangi Theuri was a landlady in a city slum, but she is now displaced, living in a tent at the Mathare chief's camp in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. Prospects for her return to Mathare, where she owned 14 rooms - which were destroyed - are bleak after "rich" people took over her land. She spoke to IRIN on 21...
Women's Rugby Review (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Eugenia Daniels will create history when she referees her Test match, between the Kenyan and Ugandan women's teams, on Saturday 16th August in Nairobi. It is believed that this will be the first time that the daughter of a Test referee will referee a Test. Eugenia's father, Eugene Daniels, refereed five Tests from 2001 to 2004. Eugenia joined the Western Province Referees' Society in 2004, when she...
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Jump to the full entry & travel map Nairobi, Kenya Today was my Security Briefing conducted by the Regional Secuirty Office (RSO) at the US Embassy. The embassy is located on a street that I have named "Embassy Row" as it reminds me very much of Embassy Row in DC. All look like mini fortressess except for the MONSTER size US "compound. I dont know if either of you have ever been to a US...
Afriquenligne (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Nairobi, Kenya - Nigeria's domestic airline, Arik Air, has ordered aircraft engines valued at US$ 500 million from American aviation engine manufacturers, General Electric, to power its fleet of seven new Boeing 787 aircraft.
