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Family of Canadians killed in Ethiopian airline crash speak of loss
New details are emerging about the lives of the 18 Canadians killed in the Ethiopian airline disaster as friends and family open up about those they’ve lost.
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Canadian arrested in connection to deadly hotel attack in Kenya
A Canadian man has been detained in Kenya on suspicion he may be connected to this week's deadly attack in Nairobi. Abdihakim Guleid and five others are accused of aiding extremist gunmen who launched an assault on a hotel and business...
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Kenya Airways To Launch First Direct Route To U.S.
The airline announced plans to launch the first direct link between Nairobi and New York, using a Boeing 787 Dreamliner. "If you have a non-stop flight — and if it's a daily flight, which provides a lot of flexibility — that's the reason...
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Kenya Airways CEO: Global Corporations Should Be Investing in Africa
The airline announced plans to launch the first direct link between Nairobi and New York, and the CEO believes this is a good first step for countries to invest in Africa. "It's statistically, by far, the youngest population on earth,...
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Asylum seeker's refugee claim accepted by Canada
Asylum seeker Guled Omar, whom CBC News first met last year, has had his refugee claim accepted by Canada.
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Banned Kenyan film screened at Cannes
'Rafiki', a girl-meets-girl romance screening at Cannes, will not be shown in Kenya, where it has been banned. It's a double-edged sword for director Wanuri Kahiu, who is sad her film will not be seen by the audience she made it for, but...
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Running to find peace and fight prejudice in Ashgabat
They run against prejudice. For the first time a refugee team is taking part in the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. The five athletes are originally from South Sudan, now they live in Kenya. Kenyan long-distance runner Tegla Loroupe...
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Kenya Supreme Court declares recent election invalid
Cites voting irregularities, orders new election within 60 days
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Asylum seekers share harrowing journeys to Canada
Two men who say they're on the run from death threats in Somalia and a Kenyan refugee camp sought asylum in Canada after journeys spanning some 400 days and costing tens of thousands of dollars
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Lions in Nairobi National Park get tracking collars
Lions in the Nairobi National Park are being fitted with tracking collars. The action has been taken to allow Park rangers to map out the animals movements. That should help prevent them roaming beyond the Park’s borders. In the past...
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An eye on the sky with a travelling telescope in Kenya
Have telescope, will travel. That’s the mantra of Daniel Chu Owen and Susan Murabana in Kenya. The duo visit some of the most remote areas giving kids an eye on the sky. Astronomy is not typically taught in schools in Kenya despite the...
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Trump on canvas in Kenya thanks to artist Evans Yegon
One of the most famous faces on the planet is now on canvas in Kenya the birthplace of the father of the man Donald Trump will replace in the White House. The artist is Evans Yegon who made a name for himself painting portraits of...
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Fashion in the face of financial problems in Africa
Designers in Africa have seen their craft suffer during an economic crisis which has hit the continent. Many in different countries are wanting to make fashion count as a burgeoning investment market and are looking at agencies to help...
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Conservation group warns of alarming decline in giraffe numbers
Group moves giraffes to 'vulnerable' on endangered species list
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Turning discarded flip-flops into art for tourists
These funky animal sculptures are made of recycled flip-flops – not the tired ones you still have in your closet, but those the tide brings in every single day at Watamu Bay in Kenya, along with tonnes and tonnes of other plastic...
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Kenya building collapse
A six-storey building caved in amid heavy rains in Nairobi, killing at least 12 people and injuring at least 134
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Kenya torches huge pile of ivory tusks
President Uhuru Kenyatta sends a message to poachers by setting fire to thousands of elephant tusks and rhino horns that are worth a fortune
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Malaysian and Kenyan artists win prestigious cartooning prize
Kenyan and Malaysian cartoonists Gado and Zunar have been awarded the 2016 Cartooning for Peace Prize. The accolade, which rewards cartoonists for their talent and commitment to freedom of expression, was presented at a ceremony in...
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Why Kenya’s new railway makes way for the Elephant
A veterinarian with a tranquiliser gun is the only hunter in this Kenyan wildlife reserve. The quarry is a female elephant in Tsavo National Park. His shot will have to be sure; there is little time to waste with the mother’s calf next...
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Citizens and scientists earn their stripes counting Kenya’s Grevy’s zebras
How do you tell one zebra from another? By looking at their stripes, of course – with a special software that can identify their natural “barcode”. This has allowed conservationists in Kenya to carry out the first ever major census of...
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Saba Saba Day commemorations: Kenyans remember 1990 democracy protests
Kenyans are marking Saba Saba Day - central to their civil rights movement, in the backdrop of recent, deadly violence.
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More than 270 people arrested in antigovernment rallies in Kenya
Police say protests were co-opted by ‘suspects’ engaging in ‘criminal activities’.
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Kenyan police arrest hundreds accused of looting and vandalism during antigovernment protests
The Kenyan government warns protesters against violence as they demand the President steps down
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Kenya police clash with protesters as tax bill unrest continues
Protesters condemn police brutality amid deadly demonstrations over withdrawn tax bill, call for president to resign.