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Famous sports stars who died in 2024: Beckenbauer, OJ, West, Mays, Kiptum

A look back at the superlative sporting careers of some of the all-time greats who passed away in 2024. Kiptum exploded onto the marathon scene in October 2023 when he ran a scintillating two hours and 35 seconds in Chicago, taking 34 seconds off fellow Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge’s previous world record. All that changed after his former wife Nicole Brown …

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2024 Year in Sports, Athletics: Duplantis dominates, Neeraj-Arshad showdown in Paris Olympics, a slew of world records

The Hindu

There were records galore from athletics in 2024, both at the national and global level. | Photo Credit: NURPHOTO VIA GETTY IMAGES Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon bettered her own world record in the women’s 1500m at the Paris Diamond League meet. Sweden’s Armand Duplantis poses next to a board displaying his new 6,26 meters world record after the men’s pole vault …

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3 days, 14 hours ago

Huawei, Kenya National Computer and Cybercrime Coordination Committee sign MoU

China Daily

By Edith Mutethya in Nairobi, Kenya | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2024-12-20 20:35 Huawei Technologies Kenya and the National Computer and Cybercrime Coordination Committee on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at creating a framework for collaboration to improve Kenya's cyberspace including cybercrime prevention and other cybersecurity initiatives. Omollo said Kenya has already faced instances of critical service disruptions including …

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3 days, 21 hours ago

Kenya announces plan to combat rising gender-based violence as 100 women are killed in four months

Associated Press

NAIROBI, Kenya — The Kenyan government on Thursday declared gender-based violence the nation’s most pressing security threat, with 100 women killed in the past four months alone, most of them by men who were known to them, including intimate partners. Since September 2023, a staggering 7,107 cases of sexual and gender-based violence have been reported in Kenya, said Mudavadi, adding …

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I spent four months travelling around Africa on buses, boats and planes - these are the mistakes people make when planning a trip to the continent and why South Africa is best for first-timers

Daily Mail

He shares which country is 'otherworldly' and which has the 'friendliest' people 'I've travelled to over 70 countries across five continents, but even that couldn't prepare me for a lot of what I experienced in Africa.' Eli travelled to Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Zambia, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa, and reveals: 'Logistically, it might be the toughest trip I've taken. …

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Malaysians held in US’s Guantanamo Bay prison returned home after 18 years

Al Jazeera

Amnesty International says Guantanamo Bay prison camp is a ‘glaring, longstanding stain’ on human rights record of the United States. Two Malaysian men held at the United States military prison in Guantanamo Bay for 18 years have been returned home, Malaysia’s state news agency reports. Malaysia’s Inspector General of Police Razarudin Husain said Mohammed Farik bin Amin and Mohammed Nazir …

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4 days, 14 hours ago

Chinese businesses committed to development in Kenya

China Daily

A Chinese knot installation with the logo of the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation is seen near the China National Convention Center in Beijing on Sep 2, 2024. WANG ZHUANGFEI / CHINA DAILY In line with the outcomes of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation summit held in Beijing in September, the Chinese business community in Kenya has …

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5 days, 1 hour ago

Prayerful, playful, mystical: Some of AP’s most compelling religion photos of 2024

Associated Press

Fittingly, in photographs depicting aspects of faith, it’s often the light that is most riveting. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print A riverboat carrying the Eucharist cruises down the Ohio River between Wellsburg, West Virginia, and Brilliant, Ohio, Sunday, June 23, 2024. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest …

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AP photographers capture stunning scenes of nature and wildlife in 2024

Associated Press

An insect hovers near flowers decorating the area around the holy remains of the patron saint of the Romanian capital Bucharest. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print A bee flies to a sunflower on a field in the outskirts of Frankfurt, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook …

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5 days, 14 hours ago

US releases Kenyan detainee Mohammed Abdul Malik Bajabu from Guantanamo after 17 years without charges

India Today

WASHINGTON: The US has repatriated a Kenya man held for 17 years without charge at the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, leaving 15 other never-charged men still waiting for release after long being cleared of wrongdoing. The Defense Department announced the return of Mohammed Abdul Malik Bajabu to Kenya on Tuesday. The George W. Bush administration set up …

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5 days, 17 hours ago

World Athletics has ‘responsibility’ to combat gender-based violence – Lord Coe

The Independent

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From destruction to deadly heat, Associated Press photographers capture climate change in 2024

Associated Press

A world altered by climate change After heat records were smashed and a torrent of extreme weather events rocked countless countries in 2023, some climate scientists believed that the waning of the El Nino weather pattern could mean 2024 would be slightly cooler. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Residents collect drinking water …

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All about Russia's plan to allow Indians to travel without visa, other visa-free countries

Firstpost

From spring 2025, Russia will allow Indian tourists to visit without a visa. As per estimates, Moscow welcomed 28,500 Indian visitors in the first half of 2024, a 1.5-fold increase compared to the previous year Indian tourists may soon visit Russia without the need for a visa, with visa-free entry expected to begin by spring 2025. Russia Indian tourists may …

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US transfers Guantanamo Bay detainee to Kenya

CNN

CNN — The US has moved a detainee of the military prison at Guantanamo Bay to Kenya, marking the first detainee transfer in more than a year. Mohammed Abdul Malik Bajabu was transferred to Kenya nearly three years after a Periodic Review Board determined the “continued law of war detention … was no longer necessary” in December 2021, a release …

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US releases Guantanamo Bay detainee Bajabu to Kenya

Al Jazeera

Twenty-nine prisoners remain at the US detention facility in Cuba after the transfer of Mohammed Abdul Malik Bajabu. The United States has released Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohammed Abdul Malik Bajabu to Kenya, bringing the number of prisoners at the facility to 29. The Periodic Review Board, which assesses the status of detainees, determined in 2021 that Bajabu “was no longer …

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1 week, 1 day ago

The Love Actually plotlines left on the cutting room floor: Christmas classic originally featured a lesbian couple and scenes shot in Kenya

Daily Mail

'Tis the season for all our favourite festive films to be playing back to back on the telly - and Love Actually, of course, always makes the cut. The 2003 feel-good flick, featuring separate stories that eventually come together and unite everyone during the holiday period, has long cemented its status as a Christmas classic Director Richard Curtis has spoken …

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Kenya’s devastating drought is the worst in 40 years

Al Jazeera

Drought in Kenya has reached dramatic levels, with millions of people affected by the lack of water and food. In the northern areas of Kenya, women and children are forced to travel ever greater distances every day to collect unclean water from the subsoil, which can cause infections and diseases. In the 2024 UN Climate Change Conference held in Baku, …

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1 week, 5 days ago

Africa sees growing drive to join BRICS

China Daily

The increasing number of African countries seeking to join the BRICS group signifies a strategic shift by the continent aimed at deepening its influence in the global community and securing new economic pathways for the future, analysts say. With Ethiopia and Egypt being the latest African countries to join BRICS this year, Kenya's President William Ruto has also expressed interest …

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1 week, 6 days ago

Police in Kenya hurl tear gas at protesters angry about gender-based violence

Associated Press

NAIROBI, Kenya — Police in Kenya’s capital hurled tear gas canisters Tuesday at hundreds of protesters angry about gender-based violence and femicide, or the killing of women, and arrested an unknown number of people. Protesters chanting “Stop femicide” were dispersed by police in a public park in Nairobi where they had gathered and later engaged in running battles along the …

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2 weeks ago

Newly discovered sunken ship may reveal secrets of Vasco da Gama’s last voyage

The Independent

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The wreckage of a ship discovered off the coast of Kenya …

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Kenya police boss denies reports officers in Haiti peacekeeping mission haven’t been paid in months

Associated Press

NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya’s top police official has denied reports that officers serving in the United Nations-backed multinational peacekeeping mission in Haiti have gone unpaid for three months. The police inspector general, Douglas Kanja, on Thursday said officers in Haiti had been paid “up to the end of October.” He was reacting to Kenyan media reports citing deployed officers who …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Some young Kenyans turn to kung fu for self-improvement in difficult times

Associated Press

NAIROBI, Kenya — Growing up on the semi-arid plains of eastern Kenya, Evans Munzaa had planned his future. But the 31-year-old father hasn’t had a formal job since completing college 10 years ago, and he doesn’t live with his daughter and her mother, citing “meager earnings that cannot sustain a family.” Now Munzaa has taken an interest in the Chinese …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

A court in Kenya finds a housemate guilty in the killing of an LGBTQ activist

Associated Press

NAIROBI, Kenya — A court in Kenya has found the housemate of an LBGTQ activist guilty of murder in the killing of the activist, whose body was discovered stashed in a metal box two years ago. A High Court judge in the western city of Eldoret said Wednesday that the prosecution had shown that Jacktone Odhiambo suffocated Edwin Chiloba and …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

The children of British soldiers left behind in Kenya are now tracing their fathers

The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Like many biracial children in largely conservative Kenya, Wandia's son, Louise Gitonga, said he …

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Famous sports stars who died in 2024: Beckenbauer, OJ, West, Mays, Kiptum

2024 Year in Sports, Athletics: Duplantis dominates, Neeraj-Arshad showdown in Paris Olympics, a slew of world records

Huawei, Kenya National Computer and Cybercrime Coordination Committee sign MoU

Kenya announces plan to combat rising gender-based violence as 100 women are killed in four months

I spent four months travelling around Africa on buses, boats and planes - these are the mistakes people make when planning a trip to the continent and why South Africa is best for first-timers

Malaysians held in US’s Guantanamo Bay prison returned home after 18 years

Chinese businesses committed to development in Kenya

Prayerful, playful, mystical: Some of AP’s most compelling religion photos of 2024

AP photographers capture stunning scenes of nature and wildlife in 2024

US releases Kenyan detainee Mohammed Abdul Malik Bajabu from Guantanamo after 17 years without charges

World Athletics has ‘responsibility’ to combat gender-based violence – Lord Coe

From destruction to deadly heat, Associated Press photographers capture climate change in 2024

All about Russia's plan to allow Indians to travel without visa, other visa-free countries

US transfers Guantanamo Bay detainee to Kenya

US releases Guantanamo Bay detainee Bajabu to Kenya

The Love Actually plotlines left on the cutting room floor: Christmas classic originally featured a lesbian couple and scenes shot in Kenya

Kenya’s devastating drought is the worst in 40 years

Africa sees growing drive to join BRICS

Police in Kenya hurl tear gas at protesters angry about gender-based violence

Newly discovered sunken ship may reveal secrets of Vasco da Gama’s last voyage

Kenya police boss denies reports officers in Haiti peacekeeping mission haven’t been paid in months

Some young Kenyans turn to kung fu for self-improvement in difficult times

A court in Kenya finds a housemate guilty in the killing of an LGBTQ activist

The children of British soldiers left behind in Kenya are now tracing their fathers