Tag: Kenya

Soccer-LadumaKenyan side, AFC Leopards, have requested that SAFA move their CAF Confederations Cup tie against SuperSport United to Sunday rather than Saturday. SuperSport are set to take on Ingwe on…

BBC NewsUgandan President Yoweri Museveni is set to sign into law a controversial new bill under which homosexuals could be given long prison terms. He wants to approve the law…

Entertainment WeeklyI would like to specifically honor each and every one of you with my favorite quote from last night’s episode of The Real Housewives of Atlanta: “I love me…

The Jewish Journal of Greater L.A.Last week I called these “ladies” gutter pigs” and I was called a racist. I didn’t mention the color of the pigs, simple stated they…

Jeff Orr Says He Called Marcus Smart “Piece Of Crap” Nothing Racial Marcus Smart, the Oklahoma State star basketball player who shoved Jeff Orr, a fan in the stands near…

Zee NewsBangui: The Central African Republic’s new interim president Catherine Samba-Panza was set to take the oath of office Thursday, a day after a UN envoy warned the conflict-riven country…

BBC NewsA blast at an anti-government rally in Thailand’s capital, Bangkok, has injured at least 28 people, amid an ongoing political crisis. The blast took place at a rally led…

BBC NewsThe UN Security Council has urged South Sudan President Salva Kiir to release political prisoners to help bring an end to the bitter conflict there. Rebel leader, Riek Machar,…

BBC NewsDozens of people have been killed, including six peacekeepers from Chad, in the latest violence in the Central African Republic, officials say. The peacekeepers were attacked by a Christian…

Voice of AmericaBentiu — Days of clashes in South Sudan have hit the country’s largest source of revenue as oil production was halted in Unity state after foreign workers fled…

BBC NewsEast Africa’s leaders are to meet in Kenya to discuss growing violence in South Sudan, where more than 1,000 people are believed to have died. The talks come a…

CNN(CNN) — Pope Francis doesn’t want a commonly quoted Bible verse chanted as empty words on Christmas Day — the one about peace on Earth. “Glory to God in the…

BBC NewsNew evidence is emerging of alleged ethnic killings committed during more than a week of fighting in South Sudan. The violence follows a power struggle between President Salva Kiir,…

CNN(CNN) — After years of controversy, the Ugandan parliament has passed a bill that punishes certain acts of homosexuality with life in prison. A Ugandan lawmaker first introduced the bill…

Wall Street JournalA tank patrols along one of the main roads in the South Sudanese capital Juba Monday. Reuters. NAIROBI, Kenya—Three days of fighting among army factions in South Sudan…

USA TODAYNAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A South Sudanese official says a group of disgruntled soldiers and politicians led by a former vice president have attempted to overthrow the government. South…

Economic TimesLate on Friday, one person was killed and three injured in a double explosion at a market in the town of Wajir, some 100 kilometres from the Somali border.…

USA TODAYNAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — At least four people were killed Saturday after a device exploded inside a passenger van in the capital, Kenyan police said, in what appears to…

USA TODAYNAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — At least three people were killed Saturday after a device exploded inside a passenger van in the capital, Kenyan police said, in what appears to…

Boston.comSAG nominees Chiwetel Ejiofor (left, with Paul Giamatti, right) in “12 JAAP BUITENDIJK/Fox Searchlight via AP (LEFT); CLAIRE FOLGER/The Weinstein Co. via AP (RIGHT) SAG nominees Chiwetel Ejiofor (left, with…

The 101st Bay To Breakers is history. While Eithopia’s Mamito Daska lead all elite runners, and Kenya’s Sammy Kitwara lead all male runners, no records were set for 2012. That…