India to soon finalise Doha round work programme

Last Updated: Thursday, April 9, 2015, 16:34

India will soon finalise its work programme which will be discussed as part of the long-pending agenda of Doha round of talks at the next WTO meet in Nairobi in December, a Commerce Ministry official said on Thursday.

Kenya`s lions fitted with satellite tracking collars

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 23:30

A team of scientists, researchers and veterinarians have fitted lions at Nairobi National Park in Kenya with satellite tracking collars to help reduce conflict and beef up security operations in the park.

Kenya police recall battling Westgate mall attackers

Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 19:39

Kenyan police officers described in court on Friday how they battled the gunmen who carried out last year`s Westgate mall massacre, in the trial of four men accused of supporting the attack.

Kenya mall attackers believed to be dead: FBI

Last Updated: Saturday, January 11, 2014, 23:18

The gunmen who attacked an upscale mall in Kenya`s capital, killing at least 67 people, likely died in the attack, an FBI official has said.

South Sudan offers olive branch to rebels, releases prisoners

Last Updated: Saturday, December 28, 2013, 03:26

South Sudan said on Friday it was ready for a ceasefire and would release eight of 11 senior politicians arrested over an alleged coup plot, raising hopes it was edging towards a deal to end ethnic-based fighting ravaging the world`s newest nation.

UN says mass grave of 75 found in South Sudan

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 24, 2013, 19:53

The United Nations has discovered a mass grave containing about 75 bodies in South Sudan, the world body said on Tuesday, evidence of the wave of ethnic killings taking place in the world`s newest country over the last week.

Kenya train crashes into homes in Nairobi slum, many trapped

Last Updated: Sunday, December 22, 2013, 14:13

Several people are said to have been injured after a cargo train derailed and crashed into homes in a slum in Kenyan capital Nairobi, reports said.

Three US military aircraft hit in South Sudan, four wounded

Last Updated: Saturday, December 21, 2013, 20:07

Gunfire hit three US military aircraft trying to evacuate American citizens in a remote region of South Sudan that on Saturday became a battle ground between the country`s military and renegade troops, officials said. Four US service members were wounded in the attack in the same region where gunfire downed a UN helicopter the day before.

Kenya`s 50th independence anniversary marred by attacks

Last Updated: Sunday, December 15, 2013, 09:21

Thirteen people have been killed in four attacks in Kenya during week-long celebrations to mark the country`s 50th anniversary of independence, including the first attack on tourists in two years.

Suspected grenade attack on Kenyan bus kills four

Last Updated: Saturday, December 14, 2013, 23:36

A suspected grenade attack on a minibus in Kenya`s capital on Saturday killed at least four people near a Somali-dominated area of the city, police said, an incident that mirrors explosions last year that were blamed on Somali militants.

Bomb blasts in Kenya kill one near Somalia border: Police

Last Updated: Saturday, December 14, 2013, 14:07

At least one person was killed and three others seriously wounded when twin explosions rocked the Kenyan town of Wajir near the Somalia border, police said on Saturday.

Nairobi mall attackers may have escaped: NYC police

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 11, 2013, 07:48

The four attackers responsible for killing at least 67 people at a Kenyan shopping mall may have escaped due to lax security, according to a New York police report.