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2. Kenya: Floods cause widespread devastation in Nairobi - AOL

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   April 25, 2024 at 12:02 AM. The UN says more than 40,000 have been forced from their homes [EPA] Roads have turned into rivers in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, as a top official said flooding had ...

3. Deaths, kidnappings, rapes: Delay in Kenya mission to Haiti ...

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   With the outgunned force shrinking by the day— the Haiti National Police lost over 1,600 officers last year, according to the U.N. — there are now less than 9,000 officer in a population of ...

4. Embakasi Pipeline - Wikipedia

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   Embakasi. Pipeline is a slum-like neighbourhood in Embakasi in the city of Nairobi. Located within the larger Eastlands area of Nairobi, it is approximately 9.5 kilometres (5.9 mi) east of the central business district. It has earned a reputation for its poor infrastructure, coupled with overcrowded flats, narrow streets, littering, as well as ...

5. 2024 Kenya–Tanzania floods - Wikipedia

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   Tanzania. Rufiji River and Satellite imagery of flooding along its deltaic shores. 29 April 2024 （top）. 5 May 2023 （bottom）. Floods in northern Tanzania killed 161 people, injured 250 others, damaged over 10,000 houses and affected 210,000 people in 51,000 households.

6. Nairobi - Wikipedia

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   Nairobi (/ n aɪ ˈ r oʊ b i / ny-ROH-bee) is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The name is derived from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nairobi, which translates to 'place of cool waters', a reference to the Nairobi River which flows through the city. The city proper had a population of 4,397,073 in the 2019 census.

7. State House, Nairobi - Wikipedia

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   Government House in Nairobi, now State House, was built in 1907 in Nairobi to serve as the official residence of the governor of British East Africa, when Kenya was a colony within the British Empire. The governor would conduct his official functions at the old Provincial Commissioner's office (now a national monument) next to Nyayo House and ...

8. Uhuru Gardens - Wikipedia

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   Uhuru Gardens. / -1.3205009; 36.7961151. Uhuru Gardens National Monument and Museum is a commemorative park and museum in Nairobi, Kenya that celebrates independence from the British Empire in 12 December 1963. [2] [3] The word "uhuru" is Swahili for "freedom". [3] It contains three points of significance:

9. Somali–Kenyan conflict - Wikipedia

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   The Garissa Massacre was a 1980 massacre of ethnic Somali residents by the Kenyan government in the Garissa District of the North Eastern Province.The incident occurred when government forces, acting on the premise of flushing out a local hoodlum known as Abdi Madobe, set fire to a residential estate called Bulla Kartasi, killing people and raping women.