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Police in Kenya opened fire amid opposition-organized protests on Wednesday against the rising cost of living, and health workers and witnesses said at least two people were shot dead and 26 ...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Police in Kenya say they have been ordered not to report deaths during a crackdown on protests over tax increases amid the rising cost of living, but an independent ...
NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenya's opposition on Thursday called for a third day of demonstrations against tax hikes on July 19, after previous protests saw several of Kenya's towns and cities witness ...
Kenya–Palestine relations. Kenya–Palestine relations refer to foreign relations between Kenya and the State of Palestine . Hazem Shabat is the ambassador of Palestine to Kenya. [1] Palestine has an embassy in Nairobi. [2] Kenya supports a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict. [3]
9 October – A court in Kenya blocks the government from deploying police personnel to Haiti. [12] 6 November – 15 people in Kenya are killed during floods caused by significant rainfall. Approximately 241 acres of farmland have been destroyed and 1,067 livestock killed.
The 2007–2008 Kenyan crisis was a violent political, economic, and humanitarian crisis that erupted in Kenya after former President Mwai Kibaki was declared the winner of the presidential election held on December 27, 2007. Supporters of Kibaki's main opponent in that election, Raila Odinga of the Orange Democratic Movement, alleged electoral ...
7 July 2018. ( 2018-07-07) – present (5 years, 10 months, 4 weeks and 1 day) Location. Haiti. Caused by. Misuse of loans from Venezuela ( Petrocaribe) and social inequality. Rising taxes on gasoline, diesel, and kerosene, and poor living conditions. Corruption, impunity.
The most significant conflict witnessed since Kenya's independence from Britain was the 2007–08 Kenyan crisis, a series of inter-ethnic clashes ignited by the 2007 disputed presidential elections . By the beginning of 2008, an estimated one third of the 2,200 member Indian community in Kisumu, which controlled most of the city's trade, had ...