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Kenya portal. v. t. e. The 1982 Kenyan coup d'état attempt was a failed attempt to overthrow President Daniel arap Moi 's government. At 3 A.M. on Sunday, 1 August 1982, a group of soldiers from the Kenya Air Force took over Eastleigh Air Base just outside Nairobi, and by 4 A.M. the nearby Embakasi air base had also fallen.
v. t. e. On 21 September 2013, four masked gunmen attacked the Westgate shopping mall, an upmarket mall in Nairobi, [4] Kenya. There are conflicting reports about the number killed in the attack, since part of the mall collapsed due to a fire that started during the siege. [5] The attack resulted in 71 total deaths, [6] including 62 civilians ...
The Nairobi Trio. The Nairobi Trio was a sketch comedy skit that Ernie Kovacs performed many times for his TV shows. It combined several existing concepts and visuals in a novel and creative way. People in gorilla suits had long been a comedy staple. The ploy of well-known, predictable music pieces gone awry had been practiced by artists as ...
May 4, 2024 at 5:54 AM. [Peter Njoroge/BBC] Twisted scraps of metal, large splinters of wood and misplaced mattresses are all that remains of what were once people's homes in Mukuru Wa Reuben slum ...
April 29, 2024 at 11:53 PM. [Getty Images] Everything feels sodden in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, and beyond. It seems as if the rain has been falling without respite for six weeks, and the impact ...
2019 Nairobi DusitD2 complex attack. / 1.27000°S 36.80361°E / -1.27000; 36.80361. The 2019 DusitD2 complex attack was a terrorist attack that occurred from 15 to 16 January 2019 in the Westlands area of Nairobi, Kenya, which left 22 civilians and all five terrorists dead. [7] [8] [9] [10]
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 ...
Karnataka College, Dharwar. Occupation. Politician, journalist. Pio Gama Pinto (31 March 1927 – 24 February 1965) was a Kenyan journalist, politician and freedom fighter. He was a socialist leader who was key in Kenya's struggle for independence. He was assassinated in 1965, leading many to consider him independent Kenya's first political martyr.