Nairobi, Kenya News

Investment conference on Somalia to kick off in Nairobi By Bosire Boniface in Nairobi Sabahi May 24, 2013 The upcoming investment conference on Somalia to take place in Nairobi will offer a rare window into business opportunities available for rebuilding Somalia, organisers and sponsors say.

The newly appointed World Bank Country Director, DiariA©tou Gaye has expressed satisfaction with the existing cooperation and partnership between Rwanda and the World Bank Group.

At around 4am on Friday 10 May 2013, while members of the newly elected Kenyan government were tucked warmly in their beds, about 400 families were violently evicted from their homes.

The Nairobi all share rallied 1.744% to close at a fresh all time record high. The all share is +35.916% in 2013.

An 89-year-old Kiambu woman has appealed to President Uhuru to help her get her dues.

Edah Maina, the chief executive officer, of the Kenya Society For the Mentally Handicapped said the Mathari psychiatric hospital is violating its patients' rights under Kenya's constitution.

Kenya's nominees for cabinet secretary positions, who include an unprecedented number of women-6 out of 18-will undergo a grueling public vetting process by the Parliamentary Committee on Appointments.

Box of tricks: Ben Kariuki's toolbox acts as an advertising board for his photography business at Uhuru Park's central lake.

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta prepares to inspect a guard of honor before the opening of the 11th Parliament at the National Assembly Chamber in Nairobi, April 16, 2013.

Entries to Loeries close Friday, 31 May, so get in now, as the Loeries announce the two judges from Africa and Middle East who are preparing to judge their peers.

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NAIROBI Four-year-old Geoffrey is the height of an 18-month-old toddler. Severely stunted, he suffers from chronic malnutrition and tuberculosis.

To the Editor: Hepatitis E virus is transmitted through the fecal-oral route and is a common cause of viral hepatitis in developing countries.

A schoolboy eats a plate of food provided by the United Nations World Food Programme at the New Hope Kibera Bible Baptist Church Primary School in Nairobi's Kibera slum, June 2, 2009.

Whether in Oklahoma or Dhaka, emergencies test the fabric of the community and attest to the importance of citizen engagement.

The Kenyan government has reopened registration of asylum seekers mainly from Somalia after six months of closure, the UN refugee agency said in its latest update for Somalia on Thursday.

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto have been named in a report investigating post-election violence and human rights abuses between 2007 and 2008.

Nighat Dad of the Digital Rights Foundation on Amnesty's Panic Button app, shortlisted for Google's Global Impact Award I first came into contact with the Amnesty Panic Button project in November last year.

NAIROBI, Kenya An American missionary priest who is entangled in a dispute with the country's top Catholic cleric and a group of nuns in Kenya over the ownership of two mission hospitals has been suspended from the priesthood by his order.

During December 2012, the topic of mission trips came up during the Ministerial Alliance meeting.