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The government has given Internet Service Providers a stern warning: Cut your charges or risk an official price cap.

The United Nations is to open the most important UN meeting on South-South cooperation in decades as countries from the South assume leading roles in decisions on hot global issues ranging from economic recovery to food security and climate change, the world body announced Tuesday.

A Kenyan man died after he was involved in an accident in the US. The man, who authorities identified as Samuel Kisaka Mwawasi, was driving home at about 3.15pm when his car veered off the road on Old National Highway, a few kilometres south of Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, US.

Kenya built its first wind farm, above, outside Nairobi. In January, construction will begin on a $760 million wind farm in the Chalbi Desert.

Rebel group Shebaab controls much of southern Somalia and parts of the capital Mogadishu .

The bullet hit mother and son as they walked through Somalia's capital. She felt a sharp pain in her palm.

An ambitious investment programme by the Kenya Electricity Generating Company could, in less than five years, end the East African powerhouse's reliance on expensive fossil-fuel based power from independent power producers.

Nairobi - A cholera outbreak has killed eight inmates in Kenya's largest prison outside the capital Nairobi and hospitalised 25 others, the commissioner of prisons said Sunday.

The privatisation of Mombasa port has been put on hold as the government tries to convince critics about its viability.

A rapping president describes himself as "a real bad dude"; a prime minister and vice-president fight over lavatories; and a set of parliamentarians suffer from a brain disease called "corruptophaelia". Welcome to Kenya, as seen and portrayed by Africa's version of Spitting Image , a daring puppet satire that is steadily pushing the boundaries of ...

Nairobi - Pirates hijacked a Greek-owned bulk carrier on Thursday in the Gulf of Aden near Yemen, a Kenyan maritime official said on Sunday.

Nairobi - The number of Kenyans who have died since the start of the year in a cholera outbreak has risen to 89, the Red Cross Society said on Wednesday, warning water shortages could spread the disease to Nairobi.

Caption: The Moot that expects to host over 3000 delegates from across the globe is the first one to be held in Africa.

East African leaders are due to sign a common market treaty later on Friday. The presidents of Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi are expected to agree to the free movement of people and goods across the region.

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Centum Investment Ltd has reported a 72 per cent drop in pre-tax profit for the six months period ended September 30, 2009.

Today marks a major turning point in the history of the revived East African Community.

Obama: China helping...Wholesale inflation up...Iran on nuclear tour BEIJING President Barack Obama says China has helped the U.S. pull out of the recession.

A wheat flour shortage looms as Somali pirates hit closer home -- our dinner tables.

A government-appointed panel this week unveiled a draft constitution that is part of wide-ranging efforts to avoid a repeat of political violence that saw more than 1,000 people killed after Kenya's December 2007 presidential elections.