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“In the short run we need soil fertility”

The need to give agriculture top billing on governmental "to do" lists has been highlighted at a telephone briefing to discuss the current food crisis as it affects Africa. via Inter Press Service

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“People are joining us from all over”

NAIROBI, Kenya - Rebels from the western Sudan region of Darfur took their five-year struggle to the doorstep of their country's capital Saturday, engaging in gun battles on the outskirts of Khartoum. via Chicago Tribune

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NAIROBI, Kenya : Telkom Kenya has signed a deal with Ericsson Kenya Ltd. to set up a new mobile phone network in East Africa's largest economy, the companies said. via International Herald Tribune

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Caption: President Mwai Kibaki meets with Hon. Abdel Kader Messahel, Minister for African Affairs for Algeria who called on him at State House, Nairobi The Algerian Government has pledged to support the Kenyan ... via Kenya Broadcasting Corporation

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“Basic processing fee was last increased in September 2006 and inflation since then has increased by more than 11 per cent”

Kenyans should start preparing to pay more for petroleum products before the end of the year. via AllAfrica.com

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“He was a valued logistics officer known to never step away from a challenge. This is a moment of great sorrow, for Silence's family, especially his wife and two children, friends and those at WFP who worked side-by-side with him over the years.”

Unidentified gunmen killed an official of the UN World Food Programme in Kenya's northwestern town of Lokichoggio on 7 May, in what the agency has described as the first killing of a WFP aid worker in the ... via AllAfrica.com

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“I have asked him to participate in the re-run”

As Kenyans, we must not dare turn our heads and ignore what is going on in Zimbabwe. via "Sagam Village, Kenya"

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“Our contribution to Kenya's social and economic development is long-term and deliberate, hence our level of capital investment in the country”

Coca-Cola products are displayed in a cooler at a convenience store in April 2008 in San Francisco, California. via TurkishPress.com

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“Ever since the elections and violence, there have been no food distributions by NGOs (non governmental organizations)”

By Hereward Holland Reuters Thursday, May 8, 2008; 9:36 PM EL RAM, Kenya - It is tempting to romanticize the lifestyle of nomads in Kenya's northeast -- a land peppered with vast termite mounds which burst from ... via The Washington Post

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“Gunmen armed with AK-47 rifles shot him about 100 metres from the UN compound at about 7.00pm (local time) Wednesday. He later died of his injuries”

Gunmen have killed a World Food Programme official working in northern Kenya, police and a UN official said on Thursday. via Independent Online

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