Kenya joins league of countries in the world with massive deposits of rare mineral coltan

Kenya joins league of countries in the world with massive deposits of rare mineral coltan

Kenya has discovered its first deposits of the valuable mineral coltan, the mining minister has annouced. The rare mineral is used to manufacture electric car batteries, mobile phones and other electronic devices. The Democratic Republic of Congo holds more than 70 per cent of the world’s coltan reserves, which have...

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Public debt management head quits as Kenya grapples with inability to access foreign credit  

Public debt management head quits as Kenya grapples with inability to access foreign credit  

Kenya has been tackling acute liquidity challenges caused by uncertainty over its ability to access funding from financial markets before a $2 billion Eurobond matures in June this year.

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Haiti’s police union wary the under-gunned security force is losing ground to gangs

Haiti’s police union wary the under-gunned security force is losing ground to gangs

Kenya, the only country which has offered to lead the force, has sent officials to meet with Haitian security forces ahead of a court hearing this Friday set to decide whether it is legal for it to deploy to the Caribbean state.

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Donkey cart loaded with explosives kills a police officer, critically injures four others in Kenya

Donkey cart loaded with explosives kills a police officer, critically injures four others in Kenya

No one claimed responsibility for the attack, but suspicion immediately fell on al-Shabab, a Somalia-based extremist group linked to al-Qaida.

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Kenya cult leader charged with terrorism-related crimes in starvation deaths

Kenya cult leader charged with terrorism-related crimes in starvation deaths

A judge in a different court, in the coastal town of Malindi, ordered on Wednesday that Mackenzie and 30 of his associates be taken for mental health evaluations before being charged with murder in connection with 191 of the deaths.

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‘Visa by another name’, travellers to Kenya tetchy over $30 Electronic Traveller Authorisation fee

‘Visa by another name’, travellers to Kenya tetchy over $30 Electronic Traveller Authorisation fee

The government said the new system was in line with the country’s “security and other strategic interests” and was intended to “boost tourism and attract more foreign investment to Kenya.”

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US consumers group sues Starbucks over human rights abuses on tea and coffee farms in Kenya, Brazil

US consumers group sues Starbucks over human rights abuses on tea and coffee farms in Kenya, Brazil

US National Consumers League said in its lawsuit Starbucks has continued using suppliers after abuses were uncovered, and even certified them as ethical according to purported standards it developed itself.

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PMI: Kenya private sector activity declines in December n the back of easing inflation

PMI: Kenya private sector activity declines in December n the back of easing inflation

Inflation slowed to 6.6 per cent year-on-year in December from 6.8 per cent the previous month, data from the statistics office showed.

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American arrested in Kenya charged in US court for attempt to aid al Shabaab after Israel attack

American arrested in Kenya charged in US court for attempt to aid al Shabaab after Israel attack

Nasr travelled from Egypt to Kenya “bent on joining and training with al Shabaab,” prosecutors said.

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Kenya’s economy grows by 5.9 per cent as inflation eases to 6.6 per cent in December

Kenya’s economy grows by 5.9 per cent as inflation eases to 6.6 per cent in December

The East African country’s economy has been among the fastest-growing on the continent in recent years, but a heavy debt load and a weakening currency have emerged as potential problems.

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