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Two high profile Kenyan runners, Kimetto and Kiplimo fail drug tests

Two high profile Kenyan runners, Kimetto and Kiplimo fail drug tests

Two Kenyan runners, Viola Chelangat Kimetto and Joyce Jemutai Kiplimo, have failed drug tests and been banned for two years, Athletics Kenya has said.Both women tested positive for norandrosterone, a metabolite of nandrolone.Kimetto failed her test at the Macau marathon in December 2013; Kiplimo failed a test taken after the Yangzhou half-marathon in April. Neither […]

A British charity boss Simon Harris found guilty of child sex abuse in Kenya

A British charity boss Simon Harris found guilty of child sex abuse in Kenya

A British charity boss who preyed on vulnerable Kenyan street children has been found guilty of sexual abuse.Simon Harris was convicted of eight charges of indecent and sexual assault on youngsters in Gilgil, and four of possessing indecent images of children.Birmingham Crown Court heard he would lure boys to his house in Kenya by offering […]

Kenya`s Raila Odinga bows out of the race for the vacant Homa Bay Senate seat

Kenya`s Raila Odinga bows out of the race for the vacant Homa Bay Senate seat

Opposition leader Raila Odinga bowed out of the race for the vacant Homa Bay Senate seat despite pressure by some of his confidants and Luo elders to contest the by-election set for February. Mr Odinga called a press conference yesterday to announce he had “reluctantly” decided to turn down an offer from the people of […]

Pastor bans women from wearing pants to church

Pastor bans women from wearing pants to church

A pastor in Kenya is making headlines for recently banning his female congregants from wearing underwear to church, telling them to avoid wearing the garments in order to be closer to God. The pastor, described only as the Rev. Njohi, reportedly asked his female congregants at the Lord’s Propeller Redemption church in Dandora to arrive […]

Kenyans demand protection from Islamists gunmen who kill non-Muslims

Kenyans demand protection from Islamists gunmen who kill non-Muslims

Kenya-Scores of teachers and civil servants were stranded at a remote Kenyan airstrip on Thursday, demanding evacuation and protection five days after Islamist gunmen killed 28 non-Muslim bus passengers in the surrounding border region near Somalia.Somalia’s al Shabaab militants claimed responsibility for Saturday’s attack in the Mandera area, where gunmen commandeered the Nairobi-bound bus, then […]

Nairobi tops list of most strategic city

Nairobi tops list of most strategic city

Kenya, Nairobi — Nairobi has topped the list of the most strategic city for multinationals eyeing the African market. This is a major boost to the government’s efforts to make Nairobi a regional hub.The city beat those in Southern and Western Africa, previously thought to be the most preferred. According to the Africa Integration Index […]

East African Oil Export Pipeline Close to Choosing Sole Project Consultant

East African Oil Export Pipeline Close to Choosing Sole Project Consultant

Three of East Africa’s strongest economies are nearing a decision on choosing a consultant to oversee the building of a pipeline which will serve as the pump for the region’s oil rich reserves to the coast ready for export. Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda invited bids back in June for a consultant to oversee a feasibility […]

Africa’s top ten universities

Africa’s top ten universities

While students from across the continent continue to move abroad to study at leading learning institutions in the U.S. and Europe, Africa boasts its own league of great universities. Presented below is Part I of Africa.com’s Top 10 Universities in Africa. Part II will feature the Top 10 Universities in South Africa, a country that […]

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