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Obama's Kenya trip begins with family dinner in father's homeland

The US president has arrived in Nairobi for this first visit since his election in 2008 to the country where his father was born.

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President Obama arrives in Kenya with Nairobi in security lockdown

US President Barack Obama has arrived in Kenya. Landing in the country where his father was born he was met by his half-sister Auma and Kenyan

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Obama travels to father's homeland of Kenya

Barack Obama has left for a visit to Kenya, his first trip to his father’s homeland as US President. Obama previously travelled to the country as a

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Obama rejects calls to avoid issue of homosexuality on Kenya trip

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Some Kenyans waiting for Obama risk disappointing no-show

Kenyans celebrated warmly when Barack Hussein Obama won the US presidency in 2008. All these years later, the first mixed race American head of state

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Kenya: Westgate shopping mall reopens ahead of Obama visit to Nairobi

Kenya’s Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi has reopened to the public, nearly two years since al Shabaab gunmen went on the rampage in the aisles, in

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Kenya's Westgate shopping mall re-opens after massacre

Kenya’s Westgate shopping centre in Nairobi has re-opened almost two years after the four-day siege and massacre in which at least 67 people died

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Education on the move: boosting learning in isolated communities

When it comes to schooling, children can fall behind if they live in isolated or nomadic communities. This edition of Learning World looks at mobile

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Al Shabaab kills quarry workers in Kenya gun attack

The Islamist group Al Shabaab says its gunmen were behind an overnight attack that killed at least 14 people, mostly quarry workers, at a residential

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Al Shabab gunman kill quarry workers in northeast Kenya

At least fourteen people have been killed and several others wounded in a gun attack on a residential complex in northeast Kenya.

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John Kerry's 'selfie' pose with baby elephant in Kenya

Once a politician, always a politician – which means never miss a photo opportunity. US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Kenya to offer help

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UNHCR mulls Kenya's call to close Dadaab camp for Somali refugees

The United Nations’ refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Saturday it had not received a formal request from Kenya to remove a huge refugee camp housing

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Kenya begins to bury victims of the Garissa attack

Emotions run high as Kenya begins to bury the victims of the Garissa University attack.

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Kenya: man appears in court over Garissa massacre

A man has appeared in court in Kenya in connection with the Garissa University College attack, which left 148 people dead. Rashid Charles Mberesero

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Kenya to freeze assets of Garissa massacre suspects

The Kenyan government says it will freeze the assets of those suspected of being involved in the Garissa University College massacre

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Kenyans angry at government over 'preventable' Garissa massacre

Hundreds of Kenyans have held a vigil in a Nairobi park in memory of the victims of last week’s massacre at Garissa, their sadness mixed with anger

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Hundreds protest in Kenya against Al-Shabaab

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Relatives queue to identify Garissa victims

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Kenya bombs two al Shabaab camps in Somalia

Relatives of the victims of the Garissa University attack talk of 'studious and ambitious' students who were there to help their families.

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'We are here to kill': Garissa survivor depicts horror of Kenya massacre

For the relatives of students missing after the attack on Garissa University College, the slow pace of the identification process and some confusion

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