Kenya Elects Indicted President and VP
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NAIROBI, Kenya) — Kenya’s electoral commission announced on Saturday the official winner of Monday’s presidential election is Uhuru Kenyatta, who is currently facing trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) fo…
Kenyan Village Cheers Obama Victory as ‘More Meaningful’ Than the First
TONY KARUMBA/AFP/Getty Images(KOGELO, Kenya) – Toward the end of an all-night election dance party in this rural village that claims President Barack Obama as a “son of the land,” an exhausted crowd sat shivering under shawls and blan…
All-Night Election-Watch Party in Obama’s Ancestral Village
TONY KARUMBA/AFP/Getty Images(KOGELO, Kenya) – The people of this typically sleepy village in rural western Kenya who call President Obama their “favorite son” know this will probably be the last party like this in their lifetime, so …
Obama’s Half-Brother Accused of Abducting Son
Win McNamee/Getty Images(NAIROBI, Kenya) — President Obama’s half brother, who has gained a reputation in Kenya as the family’s ne’er-do-well, is making headlines again. George Obama, 30, is being sued by his girlfriend who cla…
Hyena Pack Attacks Sleeping Family in Kenya, Kills Two Kids
Jupiterimages/Thinkstock(NAIROBI, Kenya) — A pack of hyenas killed two children and injured six other members of a family when the animals attacked in the middle of the night.The Kenya Wildlife Service is airlifting one of the survivors, a 10-year-old…
Iranians Planned to Attack US, Israeli Targets in Kenya: Officials
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NAIROBI, Kenya) — Two Iranian men who led officials to a 33 pound stash of explosives in Kenya have now allegedly admitted they were plotting to attack the U.S., Israel, Saudi or British targets there.Ahmad Abolfathi Mohammad an…
Another Grenade Attack in Kenya Kills at Least One, Injures Three
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(MOMBASA, Kenya) — Local police in the coastal city of Mombasa say the latest grenade attack in the country since it sent troops into Somalia last year killed one and injured three others Tuesday night at a restaurant and sports …
US Embassy Warns of Terror Threat in Kenya
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Terrorists are believed to be in the final stage of planning an attack in Nairobi, Kenya. That’s the new warning from the U.S. government, which is asking citizens there to be on full alert. Authorities say t…
President Obama’s Grandmother Recovering After Car Accident
SIMON MAINA/AFP/Getty Images(KISUMU, Kenya) — President Obama’s grandmother, Sarah Obama, is home recovering from a severe auto accident.“God is with me because if you could have seen the wreckage that we came out of safe, one would wonder…
Ex-US Soldier Charged with Aiding Al Qaeda Group
Hemera/Thinkstock(LAUREL, Md.) — A former U.S. Army soldier and recent convert to Islam was charged Monday with attempting to join an al Qaeda-linked terrorist group in Somalia. The indictment of Craig Baxam, 24, comes just days after the Kenyan and …