World News
Africa (586)
East Africa (137)
2002
Politics (14)
War & Army (6)
Disasters (5)
Crime (8)
Business (1)
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
|
|
|
| Feb.9 |
|
Sacred artefact returned
|
|
| Apr.12 |
|
Eritrea-Ethiopia border to be set
|
| Apr.13 |
|
New Ethiopia-Eritrea border revealed
|
|
| May.25 |
|
Fifteen die in protest
|
|
| Jun.20 |
|
40 feared dead in mine
|
| Jun.24 |
 |
110 killed in train crash Many of the 400 people hurt were critically injured
|
| Jun.25 |
|
Train toll passes 200
|
| Jun.29 |
 |
Moi seeks to prolong rule President has called for an extension of his final term in office. The move has provoked anger from the opposition
|
|
| Jul.19 |
 |
UK pay-out for bomb victims Deal with lawyers is representing 228 tribespeople bereaved or maimed by British Army explosives left on their land
|
| Jul.20 |
 |
Accord moves Sudan closer to peace| After striking an agreement on two key issues, government and the rebels signed a protocol to end the 19-year civil war | |
|
| Jul.29 |
 |
Militias battle kills 15 Intense fighting between hundreds of rival military gunmen with civilians getting caught in the crossfire
|
|
| Aug.23 |
 |
Ethiopia looks at POW release Prime Minister Meles Zenawi is considering releasing prisoners captured during his 1998-2000 border war with Eritrea
|
|
| Nov.11 |
 |
Famine threat to 15 million PM Meles Zenawi called for urgent international aid to help avoid a catastrophe
|
| Nov.27 |
 |
12 killed at Israeli-owned hotel| 4-wheel drive vehicle crashed through a barrier outside the Hotel Paradise and blew up when it hit the lobby | | |
|
| |
 |
Israeli airliner was target of missile attack| Boeing 757, which was carrying 260 passengers and 10 crew members, was hit by shrapnel after it took off from Mombasa | |
|
| Nov.29 |
 |
12 Held Over Attacks| Kenya held 12 foreigners over deadly bomb and missile attacks, while experts searched for clues in the rubble of a hotel | |
|
|
| Dec.4 |
 |
Bush: Al Qaeda linked to Kenya attacks President believes al Qaeda was involved in suicide bombing of an Israeli-owned resort hotel
|
| Dec.5 |
 |
Bush meets leaders of Kenya, Ethiopia President expressed his condolences for attacks, and pledged to join with the Horn of Africa nations to combat terrorism
|
| Dec.7 |
 |
Act on drought, Ethiopia told The government must do more to tackle the effects of recurrent drought, the head of the U.N. children's fund said
|
| Dec.9 |
 |
Attack suspect photos issued Police have released computer-generated images of two men
|
| Dec.10 |
 |
Police name attack suspect Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan is suspected of having bought the vehicle used to bomb the hotel in Mombasa
|
| Dec.20 |
 |
'Arsonists' torch Mombasa discos Fire has razed a discotheque, scene of twin attacks targeting Israelis last month, in the second suspected case of arson
|
| Dec.23 |
 |
Nestle 'to return' Ethiopia cash The world's biggest food producer, plans to give any money it receives from a damages claim against Ethiopia
|
| Dec.26 |
 |
2 dead in poll violence Two of opposition supporters were killed by police fire in a stronghold of the National Rainbow Coalition
|
| Dec.27 |
 |
Kenyans vote as Moi bows out Landmark presidential elections mark the end of almost a quarter century of rule by Daniel arap Moi
|
| Dec.28 |
 |
Opposition headed for landslide victory 71-year-old veteran politician Mwai Kibaki is breaking the ruling party's 39-year grip on power
|
| Dec.29 |
 |
Kibaki declared president| Opposition leader has been elected new president following presidential and parliamentary elections | | |
|
| |
 |
President-elect vows to tackle corruption National Rainbow Coalition (Narc) leader Mwai Kibaki has promised sweeping changes to the way the country is run
|
| Dec.30 |
 |
Kibaki sworn in Former opposition leader Mwai Kibaki is ending the 24-year rule of outgoing head of state Daniel arap Moi
|