 World News
 Africa (586)
East Africa (137)
 2003
 Disasters (10)
 Crime (8)
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Boat accident: 40 feared dead An overloaded boat overturned and was swept away in high seas en route from mainland Tanzania to Zanzibar
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| Jan.10 |
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Possible attack on Zanzibar The U.S. State Department has received information 'that a terrorist group may be planning an attack' against Americans
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| Jan.17 |
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Zanzibar denies terror threat Government has insisted their islands are safe despite warnings issued by the U.S. and Britain
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| Jan.21 |
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 Rwanda genocide suspect slips net U.S. agents have been involved in a failed attempt to capture fugitive Felicien Kabuga
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Silently, starvation stalks millions The UN World Food Program is stating about 11 million people face severe food shortages in the Horn of Africa
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| Jan.24 |
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Minister dies in plane crash| Finance minister Ahmad Mohamed Khalif and 2 pilots are reported to have been killed and 3 other ministers injured | | |
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| Jan.25 |
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Silently, starvation stalks millions Drought, AIDS and preventable disease have put millions at risk of starvation
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Probe into minister death crash Investigators began combing the site of a plane crash which killed the labour minister and 2 pilots
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| Feb.12 |
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South Africa routs Kenya
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| Feb.24 |
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Kenya upsets Sri Lanka
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| Apr.13 |
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Thousands mourn death of princess Princess Tenagne Worq was the last surviving child of the nation's former emperor Haile Selassie
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| May.5 |
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Dozens die in floods Floods have killed at least 28 people and forced thousands to flee their submerged homes
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| May.18 |
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 Food crisis 'overlooked' Ethiopia is sliding toward a famine in what aid agencies said is a 'silent emergency'. One-fifth of population is at risk
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| Jun.20 |
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Terror plot against U.S. Embassy| The facility in Nairobi closed. U.S. intelligence agencies linked the threat to al Qaeda | | |
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| Jun.24 |
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 4 charged over Mombasa bombing The suspects were arrested this spring on lesser charges of harboring an illegal immigrant
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| Jul.20 |
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14 dead in plane crash A crash of a charter plane on the slopes of Mount Kenya killed 12 American tourists and the plane's 2-person crew
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| Aug.1 |
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Deadly grenade attack A terrorist was killing himself and a policeman as he was being arrested near Mombasa's central police station
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| Aug.8 |
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Elephant tramples poacher 40-year-old farmer was killed by an elephant while he was trying to poach timber in a forest
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| Aug.14 |
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 Women stage rape protest Dozens of women carrying sons and daughters of British soldiers protested outside the British mission
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| Aug.23 |
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Adere heads Ethiopian double Berhane Adere claims the first track gold at the World Championships in the women's 10,000m
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| Aug.24 |
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 Bekele leads Ethiopian romp| 21-year-old Kenenisa Bekele out-sprinted Haile Gebrselassie for the gold in the men's 10,000m in Paris | |
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| Sep.21 |
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Aids conference A senior UN official has warned that security of African nations could be at stake
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| Sep.28 |
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Tergat sets marathon record| Kenyan won in 2 hours 4 minutes 55 seconds, beating Khannouchi's previous mark in 2002 - by 43 seconds | |
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| Nov.2 |
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Kenyans again rule City Marathon Margaret Okayo is smashing the course record and Martin Lel winning his debut marathon
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| Dec.21 |
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Moi will not be prosecuted| Chief corruption fighter said his government will not prosecute former President for alleged corruption | |
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