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Kenya’s government declares the country ”broke”

Officials within Kenya's government have said that the country is "broke" and lacks needed funds for developmental projects.

Kenyan doctor who cut open wrong patient resumes work

The doctors who is at the center of a horrific surgery in Kenya at the Kenyatta National Hospital has had his suspension revoked after cutting open the head of a wrong patient.

‘Horror’ as Kenyan doctor cuts open head of wrong patient

The Kenyatta National Hospital has been forced to apologize to a patient whose head was wrongly cut open by a doctor. 

Five police officers in Kenya killed by al Shabaab

Somalia’s al Shabaab group killed five police officers early on Friday in northeast Kenya, in an area where the Islamist militants have in the past attacked military and civilian targets, a senior official said.

University lecturers in Kenya on strike over low pay

Public University lecturers in Kenya on Thursday re-activated a nationwide strike nearly three months after ending a similar protest over low pay.

Somalia: Suicide car bomb leaves casualties

Somalia’s Islamist group Al Shabaab set off a suicide car bomb at a security checkpoint about 15 km (nine miles) outside the capital Mogadishu on Thursday, the group’s spokesman and a police official told Reuters.

Kenya court orders the return of deported politician

Kenya's High Court has ordered immigration officials to ensure that the opposition politician Miguna Miguna returns to the country after he was deported to Canada this month.

UN peacekeepers ‘pay’ for sex in South Sudan

The United Nations mission in South Sudan says it has recalled a 46-member peacekeeping police unit after some members allegedly paid local women living in a protection camp for sex.

Tanzanian MP jailed for ‘defaming’ Magufuli

An opposition MP in Tanzania has been jailed five months after being found guilty of defaming the country's President John Magufuli.

Ghana jails Tanzanian arrested with cocaine for 5-years

Ghanaian officials have announced the arrest of a Tanzanian woman for carrying narcotic drugs with street value of $70,000.

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