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Kenya Legalizes Medical Advertising to Curb the Witch Doctor Business

In west Africa, trust in traditional herbalists significantly worsened the outlook in the unprecedented Ebola outbreak of 2014-2015. In Tanzania, authorities banned witch doctors entirely after years of attacks on the nation’s “magical” albino population. Now Kenya has taken a bold new move in eradicating the practice of unlicensed medicine: letting certified physicians advertise their services in public.

Kenyan witch-doctor John Dimo, who claims to be 105 years old, interprets the result after

Land Battles Between Islamic State, Al Shabaab Threaten Kenya

Police have reportedly warned that the Somalia-based terror group al Shabaab may be heading towards Kenya. The warning comes after the Kenya Defense Forces (KDF), backed by Somalia’s national army, killed 34 al Shabaab jihadists in two separate attacks over the

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9-Year-Old Kenyan Girl Married Off To 78-Year-Old Man

The practice of “beading,” or “promising girls to their male relatives for sex,” is supposed to be illegal in Kenya, but it still occurs in tribal areas, according to a 13-year-old girl named Younis who was married off to a 78-year-old man when she was only 9 years old.

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Norwegian Migrant Confirmed As Kenyan Mall Terrorist

It has taken two years but Norwegian security services have finally confirmed a Norwegian man of Somali descent was one of the terrorists who attacked a Kenyan shopping mall in 2013. On 21 September 2013, a group of terrorists attacked the Westgate Mall, an

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Obama Lands In Kenya: Greeted By Half-Sister Auma

Obama was greeted by his half-sister Auma Obama, according to the White House pool report and a group of dignitaries who gathered at the airport. A red carpet was rolled out one the runway for his arrival as one little girl wearing a white dress curtsied and gave him a bouquet of flowers.

President Barack Obama is greeted by his half-sister, Auma Obama, upon his arrival at Keny

Victims of 1998 Al-Qaeda Embassy Bombing Protest Obama in Kenya

As Kenya gears up for President Barack Obama’s historic speech on Sunday in its capital, Nairobi, victims of the 1998 al-Qaeda bombing of the American embassy in that city are charging “neglect” on the part of both the American and Kenyan governments, and hoping their plights are addressed by the American head of state.

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Westgate Mall Reopens, Two Years After Terrorist Siege

Nairobi (AFP) – Owners of Kenya’s Westgate mall, closed after Somali Islamists massacred 67 people almost two years ago, vowed Tuesday it would be safe as journalists toured the mall ahead of its reopening.

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Kenya Issues $100,000 Bounty for German Al-Shabaab Jihadist

Kenyan law enforcement is offering ten million Kenyan shillings–slightly more than $100,000–for information which could lead to the capture of Andreas Martin Mueller, a German national who left his homeland to fight for the jihadist group al-Shabaab and remains on the run after an attack on a military base.

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