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Kenya’s president says he will withdraw planned tax rises, bowing to pressure from protesters who had stormed parliament, launched demonstrations across the country and threatened more action this week. CBC | World News
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Kenyan protesters dead, parliament on fire as thousands enter the building
Thousands of Kenyan anti-tax protesters have entered parliament, and part of the building is on fire. CBC | World News
Read More »Kenyan cult leader faces 191 murder charges in child mass starvation deaths
A Kenyan judge on Wednesday ordered cult leader Paul Mackenzie and 30 associates to undergo mental health evaluations before being charged with the murder of 191 children whose bodies have been exhumed since last April from the Shakahola forest. CBC | World News
Read More »Kenyan flooding, mudslides blamed for 34 deaths
Heavy rains unleashed overnight floods that have killed 34 people in western Kenya, including 29 feared buried in a mudslide, authorities said Saturday. CBC | World News
Read More »Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge runs marathon in under 2 hours
Eliud Kipchoge has become the first athlete to run a marathon in less than two hours, although it will not count as a world record. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga wants new vote
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga is calling his country’s repeat presidential election a sham and says a new vote should be held within 90 days. CBC | World News
Read More »Kenyan streets calm after vote, but political standoff unresolved
Kenyan opposition areas were calm Saturday, a day after the country’s election commission postponed voting in four restive counties where deadly clashes between police and protesters have occurred. CBC | World News
Read More »8 Kenyan schoolgirls die in dormitory blaze
Eight Kenyan teenage schoolgirls died and 10 more were hospitalised after a fire engulfed their boarding school dormitory in Nairobi early on Saturday morning, a government official said. CBC | World News
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