Kenya
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VW to produce cars in Rwanda and Kenya
Dec 24, 2016News Hour: Volkswagen is to start producing cars in Kenya and Rwanda and start a ride-hailing service in Kigali, as the German carmaker expands pay-per-use transportation business models in markets where rival Uber has not gained traction.... -
Kenya’s Maasai break with coming-of-age tradition to save the lion
Dec 12, 2016News Hour: Under the shadow of a snow-capped Mount Kilimanjaro, hundreds of Maasai boys brave the morning chill to take part in a ritual that marks their coming of age. But those vying to become a... -
Kenyan conservationists to track elephant ‘corridors’ between parks
Nov 3, 2016News Hour: Scientists in Kenya are fitting radio collars on elephants to help secure the “corridors” they use between national parks, part of a conservation drive that has seen the nation’s elephant population double within the... -
Kenya defies global economic headwinds to register solid GDP growth
Oct 31, 2016News Hour: Kenya’s economy is projected to grow at 5.9 percent in 2016 up from 5.6 percent in 2015 according to the World Bank’s Kenya Economic Update (KEU) released in Nairobi today. “We are happy that... -
Kenya to restructure national carrier in a month
Oct 17, 2016News Hour: Restructuring loss-making carrier Kenya Airways will take a month, the government said on last Wednesday, appealing to pilots to withdraw a strike notice and join discussions. Tourism Minister Najib Balala, who sits in a... -
6 people killed in a suspected attack by Shabaab militants in Kenya
Oct 6, 2016News Hour: Six people were killed in a suspected attack by Shabaab militants on a residential compound in the restive northeastern Kenyan town of Mandera, police and local authorities said on Thursday. The attack targeted a... -
Former Kenyan sports officials charged with theft, fraud
Sep 28, 2016News Hour: Three former officials of Kenya’s disbanded Olympic committee were charged on Wednesday with theft and fraud offences relating to this year’s Games in Rio de Janeiro. The east African nation bagged its biggest ever... -
Kenya to take steps to replace commissioners on the electoral oversight body
Sep 27, 2016News Hour: Kenya is taking steps to replace commissioners on the electoral oversight body, the government said on Tuesday, part of a deal with the opposition to resolve a row that led to protests and violence... -
VW to resume producing cars in Kenya
Sep 7, 2016News Hour: Volkswagen will resume producing cars in Kenya by the end of the year as it looks to sell more vehicles across the East African region, reports Reuters. After a four-decade pause in production by... -
Over Rio performance Kenya removes their Olympics committee
Aug 26, 2016News Hour: Kenya has disbanded its National Olympics Committee because of the poor handling of their team during the Rio Olympics, sports minister Hassan Wario confirmed on Thursday, reports Reuters Wario has set up a committee...
