Tag: Kenya
Trapped in Ethiopia’s Tigray, people ‘falling like leaves’
NAIROBI, Kenya — The plea arrived from a remote area that had so far produced only rumors and residents fleeing for their lives. Help...
Ethiopia hints at Tigray military move; cease-fire in doubt
NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopia’s government says its military could re-enter the capital of its embattled Tigray region within weeks, calling into question the unilateral...
Eritrean forces withdraw from key towns in Ethiopia’s Tigray
NAIROBI, Kenya — Soldiers from Eritrea have withdrawn from three key towns in Ethiopia’s Tigray region a day after Tigray fighters took control of...
Up to 900,000 in Ethiopia’s Tigray face famine, US says
NAIROBI, Kenya — The United States estimates that up to 900,000 people in Ethiopia’s Tigray region now face famine conditions amid a deadly conflict,...
Aid group MSF ‘horrified’ as colleagues murdered in Ethiopia
NAIROBI, Kenya — The medical charity Doctors Without Borders says it is “horrified by the brutal murder” of three colleagues in Ethiopia’s Tigray region,...
Police: 17 soldiers dead when helicopter crashes in Kenya
NAIROBI, Kenya — A police official in Kenya says 17 soldiers have died when the helicopter they were travelling in for a training exercise...
Kipruto, Cheruiyots left out of Kenya Olympic team
NAIROBI, Kenya — Olympic steeplechase champion Conseslus Kipruto and world 1,500-meter titleholder Timothy Cheruiyot missed out on Kenya's provisional team for the Tokyo Games...
Ethiopia urges Tigray rights inquiry to ‘immediately cease’
NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopia’s government is urging an African Union body to “immediately cease” a new commission of inquiry into allegations of abuses in...
Japanese city cancels Kenya Olympic training camp over virus
NAIROBI, Kenya — A Japanese city due to host Kenya’s team for a pre-Olympics training camp has canceled because the coronavirus situation there is...
Family of American killed in Kenya wants separate probe
NAIROBI — The family of an American investor of Somali origin whose body was found with torture wounds days after he went missing in...