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Kenya: Victims of 1998 bomb attack on US embassy renew demand for compensation

Kenyan survivors and victims of the 1998 bomb attack on the US embassy in Nairobi renewed calls for compensation from the US government on Monday (7 August) as the East African nation marked the 25th anniversary years since its deadliest terror attack. In mid-morning on 7 August 1998, a car bomb exploded in the rear […]

AfDB doubles its commitments, pledges $25 billion to climate finance for 2020-2025

The African Development Bank will double its climate finance commitments for the period 2020-2025, the Bank’s President announced at the One Planet Summit taking place in Nairobi. Akinwumi A. Adesina said that the Bank would commit at least $25 billion towards climate finance. Speaking at a plenary of the Summit Thursday in the presence of […]

Kenya launches probe into alleged abuses by British troops stationed in-country

Kenya has initiated a probe into alleged rights violations and offenses against civilians committed by British troops based in the country’s central region, with torture, unlawful detention and killings being among the abuses being investigated. Kenya’s parliament announced last week it would hold four public hearings into alleged abuses by British troops stationed in the […]