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At the double: Kenyan track triumphs light up worlds

Kenyan athletics has been celebrating a huge night in Tokyo with a world championship double for Beatrice Chebet and an 800m triumph for Emannuel Wanyonyi.

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Kenya's Wanyonyi, Chebet Deliver For Africa At The Worlds

Emmanuel Wanyonyi and Beatrice Chebet made it a memorable night for Kenya at the world championships on Saturday as they produced outstanding performances to win the men's 800 metres and women's 5,000m respectively.

International Business Times

Kenya court orders UK soldier’s arrest for Agnes Wanjiru death: All we know

A British national is accused of murdering and dumping the body of 21-year-old in a septic tank in 2012.

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Kenya’s Turkana people genetically adapted to live in harsh environment, study suggests

Research which began with conversations round a campfire and went on to examine 7m gene variants shows how people survive with little water and a meat-rich diet

The Guardian - UK

Kenyan athlete captured in Ukraine claims he was tricked into signing a contract with Russian army

Evans came to Russia as a tourist and claims he was then tricked into signing a contract with the Russian army. He says he decided to escape as soon as he found himself in the combat zone.

Euronews

Australia’s Jess Hull takes 1500m bronze after brave race against Kenyan legend Faith Kipyegon

Australian ‘really proud’ after gritty run against triple Olympic champion, while Peter Bol fails to get through 800m heats

The Guardian - AU

Kenya court seeks UK citizen's arrest over murder of Agnes Wanjiru

A Nairobi court has issued an arrest warrant for a British citizen in connection with the high-profile death of Agnes Wanjiru – a young Kenyan mother whose body was found in a septic tank over a decade ago.

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Kenyan court orders arrest of British national over 2012 murder near UK army camp

An arrest warrant has been issued for a British citizen over the death of a young Kenyan mother whose body was found in a septic tank 13 years ago. Authorities did not disclose whether the suspect was a soldier.

Euronews

Kenyan court orders the arrest of a British national accused of murder

A high court in Kenya has ordered the arrest of a British national on charges of murdering a Kenyan woman near a British army training ground in central Kenya 13 years ago

The Independent UK

Kenya Court Seeks UK Citizen's Arrest Over Young Mother's Murder

A Nairobi court issued an arrest warrant Tuesday for a British citizen in connection with the high-profile death of a young Kenyan mother whose body was found in a septic tank over a decade ago.

International Business Times

Arrest warrant issued for UK citizen after body found in septic tank in Kenya

An inquest in 2018 found Agnes Wanjiru had been murdered by British soldiers.

Evening Standard

Kenya seeks arrest of former British soldier over alleged murder of Agnes Wanjiru

High court judge issues arrest warrant, saying a suspect has been charged in relation to 2012 death of 21-year-old

The Guardian - UK

The dinner pledge that secured Sydney the 2000 Olympics

John Coates' campaign for Sydney to host the 2000 Olympics culminated in a last-ditch financial offer to two African sporting bigwigs in a Monte Carlo hotel.

AAP

Volcanoes can help us untangle the evolution of humans – here’s how

How did humans become human? Understanding when, where and in what environmental conditions our early ancestors lived is central to solving the puzzle of human evolution.

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Hull ready for whatever it takes in world 1500m final

Australian Jessica Hull will get another shot at legendary Kenyan Faith Kipyegon in the 1500m final at the world athletics championships.

The Conversation

Muslim ritual meets Swahili culture at Kenya’s unique annual maulidi festival

Lamu is a historic Swahili port town on an island off the northern coast of Kenya. Each year it hosts the famous Lamu Maulidi Festival, a sacred Muslim celebration, planned this year for 17-18 September.

The Guardian - UK

Inside the world of Kenya’s ‘shadow scholars’ paid to write essays for UK students

Highly educated Kenyans working for essay mills ghostwrite academic work that students pass off as their own

Radio France Internationale

'Hope is all I have': the refugees searching for family from Kenya's Kakuma camp

At the Kakuma refugee camp in the northwest of Kenya, more than 200,000 refugees from across Africa have sought safety – in many cases leaving loved ones behind. The Red Cross's Restoring Family Links programme seeks to reunite these families torn apart by conflict.

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International Business Times

Kenya's Only Breastmilk Bank, Life-line For Premature Babies

Surrounded by incubators, a red tube snaking into her tiny nose, four-day-old Grace-Ella is being fed donated breastmilk at the only facility in Kenya that offers the life-giving service.

The Conversation

We created a support programme for schools in Nairobi’s informal settlements: what we learned

Access to school is considered to be better for children who live in urban areas than in rural areas in countries such as Kenya. But research shows that this access doesn’t translate into children doing better at school if the setting is an informal settlement. Despite being able to attend…

The Guardian - UK

‘It belongs to everyone’: the Black Kenyans dispelling perceptions of horse racing

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UTMB champion Joyline Chepngeno suspended for two years, loses titles and sponsorship after positive doping test

The Kenyan athlete tested positive for the banned substance in the same month she won a historic UTMB victory

The Conversation

Should African countries lower the voting age to 16? Views from Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria

The UK is moving to lower its voting age from 18 to 16. The new legislation takes effect ahead of the country’s next general election in 2029, and is aimed at boosting its democracy. The move has ignited global debate: should 16-year-olds be trusted with the ballot?

The Guardian - UK

‘I broke completely’: how jobseekers from Africa are being tricked into slavery in Asia’s cyberscam compounds

A growing number of Kenyans, Ugandans and Ethiopians are being trafficked to Myanmar, where missing online scam targets leads to beatings and torture

The Independent UK

Africa’s climate summit is fighting back against Trump’s fossil fuel agenda

ON THE GROUND: Attendees in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa tell Nick Ferris while the US president’s attitude makes things difficult, the realities of the climate crisis represent a far more pressing problem

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