An estimated 3,000 people have fled fighting in the Nairobi slum of Kibera after two days of clashes over rent leave at least seven dead.

Kenya’s government has halted the privatisation process of Telkom, its key asset. Despite widespread government corruption, a severe economic downturn, high crime and the lack of a clearly articulated ICT policy, Kenya has already become one of Africa’s larger middle league players in connectivity terms. But will things change and let real growth occur?, asks Russell Southwood after a recent visit.

The government of Kenya has signed an exploration treaty with a British firm in a move that will see the world's deepest oil wells drilled off the East African coast. The deal is an attempt to expand the country's fuel supply as Kenya's public power firm announced the biggest loss in its history.

At Maseno University in Vihiga district, about 400 km from Nairobi in the south-west of Kenya, a third-year male student boasts about his exploits in humiliating female students. He specialises in embracing and groping women with or without their consent. Disregarding the opinion of a female student interviewed with him, who has been trying to make the point that someone touching your body without your consent amounts to harassment, he says, "Ah, Mimi ninaleseni ya kudara wanawake na kila dame anajua" ("I am licensed to embrace women and every lady knows that").

Large libel damages being made against Kenya newspapers could prevent the media from working effectively, say owners and journalists.

Will primarily be responsible for providing strategic direction and management to ensure delivery of AMREF's agenda by spearheading the successful implementation of the new corporate strategy.

The conference will specifically bring together young,researchers,educators, advocates, counsellors and policy makers. It will provide a strong platform in shaping the future role of young people in HIV/Aids prevention and care within the continent.

The livelihoods - and perhaps even the lives - of many Kenyans are threatened by a government plan to excise, or remove, over 167,000 acres of the country’s forests, according to protesting environmental campaigners.

Kenyan media rights activists have condemned a bill they fear aims to muzzle the press before the country goes to the polls next year.

Kenya's finance minister, Chris Okemo, has been replaced in a surprise cabinet reshuffle following a public row with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

President Moi has said he will appoint a team of internationally respected experts to combat corruption.

Sixteen people have been confirmed dead and 200 houses burnt down as the pasture wars in Tana River District entered the third day.

The Kenyan Ministry of Health is negotiating the importation of cheap generic Aids drugs from Pakistan.

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF), have launched a website to help dairy farmers track current information. The agreement was signed yesterday after a one month's trial link up at the ICRAF campus in Gigiri by representatives from the two organisations.

The Government has been unnecessarily shuffling anti-corruption strategies and so far they have failed to yield results, a major donor has claimed.

Kenya's biggest opposition party criticised judges yesterday for quashing graft charges against a minister, saying it would encourage more theft of state assets in a country stricken by corruption.

The Catholic bishops of Kenya this week urged President Daniel arap Moi to intensify the fight against corruption within his government in order to allow it better address poverty alleviation and the provision of basic services for ordinary citizens.

The UK government wants the courts to throw out a multi-million pound compensation claim brought by Kenyan herders over damage from British army bombs.

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Poor teaching standards among primary teachers in Kenya is worring the government. The concern has been triggered off by reports that some students have reached the middle school level, without knowing how to read and write.