|
Tribal clashes kill at least 21 in northern Kenya
ISIOLO, Kenya (Reuters) - Tribal militias in northern Kenya clashed over grazing rights for a second day on Friday, killing at least 21 people and torching houses, residents said. Corpses lay strewn in scrubland outside three villages near the town of Moyale, the residents said, and the fighting between armed groups carrying automatic rifles and mortars raged on. Pastoralist communities in ...
Kenya Airways issues profit warning
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya Airways, one of Africa's leading carriers, issued a profit warning on Friday, blaming the euro zone debt crisis, political unrest in Egypt and escalating fuel prices. The warning is likely to surprise investors after the airline, which is 26 percent owned by AirFrance-KLM, posted a 38 percent jump in half-year pretax profit, aided by growth on its African and Asian ...
Kenya's acting finmin says to tackle rates, volatile shilling
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's acting Finance Minister Robinson Githae has said he plans to tackle high lending rates, a volatile local currency and a rising import bill, the Daily Nation reported on Saturday. Githae, a lawyer and minister for metropolitan development, was named to the finance portfolio after Uhuru Kenyatta quit the post on Thursday to face charges over the deadly post-election ...
|