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Kenya Wildlife Servicemen killed five hyenas after raiding a village

Five hyenas believed to have eaten about 260 goats in Hola have been killed. The beasts also attacked a woman and her son in Haroresa and Wayu locations two weeks ago.

Kenya:Woman cheats death as house is set on fire

A woman narrowly escaped death when her husband allegedly set her house ablaze thinking that she was inside on Litari Beach, Rusinga Island, Mbita District. Ms Evaline Achieng, 25, survived because she had decided to spend the night in her mother-in-law’s house.

Aspirants warned over violence in campaign rallies

The polls team on Thursday summoned the nine candidates vying for the Makadara parliamentary seat following a wave of violence in the area during their campaigns. Interim Independent Electoral Commission (IIEC) deputy chief executive Gladys Shollei warned the candidates that they risked being barred from vying for the seat if they were involved in violence.

Senate avoids attending CPA conference in Nairobi

ISLAMABAD: Fearing a backlash from the media and public, Senate Chairman Farooq H Naek has cancelled a visit of senators, which could have promoted the Pakistani cause of raising funds for the flood affectees, Daily Times learnt on Thursday.

(AFP/File/Peter Busomoke) Some 1,700 Ugandan African Union Peacekeeping soldiers arrive back home at the Entebbe Airbase in 2008 after an 11-month mission in Somalia. Uganda said Thursday it can provide up to 10,000 troops for deployment to Somalia where it already has soldiers in the African Union mission protecting the country's embattled government

Uganda to send 10,000 troops to Somalia: army

KAMPALA (AFP) – Uganda said Thursday it can provide up to 10,000 troops for deployment to Somalia where it already has soldiers in the African Union mission protecting the country's embattled government.