Nairobi/Mogadishu - Two European aid workers employed by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) who were kidnapped in Somalia over a week ago have been released, reports said Tuesday. The BBC cited militant Islamist group al-Shabaab as saying it had released the Danish nurse and Belgian doctor.
However, a regional spokeswoman for MSF in the Kenyan capital Nairobi could not immediately confirm the reports.
The pair were taken nine days ago on the way to Hudur, the capital of the Bakol region in south-west Somalia.
Nairobi - A group of Kenyan women's organizations have called on the nation's wives and girlfriends to withdraw conjugal rights in an attempt to bring an end to political strife that some fear could ultimately lead to renewed ethnic violence.
Nairobi/Kinshasa - The United Nations peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) Wednesday dismissed media reports it was working with a former rebel leader facing war crimes charges. The BBC said its correspondent in the DR Congo had seen documents proving General Bosco Ntaganda was taking part in the chain of command in a mission involving MONUC.
Nairobi - Kenya's government speaker on Tuesday delivered an eagerly awaited ruling that did nothing to break the deadlock in a government spat which has paralysed Parliament and threatened to dissolve the increasingly fragile coalition government. Prime Minister Raila Odinga is battling Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka for control of government business in Parliament.
Nairobi - Two men on Monday pleaded guilty to illegal ivory possession in Kenya after they being arrested in one of East Africa's biggest seizures in recent years, the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) said.
