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Rwandan minister: Kenya’s new railway vital to East Africa’s integration

The newly inaugurated standard gauge railway line between Kenya’s Mombasa and Nairobi is very important to the integration of eastern Africa, Rwandan Minister of Finance and Economic Planning Claver Gatete said.

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Rwandan minister: Kenya’s new railway vital to East Africa’s integration

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11 charged with sabotage in Kenya over vandalism of major new railway

ElevenpeoplearrestedforvandalismofKenya’snewmulti-billion-dollarStandardGaugeRailway(SGR)onFridayhavebeenchargedwithsabotage,destructionofinfrastructureandengag

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China donates $5 million in food to WFP to support refugees in Kenya

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Wednesday received five million US dollars in food aid from the Chinese government in Kakuma refugees camp in northern Kenya.

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Kenya launches flagship standard gauge railway set to transform nation

MOMBASA, Kenya, May 31 (Xinhua) -- Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday launched the passenger train service of the 480-km Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR), paving way for the nation's endeavor for industrialization and prosperity.

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Kenya opens Nairobi-Mombasa Madaraka Express railway

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Interview: Chinese-built railway pushes forward Kenya's modernization drive

NAIROBI, May 29 (Xinhua) -- The 480 km railway linking Kenya's largest port city Mombasa to capital Nairobi, slated to be officially launched on May 31, will be a key infrastructure project that will push forward the East Africa nation's modernization drive, a senior company executive said Monday.

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China helps Kenya build its largest railway project since independence

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Kenyan authorities hunt rhino killers in animal sanctuary

Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) rangers are pursuing suspected poachers who on Monday killed a female rhino and cut away its horns in a private sanctuary in central Kenya.

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Kenya, Somalia vow to defeat terrorism through closer ties

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta (L) flags off an Armoured Personnel Carriers (APC) when he commissioned the APCs for the Kenya Police Service at General Service Unit Headquarters in Ruaraka, Nairobi, capital of Kenya, Feb. 1, 2016. The vehicles which were imported from China will be deployed along the volatile border of Kenya and Somalia, where the Kenyan military is fighting the terrorist group Al-Shabaab.

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Shabaab bomb attack in Kenya killed 12

A bomb blast at a guesthouse in northeast Kenya killed at least 12 people on Tuesday, in an attack claimed by Shabaab militants which last hit the area earlier this month.

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UNHCR repatriates over 30,000 Somali refugees from Kenya

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said Thursday the number of Somali refugees voluntarily repatriated from the Dadaab camp in northwest Kenya had reached 30, 349 since December 2014.

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Global ICT experts meet in Kenya on skill development

​More than 500 government, business and academic and ICT experts kicked off a four-day meeting in Nairobi on Tuesday to improve digital skills as well as formulate and optimize human capacity building strategies for the ICT sector.

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Kenya, India vow to scale up economic cooperation

​Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi resolved on Monday to facilitate the two countries' business communities to scale up the economic cooperation.

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China helps diversify sources of investment in Africa

The emergence of China as an economic giant has boosted Africa's economies by enabling the continent to diversify its sources of investments, a think tank said here on Tuesday.

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Kenya, S. Korea seek to mitigate trade imbalance, improve ties

​Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said Tuesday there has been steady growth in volume of trade between the two countries, however there is a trade imbalance in favour of South Korea.

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13,800 Somali refugees repatriated from Kenya's Dadaab camp: UNHCR

​The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) says it has repatriated 13,800 Somali refugees as of April 28 from the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya since the voluntary program started in December 2014.