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| Kenya Society | Human rights | Media Body of murdered journalist found in forest afrol News - The beheaded body of Kenyan freelance journalist Francis Kainda Nyaruri was found in a forest in southwestern town of Nyamira. Mr Nyaruri who was reported missing by his family on 15 January, his corpse, with deep wounds was found with the hands tied behind his back on 29 January. |
| Rwanda Society | Human rights Court upholds sentence for genocide perpetrator afrol News - Rwanda Genocide appeals court has upheld life imprisonment sentence given to Francois Karera for his involvement in the country's most infamous 1994 genocide. The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) convicted Mr karera in December 2007 on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity. |
| Kenya Politics | Economy - Development | Travel - Leisure Kenya Airways warns of 25 percent profit decline afrol News - Kenya Airways (KQ) has warned of a 25 percent decline for the financial year ending 31 March 2009 in its profits blaming it on the current global economic crisis. However it said the airways is expected to remain profitable although it is to yield 25 percent less than last year. |
| Kenya Society 13 bodies recovered after Wednesday supermarket blaze afrol News - At least 13 people have perished and 30 more still missing as an operation to retrieve the remains of people trapped in the burnt down Nakumatt supermarket continues. |
| Congo Kinshasa | Uganda Society | Politics | Human rights Uganda rebels killed 100 in DRC afrol News - The United Nations has said Ugandan rebels killed 100 people in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo in its latest attack early this month. |
| Kenya Human rights | Society Kenya told to halt Somali deportations afrol News - The UN refugees agency has called on Kenya to halt forcible deportation of Somali asylum seekers in the East African country. The call comes after three Somalis, who were allegedly wounded when crossing the border, were sent back. |
| Kenya Society | Economy - Development | Agriculture - Nutrition Kenya scrapes maize import duties afrol News - Kenya has waived import duty on maize as food shortages tighten grip on more than 10 million people. The waiver comes as government stock piles are nearing the collapse and traders are battling to get white maize in the world market. |
| Congo Kinshasa | Rwanda Politics | Human rights | Society 4 killed in Rwanda-Congo joint operation afrol News - At least four rebels have died during the ongoing Rwanda-Democratic Republic of Congo joint offensive against Forces for Democratic Liberation of Rwanda in eastern Kivu province, a joint forces statement has revealed. |
| Kenya Economy - Development | Society | Politics | Agriculture - Nutrition Kenya govt dissolves cereal board afrol News - The government of Kenya has today kicked out 14 officials at the state-run National Cereal Board amid an investigation into corruption in the country's grain industry. The officials' dismissal comes after the government hired Deloitte & Touche in October to conduct an audit of the board. |
| Tanzania Society | Health | Human rights Healers ignore government order afrol News - Traditional healers in Tanzanian have rejected a government ban on the old-age practice, in a desparate bid to halt the killings of albinos for ritual medicine. Last Friday, Tanzania revoked the licences of all its traditional healers. |
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