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Flash floods, landslide kill at least 45 in central Kenya
A man walks next to a damaged car in an area heavily affected by torrential rains and flash floods in the village of Kamuchiri, near Mai Mahiu, on April 29, 2024. At least 45 people died when a dam burst its banks near a town in Kenya's Rift Valley, police said on April 29, 2024, as torrential rains and floods battered the country. The disaster raises the total death toll over the March-May wet season in Kenya to more than 120 as heavier than usual rainfall pounds East Africa, compounded by the El Nino weather pattern. (Photo by LUIS TATO / AFP) (Photo by LUIS TATO/AFP via Getty Images)
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At least 70 people killed by flooding in Kenya as more rain is expected through the weekend
Boys carry some of their belongings after visiting their house that were destroyed by floods following torrential rains at the Mathare informal settlement in Nairobi, on April 25, 2024. Torrential rains triggered floods and caused chaos across Kenya, blocking roads and bridges and engulfing homes in slum districts. The death toll from flash floods in Kenya's capital Nairobi has risen to 13 on April 25, 2024, police said. Kenyans have been warned to stay on alert, with the forecast for more heavy rains across the country in the coming days. (Photo by LUIS TATO / AFP) (Photo by LUIS TATO/AFP via Getty Images)
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Olympic champion Jepchirchir wins women’s race at London Marathon in record time
Runners including Joyce Chepkirui, Brigid Kosgei, Becky Briggs, Tigst Assefa and Mhairi Maclennan as the women's elite race gets under way at the London Marathon, London, Sunday April 21, 2024. (Zac Goodwin/PA via AP)
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Transitional council in Haiti to choose new leaders is formally established amid gang violence
Canadian soldiers stand guard on the rooftop of their embassy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, April 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
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Somalia refuses to accept Ethiopian naval base in breakaway region
FILE PHOTO: A Somali man reacts during a march against the Ethiopia-Somaliland port deal along KM4 street in Mogadishu, Somalia January 11, 2024. REUTERS/Feisal Omar/File Photo
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Kenya’s pause to Haiti deployment follows growing doubts about mission
Kenya police patrol the streets of Nairobi, Kenya Tuesday, March.12, 2024. Kenya Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki, confirmed on Monday, that the Haiti police mission was at the pre-deployment stage and all other programmes were in place including laws of detention, arrests and other enforcement measures were in place including standard operation procedures. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
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U.S. military airlifts embassy personnel from Haiti
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As chaos worsens in Haiti, long-promised Canadian-funded police mission remains stalled
A police officer patrols near the police headquarters as Haiti continues in a state of emergency, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti March 6, 2024. REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol
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Marathon world record-holder Kelvin Kiptum has died in a car crash in Kenya, fellow athlete says
FILE - Kelvin Kiptum of Kenya celebrates his Chicago Marathon world record victory in Chicago's Grant Park on Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023. According to a fellow athlete, Kiptum died in a car crash in Kenya late Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024. He was 24. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune via AP)
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Moment massive fireball set off by gas explosion in Kenya's capital
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At least three dead, 300 injured after gas truck explosion in Kenya’s capital
Police officers stand guard at the scene of an explosion at a makeshift gas cylinder refilling depot in Mradi estate, Embakasi district, in Nairobi, Kenya, February 2, 2024. REUTERS/John Muchucha
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Nations gather in Kenya to hammer out treaty on plastic pollution
FILE - Pakistani laborers, mostly women, sort through empty bottles at a plastic recycling factory in Hyderabad, Pakistan, April 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Pervez Masih, File)
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King Charles meets in private with the family of the Kenyan rebel leader hanged by the British
Britain's King Charles III prepares to lay a wreath, during a visit to Kariokor World War II Commonwealth Cemetery in Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. King Charles III has visited a war cemetery in Kenya, laying a wreath in honor of Kenyans who fought alongside the British in the two world wars. It came a day after the British monarch expressed “greatest sorrow and the deepest regret” for the violence of the colonial era. He gave replacement medals to four war veterans. (Tony Karumba/Pool Photo via AP)
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King Charles expresses ‘deepest regret’ for colonial wrongdoings during visit to Kenya
Britain's King Charles visits City Shamba, an urban farming project during their state visit to Kenya, in Nairobi, Kenya, October 31, 2023. REUTERS/Phil Noble/Pool
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Dispossessed Kenyans demand compensation ahead of King Charles’ visit
Kibore Cheruiyot Ngasura, 105, a member of the Talai community, which accuses the British colonial government of displacing them from their farms, pose for a picture with his sons outside his house ahead of Britain's King Charles' and Queen Camilla's visit to Kenya, in Tugunon village of Kericho County, Kenya October 25, 2023. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi
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Kenya’s president commits country to lead multinational force to Haiti to combat gangs
William Samoei Ruto, President of the Republic of Kenya, addresses the United Nations Sustainable Development Forum, Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Roger Whittaker, balladeer with an international following, dies at 87
COLOGNE, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 25: Roger Whittaker performs during rehearsals for the "ZDF Hitparty" on September 25, 2007 at Cologne, Germany. (Photo by Ralf Juergens/Getty Images)
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Iran’s president visits Africa ‘to promote economic diplomacy’
Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi, left, and Kenya's President William Ruto, right, give a joint press conference after meeting at State House in Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. Iran's president has begun a rare visit to Africa as the country, which is under heavy U.S. economic sanctions, seeks to deepen partnerships around the world. (AP Photo/Khalil Senosi)
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Aid agencies back UN’s US$7-billion appeal for Horn of Africa crisis
FILE PHOTO: The United Nations headquarters building is pictured with a UN logo in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., March 1, 2022. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo
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Canada rugby sevens men post dramatic win to escape World Series relegation
Alex Russell and Kalin Sager celebrate Canada’s cup quarter-final win over Australia on Day 2 of the HSBC France Sevens on Saturday, May 13, 2023, at Stade Toulousa in Toulouse, France. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-World Rugby-Mike Lee **MANDATORY CREDIT**
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Canadian men ready for World Rugby Sevens Series relegation playoff in London
Ireland's Chay Mullins, left, is tackled by Canada's Phil Berna during the 9th place quarterfinal match of the Hong Kong Sevens rugby tournament in Hong Kong, Sunday, April 2, 2023. While Argentina looks to join New Zealand in securing a berth at the 2024 Paris Olympics, the battle at the other end of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series standings will add more drama to the penultimate stop of the men's season in France this weekend. The Canadian men are in the thick of it, facing a relegation fight.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Louise Delmotte
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Mélanie Joly is in Kenya to help inform Canada’s response to the crisis in Sudan
Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly speaks with reporters in the Foyer of the House of Commons about the situation in Sudan, Thursday, April 27, 2023 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Kenyan cult deaths hits 90 as authorities expand operation
Police officers stand near a cordon at the scene where police are exhuming bodies of victims of Christian cult that has led to death of dozens of followers, at a forest in Shakahola area, outskirts of Malindi town, Kenyan Coast Tuesday, April 25, 2023. Kenya's president William Ruto said Monday that the starvation deaths of dozens of followers of pastor Paul Makenzi, who was arrested on suspicion of telling his followers to fast to death in order to meet Jesus, is akin to terrorism (AP Photo)
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Death toll from probe into Kenyan starvation cult rises to at least 73 as more bodies recovered
Kenya police officers walk past a home as forensic experts and homicide detectives exhume bodies of suspected members of a Christian cult named as Good News International Church, who believed they would go to heaven if they starved themselves to death, in Shakahola forest of Kilifi county, Kenya April 22, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer
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Kenya’s Kelvin Kiptum breaks London Marathon record, Sifan Hassan makes stunning debut
Athletics - London Marathon - London, Britain - April 23, 2023 Kenya's Kelvin Kiptum in action before crossing the finish line to win the elite men's race REUTERS/Andrew Boyers
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At least 39 bodies found in cult investigation of pastor in Kenya
Kenya police officers stand guard as Forensic experts and homicide detectives exhume bodies of suspected members of a Christian cult named as Good News International Church, who believed they would go to heaven if they starved themselves to death, in Shakahola forest of Kilifi county, Kenya April 22, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer
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Kenyan LGBTQ activist’s body found in metal box
FIle - Kenyan members and supporters of the LGTB community wear masks to preserve their anonymity as they stage a protest in Nairobi, Kenya, Monday, Feb. 10, 2014. Police in Kenya are investigating the death of LGBT activist Edwin Chiloba, whose body was found on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023, stuffed in a metal box on a road in Uasin Gishu County, in the west of the country. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)