Kenyan UK News

The Guardian
Al-Shabaab: the Somali militant group recruiting young Britons to its ranks
The Guardian
At a court hearing on Monday in the port city of Mombasa, a young British man in a black T-shirt stood in front of a judge and heard prosecutors claim he was a member of a terrorist group, planning attacks against targets in Kenya.
Somalia's al-Shabab 'forced whole classes to fight'BBC News
Rights Group: Protect Somali Civilians, Civil Society, JournalistsVoice of America
PM warns of risk to Britain from Somali radicalsThe Independent
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Independent Online
Somalia: Could London conference mark a turning point on road to peace?
Afrika
London/Nairobi (UK/Kenya) - World attention is on the war-torn Horn of Africa nation once more, with analysts saying the London Conference on 23 February could mark a turning point in the country's quest for peace and stability.
Somalia talks in UK face daunting taskNews24
Somalia: Far from a failed state?BBC News
Kibaki to Lead Delegation On Somalia ConferenceAllAfrica.com

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Tusker face Stima in league tie
Daily Nation
By ODINDO AYIEKO oayieko@yahoo.co.uk The Top Eight Kenyan Premier League tournament will be launched Wednesday evening on a day league champions Tusker FC will be in Kakamega up against Western Stima and Gor Mahia at home to Muhoroni in premiership ...

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CAMAC Energy Signs Heads of Agreement for Award of Three Exploration Blocks in ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Block 11A is an onshore block covering 10913 square kilometers in northwest Kenya near the Ugandan border. Block L1B is an onshore block covering 12197 square kilometers in eastern Kenya on the Somali border. Block L16 covers 1699 square kilometers ...

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Yorkshire Post
Struggling Morgan continues to set his sights high
Yorkshire Post
Eoin Morgan habitually lowers his sights at the crease, but his lofty ambition for England is undiminished by a tough tour of duty in the desert this winter. The Irishman, possessor of the most pronounced crouch in world cricket as part of his trigger ...

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Telegraph.co.uk
London 2012 Olympics: Mo Farah set to be named in Britain's World Indoor ...
Telegraph.co.uk
Mo Farah, the 5000 metres world champion, will be named today in the British squad for next month's World Indoor Championships in Istanbul just two days after he cast doubt over his participation following his defeat in Birmingham.
Athletics: Cardiff's Joe Thomas is set for a GB call-upWalesOnline
Records from Farah and Proctor, two PBs for Ennis, world leads from Clarke ...Athletics Weekly
Ennis races to top of world rankings to demonstrate London 2012 potentialInsidethegames.biz

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Report Proposals Offer Best Chance to Reform the 8-4-4 System of Education
AllAfrica.com
By Stephen Derwent Partington, 19 February 2012 Prof Douglas Odhiambo's recent report proposing massive changes to the Kenyan education system is welcome, containing as it does much that is progressive and beneficial for learners, teachers, ...

FRANCE 24
Somali rappers take on al Shabaab militants
FRANCE 24
Sitting in the gaily painted Waayaha Cusub studio-cum-store-cum-hangout in Eastleigh, a hardscrabble district of the Kenyan capital also known as “Little Mogadishu” Ali however was trying to play it cool – as a rap star would – while band members, ...
In "failed state" Somalia, instability is lucrative for someReuters UK
PM warns of risk to Britain from Somali radicalsThe Independent
Shabaab suicide bombers to target David CameronTelegraph.co.uk
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BBC News
Somalia: Far from a failed state?
BBC News
UK Prime Minister David Cameron has managed to convince some of the world's most powerful people, including UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, to come to London because Somalia is seen as the world's most ...
Kibaki to Lead Delegation On Somalia ConferenceAllAfrica.com

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Africa Review
Trial of Briton in bomb plot adjourned
Africa Review
PAUL WAWERU|AFRICA REVIEW | By PHILIP MUYANGAPosted Monday, February 20 2012 at 14:41 The trial of a British citizen facing terrorism related charges in a Kenyan court was on Monday adjourned for two months after it emerged exhibits in the case have ...

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Telegraph.co.uk
British Muslim to face terrorism trial in Kenya
Telegraph.co.uk
Jermaine Grant, a British Muslim, is due to face trial today accused of hoarding bomb-making equipment that police believe he planned to use in attacks on tourist hotels in Kenya. By Mike Pflanz, Nairobi Grant, 29, from Newham, east London, ...
Briton faces Kenya bomb plot trialBourne Local
Briton's trial over Kenya bomb plot postponedThe Guardian
Jermaine Grant to face Kenya bomb plot trial in MayBBC News

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Sky News
World 'Must Share Blame' For Somalia's Problems
Sky News
So are warlords and leaders from self-styled regions like Azania, on the Kenyan border, Jubaland in the south, and various other clan-based groups. President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, the head of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG), ...

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The Guardian
Briton on trial over Kenyan bomb plot
The Guardian
A British man charged with possessing explosives is to go on trial in Kenya in a case highlighting fears that Somalia may become a new training ground for terrorists under the Islamist rebels al-Shabaab. Jermaine Grant's trial in Mombasa opens on ...
Somalia has now entered a critical stageThe Star

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Telegraph.co.uk
Shabaab suicide bombers to launch series of attacks in time with David Cameron ...
Telegraph.co.uk
The meeting, called by the Prime Minister, aims to "galvanise efforts to find solutions to long-standing Somali challenges", in the words of British officials. Ahead of the meeting, Somalia's transitional government and MPs agreed on Sunday/yesterday ...
PM warns of risk to Britain from Somali radicalsThe Independent
Missile strikes rebel stronghold near Somalia portReuters UK

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Daily Mail
Record-breaker Farah not in British winners' circle
The Independent
There was little sign of what was to come when the last of the Kenyan pacemakers, Remmy Limo, stepped aside with five laps to go. Farah was left in front and a battle with the clock beckoned. One lap later, though, Tariku Bekele – brother of Kenenisa ...
Marvellous Mo falls short, despite smashing Euro indoor recordDaily Mail

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World leaders plan crackdown on Somali pirates
The Independent
The FA were forced to defend the decision to change the England home kit this week after it was conf... Club icon can now finally implement his technical revolution at the Dutch giants. How would you describe an unemployed single mother, with moderate ...

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Daily Mail
Mo's on the horizon for the new marathon man
Daily Mail
By Mick Collins Dave Bedford, for two decades the greatest showman in British sport, was never going to mark his retirement with a carriage clock, a few mumbled words of thanks and a quiet emptying of the desk. Yet when this year's Virgin London ...