Retired French policeman detained after fake bomb found
By ANGELA CHARLTON A retired French police officer traveling on Air France was detained Monday after a fake bomb hidden in a lavatory forced his Paris-bound flight to make an…
Kenya
Pope calls slum conditions in Nairobi an injustice
Visiting one of Nairobi’s many shantytowns on Friday, Pope Francis denounced conditions slum-dwellers are forced to live in, saying access to safe water is a basic human right and that…
Kenya president says talks with Obama to focus on extremism
By ANDREW NJUGUNA and TOM ODULA The fight against extremism will be the key topic of talks with President Barack Obama, who will be visiting the country of his father…
Bin Laden top aide sentenced to life in embassy bombing plot
By TOM HAYS and LARRY NEUMEISTER A former top aide to Osama bin Laden was given life in prison for the 1998 bombings of two embassies in Africa, a sentence…
Kenyans’ lawyer says UK not interested in settlement
By TOM ODULA U.K.’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office has shown little interest in starting negotiations for a settlement with 20,000 elderly Kenyans suing the British government for alleged torture in…
Libyan charged in 1998 US embassy bombings dies
By MAGGIE MICHAEL Fifteen years after allegedly helping al-Qaida plot the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, Abu Anas al-Libi parked his car on a quiet street…
Ivory prices soar in China on new demand: report
By JASON STRAZIUSO Street prices for illegal ivory are soaring in China, where newly wealthy middle and upper class citizens are buying carved ivory and whole tusks as a status…
Charges dropped against Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta
By MIKE CORDER The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor dropped all crimes against humanity charges against Kenya’s president on Friday, highlighting the court’s problems in bringing to justice the high-ranking…