Kenya

Judith Tebbutt, snatched by pirates at a luxury holiday safari resort in Kenya, freed after family pays ransom.

The Maasai tribals from the Laikipia region in Kenya have exchanged their spears for cricket bats!

Omo tribes from Lower Omo valley in Ethiopia to be squeezed off land in huge plantation expansion.

Failure to follow proper medical procedures more damaging than shortage of equipment or staff, says report.

Police attributed the attack to the Somali Islamist group al-Shebab, but nobody has claimed responsibility.

Heineken has announced that it will take the Champions League trophy for a tour around the world, in preparation for the Champions League final in Munich on May 19.

US rapper vows to UN to donate one billion meals to starving African children over five years.

Prince William's six-year-old white rhino, Max, laughtered by poachers in a wildlife preserve.

Twitter Helps Kenyan Village Chief Fight Crime

Domestic violence in Kenya reaches epidemic levels with surge of attacks by women on husbands.

Alarming rise in shark attack fatalities as figure reaches 18-year high.

Artist Akili Blaq marks centenary of South Africa's African National Congress with Dollar a Day album that showcases huge variety of music.

Record number of large scale ivory seizures in 2011 makes it the “worst year ever” for African wildlife.

It has been a year since William and Kate told the entire world that they were finally getting married.

Israel has offered to help Kenya secure its borders in a bid to fight off the Somali Islamist group al-Shabab, which has caused havoc in the region, the Kenyan Prime Minister's office says.

Jamaican Usain Bolt and Australian Sally Pearson have been named the Male and Female World Athletes of the Year for 2011 by the International Association of Athletics Federations.

Delegates will meet Sunday and Monday to discuss the impacts of climate change on vulnerable countries.

A leaked exchanged between Nicolas Sarkozy and US president Barack Obama, in which French president allegedly called Israeli Prime Minister "a liar" provoked a mediastorm. But does Benyamin Netanyahu have a reputaion for duplicity?

The Muslim world has begun celebrating Eid al-Adha, a festival where humility and solidarity within the community is put promoted.

Fashion icon Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, has been spotted wearing a stylish red pillarbox coat to keep out the cold on her humanitarian trip to Copenhagen with her husband Prince William.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have arrived at the Unicef Global Supply Centre Wednesday afternoon as part of their first joint humanitarian mission.

London has been named the top city in the world to visit next year in the seventh annual ‘Lonely Planet Best in Travel guide.

Somalia's al Shabaab rebels vowed on Thursday to fight Kenya after its troops entered the Horn of Africa nation and called on sympathisers to carry out major attacks in east Africa's biggest economy.

In 2007, Indian-born Booker Prize-winning author, Salman Rushdie, established a new high for Asian Muslims living in the UK, when he was honored with a knighthood. More recently, Abdul Arain, a Non Resident Indian and Cambridge-based grocery-store owner, shot to fame when he was nominated in the Cambridge University Chancellor elections. Though he lost, there continues to a lot of hype about the commoner with an MBA from Cambridge.

Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, 72, known as the "Iron Lady" by her supporters, has been named as one of three joint winners of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, just six years after she became the first elected female heads of state.

Al-Shabab Militants detonated a car bomb in Somalia Tuesday in front of the education ministry in Mogadishu, killing at least 70 people and wounding dozens, according to officials, killing said. Among the dead were students and parents.

A new pay-as-you-go mobile phone charging system could make solar power a more affordable option for customers in the developing world.

Heavy fighting broke out Friday close to Somalia's border with Kenya as extremist al Shabaab fighters launched an early attack on the town of Dhobley before being forced to withdraw, according to reports.

In a recent report, 43 percent of the sexually active teenagers in Britain, aged between 16 and 19, have confessed to unsafe sex without adequate protection with new partners. This is far more than 36 percent of teenagers who responded the same way in 2009.

Following the attack of British couple who were holidaying in Lamu, Kenya in the luxury resort called Kiwayu Safari Village were attacked over the week-end, the piracy problem has come back on the international agenda.