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American politics is tribal. Not in the sense of Kikuyu and Luo and Kalenjin and Kamba and all our competing ethnic groups, but is the racial and ethnic characteristics that make up the richly diverse country. (AllAfrica)

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned on Wednesday that the world is facing a major economic downturn in the face of the worst financial shock since the 1930s but African economies will not be hit very hard. (AllAfrica)

Military commanders from Eastern Africa are in Nairobi to put final touches on the establishment of a united force to deal with conflicts on the continent. (AllAfrica)

Florida is an important election state; and Kenyans will understand why. It is the state that caused a 36 day delay before the announcement of presidential election results in 2000, as challenges were mounted against the election results. (Oh I wish my friend Sam Kivuitu had remembered this and delayed his announcement in December last year until he was sure, and had convinced us that he was announcing the correct results.) (AllAfrica)

Poor management and inadequate accountability are plaguing construction projects valued at nearly $30 million (about KSh2.1 billion) at the United Nations' Gigiri complex in Nairobi, according to a new report. (AllAfrica)

Kenyans will know by how much their power bills will come down in three weeks. (AllAfrica)

The United Nations has authorised force to free the hijacked Ukrainian ship. (AllAfrica)

A project to open up all four corridors linking Kenya and other countries in the East African region is in progress. (AllAfrica)

Kenya is under no obligation to explain the deportation of the author of a book that discredits US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, the Foreign Affairs minister said On Wednesday. (AllAfrica)

The embattled Electoral Commission of Kenya has launched a major campaign to show it was not to blame for the 2007 poll debacle. (AllAfrica)

Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka has come up with an interesting, though hardly original, idea: Primary school teachers will no longer be confined to their home districts, and will, in fact, be deployed anywhere in the country like other civil servants, he said on Tuesday. (AllAfrica)

The financial crisis destabilising markets and economies in the developed world may not be fully felt in Africa until sometime next year, an International Monetary Fund official said in Washington on ... (Kenya Star)

In remarks by Mark Plant, deputy director, Africa department, the IMF thinks the effects of the international financial crisis will wash ashore here in six to eight months. (Kenya Star)

Julius Keter of Kenya raced ahead of the field to win the men's marathon today at the Baltimore Running Festival, establishing a new record with a time of 2 hours, 11 minutes, 56 seconds. Maria Por... (Kenya Star)

Former South African international Peter Kirsten has left his role as Jersey coach to take up a short-term role as batting consultant with Kenya. He has said he became frustrated with some of his play... (Kenya Star)

Mwanzia08, God’s work is not limited to preachers alone. Train drivers, teachers, gas station attendants, farmers, drive-thru servers, paramedics… all do God’s work because they meet our needs i... (Kenya Star)

ZANU PF takes over the ministries for defence, home affairs and finance, a crucial portfolio for the resuscitation of Zimbabwe’s devastated economy. (Kenya Star)

CHILLICOTHE, Ohio, Saturday - An Alaska ethics inquiry found on Friday that Gov. Sarah Palin, the U.S. Republican vice presidential candidate, abused her authority by pressuring subordinates to fire a... (Kenya Star)

At the most basic level it is Black and White. Obama versus McCain. Then there are the Hispanics, a sizeable group with about 11 percent of the national vote to 14 percent for the black. There are the... (Kenya Star)

Titus Mulwa is part of the Hippo Focus Group working to save the otter. Its original goal was to save the hippopotamus – also an endangered species at Lake Victoria. (Kenya Star)

Officially launching the panel at Nyali Beach Hotel in Mombasa on Friday, Media Council chairman Wachira Waruru named the members as information director Ezekiel Mutua, Ms Esther Kamweru of the Media ... (Kenya Star)

In all, there are more than 3,000 civil servants who have been waiting for their share in the three ministries that won the awards announced by President Kibaki. (Kenya Star)

A parliamentary committee investigating the hijacked Ukrainian ship has received reports showing similar consignments of arms destined for Southern Sudan were imported in the ministry of Defence’s n... (Kenya Star)

Villagers suspect Pokot rustlers who were armed with AK-47 rifles laid an ambush in the forest and killed the officer, who was in the company of colleagues. (Kenya Star)

I was reminded of the respect issue last week when Western diplomats once again poked their noses into Kenya’s internal affairs, demanding that the Electoral Commission step down. (Kenya Star)

Retired president Daniel arap Moi distributes food to children of Njoro Special School to mark this year’s Moi Day. With him is the school’s headteacher Rewa Mburu. Photo/SOLOMON TALLAM (Kenya Star)

It is also necessary not to compromise them and jeopardise their independence and potential impact on the consolidation of democracy and sustainable peace. (Kenya Star)

Kenya is now among a select group of countries - including Ghana, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique and Uganda - to be rated as emerging markets by the IMF. (Kenya Star)

Since it is the faithful who contribute money to finance church projects, he says, they should question when things go wrong. “The faithful are cowed and never ask questions. Church leaders must be ... (Kenya Star)

Letterboxes at a post office. Postage of social mail has been declining over the past five years at an average rate of 13 per cent per annum. Photo/FILE (Kenya Star)

Evolution caught in the act Experts have called for a 40 per cent reduction in fishing activities in Lake Victoria to counter the rapid dwindling of Nile perch stocks in the world’s second largest l... (Kenya Star)