Kitui police officers, led by County Commander Cheruto Githinji (right) display some of the 579 bottles of illicit liquor confiscated during a swoop in Kitui town, Saturday. PHOTO: PAUL MUTUA/STANDARD By JOSEPH MUCHIRI and LYDIA NYAWIRA More people have succumbed to the illicit brew in Central Kenya, making the region the hardest hit in the...
November 14, 2026
Category: News
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Kuwait: Ethiopian Maid Hit With Table By Sponsor’s Son Caused Death
Police Register Case Against 15-Year-Old, Mother KUWAIT CITY, Detectives from Jahra have discovered facts surrounding the sudden death of an Ethiopian housemaid. The maid died inside her sponsor’s residence at Saad Al- Abdullah district when the 15-year old son of the sponsor hit her on the head with a dining table. Investigation revealed that the...
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German court says Dutch treatment of asylum seekers is inhumane
A German court has refused to send a Somali asylum seeker back to the Netherlands, saying he runs the risk of receiving ‘inhumane treatment’, the NRC said on Saturday. The man had lost his appeal for asylum in the Netherlands and then went to Germany, the NRC said. The authorities there wanted to return him under...
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China to help in repatriation of Somali refugees
By Margaret Wahito The two leaders have already witnessed the signing of 17 new deals by Cabinet Secretaries and Ministers from China. Photo/PSCU. NAIROBI, Kenya- Visiting Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang has assured that his government will assist in the repatriation of Somali refugees, as part of their efforts to boost security in the region....
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Warka Raadiyo Wardheer
Wararka aan maanta idiin hayno waxaa ka mid ah: Ciiddankii xoogga dalka Soomaaliya ee horay loo ruqseeyay oo maanta dibaxbax ka dhigay Muqdisho, Ardaydii wax ka baraneysay dugsiyada dowladda ee mashruucii ahaa Aadda Dugsiyada oo maanta mudaharraad cabasha ah ka dhigay Muqdisho iyo Warar kale. Halkan ka dhegeyso warka oo dhan: Warka Raadiyo Wardheer
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Somali president wants aid airlift for towns retaken from rebels
Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud speaks during an interview with Reuters in Mogadishu, May 9, 2014. CREDIT: REUTERS/FEISAL OMAR Somalia needs help airlifting basic supplies to towns recently retaken by African Union-led forces because Islamist insurgents who were driven out from those areas are blocking aid convoys, the president told Reuters in an interview. President...
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Kuwait: Cause Probed As Ethiopian Maid With Injuries Dies On Way To Hospital
KUWAIT CITY: A Kuwaiti woman took the corpse of her Ethiopian housemaid to Jahra Hospital, claiming that she is unaware about how her housemaid died. However, several injuries were discovered all over the deceased’s body. According to sources, the Kuwaiti woman explained that the deceased was working in her house in Saad Al- Abdullah area....
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Hunt on for more Somalis
By Farik Zolkepli Key arrest: Bukit Aman Special Branch Counter Terrorism Unit officers detaining the 34-year-old Somali, believed to be a member of Al-Shabaab terrorist group, in Selangor. KUALA LUMPUR: The police counter terrorism division has launched a manhunt for at least five other members of the Somali terrorist group Al-Shabaab who entered the country...
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Saudi Arabia’s top cleric says Nigeria’s Boko Haram smears Islam
Saudi Arabia’s grand mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz Al Al-Sheikh DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s grand mufti, the top religious authority in the birthplace of Islam, has condemned Nigeria’s Boko Haram as a group “set up to smear the image of Islam” and condemned its kidnapping of over 200 schoolgirls. Sheikh Abdulaziz Al al-Sheikh said the radical movement, which says it...
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With Somalia again ‘on precipice of crisis’, UN relief official appeals for urgent funding
The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) liberated the town of Hudur, Somalia, from Al-Shabaab extremists two months ago. While the situation in the town is now largely peaceful, the disruption of supply routes into Hudur by Al-Shabaab has caused massive food shortages. UN Photo/Tobin Jones Poor rains, high food prices and ongoing conflict have...