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AP IMPACT: Kenyans recruited to fight in Somalia

DADAAB, Kenya (AP) -- The recruits assembled by moonlight at a watering hole. Hundreds of boys and young Kenyan men were herded onto trucks, which were covered with heavy canvas and driven through the night. It was so hot inside they could hardly ...

From KATHARINE HOURELD, Buffalo News,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Siad Barre,  Human Rights Watch,  Al-Qaeda

Pirate risk forges unlikely high seas alliances

World powers including the U.S., Russia and China are teaming up at sea to tackle the pirates plaguing Somalia's lawless coast, as a sharp increase in attacks has forced nations who may be rivals on land to make unlikely alliances. Analysts say ...

From KATHARINE HOURELD, eTaiwan News,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: NATO,  Yahoo!,  European Union

EU: Somali pirates seize cargo ship with 22 crew

Somali pirates on Wednesday seized a cargo ship in the Indian Ocean with 22 crew members on board, the European Union Naval Force said. Naval spokesman Cmdr. John Harbour said that there are three Greeks and 19 Filipinos among the crew of the ...

From KATHARINE HOURELD, eTaiwan News,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: European Union

Devastating drought alters life for Kenya nomads

DELA, Kenya—When 64-year-old Jimale Irobe was a young man, he guided his herds of cows and camels through knee-high grass. These days the scrubby blades barely reach his ankles even in the rainy season, and there is never enough grass to go around. The ...

From KATHARINE HOURELD, Boston Globe,  2 Nov 2009

Related Topics: European Commission

Churches in Nigeria denounce children as witches

EKET, Nigeria - The 9-year-old boy lay on a bloodstained hospital sheet crawling with ants, staring blindly at the wall. His family pastor had accused him of being a witch, and his father then tried to force acid down his throat as an exorcism. It ...

From KATHARINE HOURELD, Boston Globe,  1 Nov 2009

Related Topics: United Nations

British navy finds missing couple's empty yacht

T he British navy on Thursday found an empty yacht in international waters belonging to a missing British couple and a defence official said Somali pirates may have transferred them to another vessel. International naval forces have been searching for ...

From KATHARINE HOURELD, Globe and Mail,  29 Oct 2009

Related Topics: European Union,  NATO

Somali pirates hijack Thai fishing vessel

NAIROBI, Kenya—Somali pirates hijacked a Thai fishing vessel north of the Seychelles islands early on Thursday, the European Union naval force said. The Thai Union 3 reported it was under attack by pirates in two skiffs 200 miles (320 kilometers) north ...

From KATHARINE HOURELD, Boston Globe,  29 Oct 2009

Related Topics: European Union

Destruction of Kenya's forest feeds deadly drought

NAROK, Kenya (AP) -- More than 200 of Ole Saloli's cows have died, ruining his children's inheritance and his safety net for old age. Now he wanders miles seeking pasture for the surviving animals, his bare feet as cracked and dry as the Kenyan earth ...

From KATHARINE HOURELD, Buffalo News,  19 Oct 2009

Related Topics: United Nations Environment Programme,  Daniel arap Moi,  Mwai Kibaki

Somali pirates seize Chinese ship with 25 crew

NAIROBI, Kenya - Somali pirates seized a Chinese cargo ship Monday with 25 people onboard, a naval spokesman for the European Union's anti-piracy force said, in the first successful attack on a Chinese vessel since the country deployed three naval ...

From KATHARINE HOURELD, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  19 Oct 2009

Related Topics: European Union

African kids tortured as 'witch children'

Local pastors denounce them and then perform so-called exorcisms, which sometimes prove fatal. Published: 10/18/2009  2:32 AM Last Modified: 10/18/2009  2:32 AM EKET, Nigeria — Turned toward a wall, the 9-year-old boy lay on a bloodstained hospital ...

From KATHARINE HOURELD, Tulsa World,  18 Oct 2009

Related Topics: UNICEF

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