NAIROBI, August 4, 2008 (AFP) - A Kenyan court on Monday charged three suspects with harbouring a fugitive after a top Al-Qaeda suspect wanted for the 1998 bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania gave police the slip.

NAIROBI, August 3, 2008 (AFP) - Kenyan police captured two suspected aides to Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, a Comoran Al-Qaeda operative wanted over the 1998 bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, a senior officer said Sunday.

Mohammed himself narrowly escaped Saturday's raid in the coastal town of Malindi, the anti-terrorism police officer told AFP on condition of anonymity.

NAIROBI, July 29, 2008 (AFP) - The wife of Rwanda's most wanted war crimes suspect Felicien Kabuga sought Tuesday to overturn a Kenyan court order giving the state control of the fugitive's luxury Nairobi estate.

LONDON, July 28, 2008 (AFP) - Britain threatened Monday to cut off training for Kenya's military after a television report alleged that a British-trained unit was involved in rapes, beatings and other rights violations.

NAIROBI, July 28, 2008 (AFP) - Five Dutch women participating in a charity project in western Kenya were gang-raped and robbed of their valuables, police said Monday.

The women, aged between 17 and 26, were attacked last Thursday in a school in Kakamega, around 250 kilometres (155 miles) northwest of the capital Nairobi, Western Province police chief Francis Munyambu told AFP.

NAIROBI, July 28, 2008 (AFP) - Kenya's government must account for dozens of people missing since a security crackdown on a tribal militia in the west of the country, the New York-based Human Rights Watch said Monday.

NAIVASHA, July 27, 2008 (AFP) - Facing soaring electricity demands, Kenya is opting to go full steam ahead with geothermal energy to boost its production while preserving its rich environmental heritage.

The 37-million-strong nation's electricity supply capacity is dangerously close to its limit at 1,080 megawatts when peak hour demand almost reaches 1,000 megawatts.

LONDON, July 23, 2008 (AFP) - Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga insisted Wednesday his country was back in business, after talks in London on attracting investors back in the wake of post-election violence and political standoff.

NAIROBI, July 22, 2008 (AFP) - The Kenyan government banned Tuesday the use of mobile phones in schools in a bid to stem a string of deadly riots that have rocked the country.

'I am banning the use of mobile phones by our students in our schools,' Education Minister Sam Ongeri told parliament.

NAIROBI, July 22, 2008 (AFP) - Police in Kenya have charged dozens of students with arson after riots over the weekend that left at least one student dead, officials said Tuesday.