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New Kenyan fossils find early human evolution
When one morning in 2008 on the eastern side of Lake Turkana a group of fossil hunters set out for a normal outing, no one knew what they would unearth. The crew of Koobi Fora Research Project directed by Kenyan scientists Meave and daughter Louise Leakey returned a successful hunting verdict on this sunny humid day. - Their finding has at long last reverberated across the whole world and the result is the announcement in the respected journal of Nature, of major findings that attempt to answer the hitherto debated question of whether or not, the genus Homo included one or two species in addition to Homo erectus almost two million years ago."
New fossils discovered east of Lake Turka…Kenya: Top gov’t officials die in plane crash
Two Kenyan ministers with their security personnel have been killed in a deadly plane crash last Sunday. Kenya's internal security minister George Saitoti and his assistant Orwa Ojode are among six people who died in the crash at kibiku area in ngong forest. - The crew of captain Nancy Gituanja and Luke Oyugi as well as police officers Joshua Tonkei and Thomas Murimi also perished. Their bodies were burnt beyond recognition.
Eye witnesses reported seeing the Police helicopter, Eurocopter AS 350, dive from the air in full smoke before crashing and exploding in a forest just outside the Kenya capital Nairobi.
Nairobi government has confirmed the death with top government officials …Four arrested over Kenya attack
Four people have been arrested in Kenya over Saturday's grenade attack in Nairobi, in which at least six people were killed. The attack that happened at 7.30 pm Kenyan time on Saturday killed one person on the spot while five others died while undergoing treatment at the largest referral hospital in the country Kenyatta. 53 others are nursing injuries in hospitals in the country. - Police immediately blamed a terror group in the neighbouring country of Somalia for the attack with the internal security minister Professor George Saitoti vowing that the government will pursue them.
" Obviously we suspect this attack to be linked to Al-Shabaab and we are going to pursue them within…Nigerian journalist is UNEP YEJA winner
Ugochi Anyaka, a radio reporter from Nigeria, has won the UNEP Young Environmental Journalist Award (YEJA), beating over 120 entries from reporters across Africa. Anyaka, 29, received her award at a special ceremony held during the 12th Special Session of the UNEP Governing Council / Global Ministerial Environment Forum in Nairobi, Kenya. - The winning report, entitled Saving the Trees for Paper Briquettes, was broadcast on ASO Radio in Nigeria, where Ms. Anyaka works as a journalist and presenter.
Her entry was a radio feature profiling a project in a low-income suburb of Abuja that manufactures briquettes from waste paper, in order to provide an alternative fuel to traditional firewood…Kenya’s environment minister dies
Kenyan Environment Minister and a close ally of President Mwai Kibaki, John Michuki died on Tuesday in a Nairobi Hospital from heart attack at the age of 80. Michuki whose death brings closure to a life of one of Kenya's politicians belonging to the old order was known for his ruthlessness while dealing with matters in the various ministries where he served. - He is credited with bringing sanity to the transport sector in Kenya by enforcing traffic rules which were christened, "the Michuki rules" and whose effect is still felt today in Kenya.
The fallen minister was as controversial as he was a stickler for protocol. One time when he ordered police invasion on a media hous…Kenya’s finance minister resigns
Kenyan Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Uhuru Kenyatta has resigned on Thursday together with the Secretary to the Cabinet and head of the Public Service Ambassador Francis Muthaura. The two alongside Eldoret Member of Parliament William Ruto and radio journalist Joshua Sang were on Monday ordered to stand for trial by the International Criminal Court based at The Hague, Netherlands. - President Kibaki has in the meantime appointed Njeru Githae and Francis Kimemia in acting capacity to the ministry of finance and head of public service respectively.
The two top Kenyan officials had been suspected of masterminding the blood bath that was the disputed 2007 general elections in…Kenya: 'Gang' behind fossil discoveries
Kenya is no doubt known as the cradle of humankind and this title to it is not misplaced. The country has produced some of the best fossils and especially of hominines as humankind ancestors in the evolutionary circles are referred to. - Many will have heard of great names like Prof. Richard Leakey and his Paleontologist wife Professor Meave Leakey, Prof. Don Johanson, Prof. Tim White, Prof Allan Walker, Dr. Fredrick Manthi, Wolde Gabriel, Asfaw and others. However behind the spectacular finds is a group of dedicated field assistants whose work is to scour the bad lands looking for these fossils.
This group referred to as the 'hominid gang' works on the ground covering hectares …
