Kenya

Grenade attack wounds three in Kenya refugee camp

24 May 2012

ISIOLO,Kenya (Reuters) - At least three people were wounded in a suspected grenade attack at a hotel in a refugee camp in northeastern Kenya, police said on Thursday, nine days after another attack in the same location. The attack occurred at a hotel in Hagadera in the Dadaab refugee camp. North Eastern Provincial Police Commander Leo Nyongesa, said the blast had wounded two people who had been ...

Hague war crimes court set for Kenya trials

24 May 2012

AMSTERDAM/NAIROBI (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday cleared the way for the trial of four Kenyans accused of being behind the violence which erupted after elections in December 2007. Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenya's former finance minister and presidential hopeful and three others, have denied the charges and claimed the court did not have the right to try them. The four must ...

Kenya's StanChart to raise $37 mln in rights issue

24 May 2012

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Standard Chartered Bank of Kenya will raise 3.2 billion shillings in a rights issue to fund its business expansion, the bank said on Thursday. The bank, controlled by London-listed Standard Chartered, said it would issue 37 million new ordinary shares priced at 5 shillings each. It saif the extra cash would help to fund growth and support a growing balance sheet. The bank ...