Nation: After decades of war, Somalia capital enjoys building boom
07 May 2012 - Somalia’s last president before the country erupted into decades of war made an ominous warning: force him from power, and he would leave Mogadishu as he found it, with only one road. The rest he would destroy.

Nation: Tension rises in Ethiopia amid Muslim protests
07 May 2012 - The Ethiopian government has warned Muslims after a religious dispute caused a massive anti-government protest in Addis Ababa.

Nation: Ex-Guinea-Bissau ruling party rejects Ecowas proposal on crisis
07 May 2012 - The former and longest ruling party in Guinea-Bissau, Paigc, has announced that it will not name a new candidate

Nation: Jonathan faces big test in next election
07 May 2012 - Without change of tact, Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan risks an ignominious exit like President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal.

Nation: 97-year-old Australian world’s oldest graduate
07 May 2012 - A 97-year-old Australian man has set another world record for being the oldest university graduate in the world

Nation: Moscow police arrest protest leader at rally
07 May 2012 - Moscow police on Sunday arrested far-left Russian opposition leader Sergei Udaltsov as he was on stage giving a speech

Nation: Clinton ‘hurt’ by claims US is anti-Islam
07 May 2012 - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Sunday she was deeply hurt by charges that the United States was biased

Nation: Socialist Hollande ousts Sarkozy in French vote
07 May 2012 - Francois Hollande is elected France's first Socialist president in nearly two decades

Nation: French envoy urges Kenya to prepare for election run-off
07 May 2012 - The Kenyan electorate needs to be prepared adequately for a run-off in the next General Election

Nation: Bible in hand, Central MPs pledge to support Uhuru
06 May 2012 - Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta moves to consolidate his support in central Kenya

Nation: Raila and Mudavadi allies clash as rivalry plays out
06 May 2012 - The fallout between Prime Minister Raila Odinga and his deputy Musalia Mudavadi plays out at a funeral ceremony

Nation: Why Kenyan motorists are racing to a traffic standstill
06 May 2012 - Jennifer Wafula lives only 25 minutes or 17 kilometres from the town centre

Nation: NHIF wanted to pay additional Sh700m
06 May 2012 - The board planned to disburse an additional Sh700 million to hospitals and clinics

Nation: How UDF team plotted to enlist deputy premier
06 May 2012 - Senior members of the Abdikadir Mohammed-led United Democratic Front spent two weeks of intense but quiet negotiations

Nation: Mudavadi’s move sets stage for epic battle with Raila
06 May 2012 - The choice of Prime Minister Raila Odinga’s running mate has dominated conversations around his presidential campaign and the Kibaki succession for a while.

Nation: The Kibaki connection in newly formed party causes jitters
06 May 2012 - Revelations that an adviser to President Kibaki was a key architect in the formation of the United Democratic Forum Party has put the new outfit on the spot.

Nation: Rulers have used torture to silence opposition
06 May 2012 - The International Convention Against Torture defines torture as any act by which severe pain or suffering

Nation: Inside the walls of the house that kept Kenya’s dark secrets
06 May 2012 - When Nyayo House was completed in 1983, it was a sight to behold. With the exception of Kenyatta International Conference Centre, it easily dominated Nairobi’s skyline from its location at the junction of Uhuru Highway and Kenyatta avenues.

Nation: Did Kibaki endorse Kalonzo for top job?
06 May 2012 - When President Kibaki addressed a public rally in Machakos town, he heaped praise on Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka.

Nation: Coast MPs fail to take common stand over KPA appointments
06 May 2012 - The controversy over the appointment of new Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) directors has widened the rift between Coast MPs

Nation: Mau IDPs hold key to how South Rift will vote
06 May 2012 - A government operation that resulted in the eviction of thousands of people from Mau forest in 2009 was billed as one to save Kenya’s biggest water tower

Nation: Activists raise red flag on power transfer Bill
06 May 2012 - Rights activists have sounded the alarm over the composition of a team of senior government officials

Nation: Kenyan officials trained in US on border security
06 May 2012 - A team of senior government officials concluded a five-day workshop in Washington

Nation: New team vows to breathe life into Kanu
06 May 2012 - Since it was trounced by a united opposition in the 2002 General Election, the fortunes of Kanu, Kenya’s independence party, have continued to dwindle.

Nation: Ensure a flawless poll, says US lobby
06 May 2012 - Kenya is not ready for a democratic and violence-free General Election, a Washington-based political lobby group said on Saturday.

Nation: Three people drown as raging river sweeps vehicle off bridge
06 May 2012 - Three people died on Saturday morning when the rain-swollen River Kwekwe swept the car in which they were driving off a bridge in Nkoroi area in Ngong.

Nation: Tobiko orders KenGen boss probed over Sh9.6bn project
06 May 2012 - The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has asked the national anti-corruption agency to investigate KenGen boss Eddy Njoroge

Nation: Kenyans’ ICC lawyer to lead Taylor appeal
06 May 2012 - Morris Anyah has been appointed to lead appeal case for former Liberian president Charles Taylor.

Nation: How sacrifice during post-poll violence earned medic award
06 May 2012 - Peris Chesirek will never forget the tumultuous events of the 2008 post-election violence.

Nation: Nation journalists shine at awards gala
06 May 2012 - Nation Media Group journalists scoop nine of 27 awards at the first Media Council of Kenya Journalism Awards ceremony

Nation: 9/11 attack suspects face death penalty
06 May 2012 - The self-confessed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and four co-accused appeared in a Guantanamo Bay court, all facing the death penalty if convicted.

Nation: France holds breath ahead of tight vote
06 May 2012 - France held its breath on Saturday on the eve of a presidential election that Socialist Francois Hollande was predicted to win

Nation: Republicans angry over Obama advert
06 May 2012 - A year ago this week, President Barack Obama swaggered to a lectern at the White House

Nation: S. African minister dies in Ethiopia
06 May 2012 - South African minister Roy Padayachie has died of a heart attack in Addis Ababa

Nation: 300 to face probe over deadly clashes in Egypt: army
06 May 2012 - Egypt’s military ruler attended on Saturday an unprecedented public funeral for a soldier killed in clashes with protesters

Nation: Taylor trial provides some lessons for Kenya
06 May 2012 - On March 14, 2012, the ICC convicted Thomas Lubanga Dyilo of three counts of crimes against humanity.

Nation: UN threatens warring Sudans with sanctions as peace proves elusive
06 May 2012 - After a flurry of activities involving different organisations last week ushered in a glimmer of hope

Nation: Mudavadi avoids Raila in home turf
06 May 2012 - Deputy Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi has avoided a confrontation with his political opponents during Nairobi Mayor George Aladwa's father funeral in his Sabatia constituency.

Nation: Troubled NHIF Board suspended
05 May 2012 - The National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) board has been suspended over the controversial Sh4.2 billion civil servants medical cover scheme.

Nation: Puzzle of Tatu City document slipped into judge’s office
05 May 2012 - An unknown person slipped a document relating to the Tatu City property dispute into the office of a judge who is handling the case.