Tom Odula

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Kenya: 5 suspected bombers killed

Kenya: 5 suspected bombers killed

Tom Odula · October 19, 2014 7:52 pm

National Security

Kenya police chief warns residents to be vigilant

Tom Odula · September 20, 2014 4:24 pm

US gov’t warns citizens of terror plot in Uganda

National Security

US gov’t warns citizens of terror plot in Uganda

Tom Odula · September 13, 2014 4:57 pm

FILE - In this Monday, April 30, 2012 file photo released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team (AU-UN IST), a Ugandan soldier serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) holds a rocket-propelled grenade launcher at sunrise on the frontline near the main road on the northern edge of Maslah Town, the northern city limit of the Somali capital Mogadishu, in Somalia. Some African Union troops in Somalia sexually exploited or raped women and girls who are internal refugees, a new report by an international human rights group alleged Monday, Sept. 8, 2014. (AP Photo/AU-UN IST, Stuart Price, File)

Rights group: AU troops raped females in Somalia

Tom Odula · September 8, 2014 3:50 pm

Experts: Torture common in East Africa, Congo

National Security

Experts: Torture common in East Africa, Congo

Tom Odula · August 26, 2014 1:20 pm

Kenya: Man says he is wanted Somali terror suspect

Kenya: Man says he is wanted Somali terror suspect

Tom Odula · August 22, 2014 12:12 pm

In this photo taken Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014, boys from the Bukusu ethnic group, which prefers traditional circumcision using simple tools and no anesthesia, attend a circumcision ceremony in Bungoma, western Kenya. While the circumcision season among Kenya's Bukusu ethnic group brings a festive atmosphere, at least 12 men from other tribes have been forcibly circumcised since the start of the circumcisions in August 2014, according to police and local authorities, and a group of men from the Turkana tribe wielding swords, bows and clubs held protests last week over the spate of forced procedures. (AP Photo)

Many Kenyan men flee to avoid forced circumcisions

Tom Odula · August 11, 2014 3:37 pm

Kenyan police officers load the body of a female tourist into a police vehicle in Mombasa, Kenya, Thursday, July 24, 2014. A Kenya police official says a female tourist has been shot dead in the coastal town of Mombasa, the second foreigner shot in same area this month. (AP Photo)

Gunmen kill female tourist on Kenya coast

Tom Odula · July 24, 2014 6:21 pm

Kenya military Twitter account hacked

Kenya military Twitter account hacked

Tom Odula · July 21, 2014 3:28 pm

In this Friday, July 18, 2014 photo, a victim injured after an attack is carried on a stretcher to Malindi sub county hospital in Witu, Kenya. The Kenya Red Cross says seven people have been killed after gunmen attacked a bus along the Kenyan coast where previous attacks had left 87 people dead. The humanitarian group said Saturday the attack Friday night came at Corner Mbaya, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from the coastal town of Witu. Al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab militants from Somalia claimed responsibility for the attack. (AP Photo)

Kenya Red Cross: 7 die in militant attack on coast

Tom Odula · July 19, 2014 5:11 pm

A supporters of the opposition Coalition for Reforms and Democracy or Cord holds a placard in a bus reading in Leo language " Our Hero Raila Amolo Odinga, as they drive through a street in Nairobi to attend a rally at Uhuru Park in Nairobi Monday July 7, 2014. Thousands of government security agents in riot gear patrolled the streets of the Kenyan capital ahead of planned opposition rally. Fears of violence are rife over mounting tension between supporters of the opposition Cord and those who support government of President Uhuru Kenyatta. Some businesses in Nairobi have closed for fear of riots. (AP Photo/Sayyid Azim)

Thousands rally in Kenya against president’s rule

Tom Odula · July 7, 2014 5:58 pm

Policemen stand near the wreckage of a burnt vehicle after gunmen attacked, outside Gamba police station in Gamba, Kenya, Sunday, July 6, 2014. Eighteen people were killed in overnight attacks by the gunmen in two counties on the Kenyan coast, where last month al-Qaida-linked militants claimed responsibility for killing 65 people, the Kenya Red Cross said Sunday. The Sunday attacks took place in the towns of Hindi in Lamu county and Gamba in Tana River, the Kenya Red Cross chief Abbas Gulet said. Al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab militants from Somalia claimed responsibility for the attacks. (AP Photo)

Red Cross: 22 dead in attacks on Kenyan coast

Tom Odula · July 6, 2014 3:29 pm