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Former US President Barack Obama gestures to the crowd, during an event in Kogelo, Kisumu, Kenya, Monday, July 16, 2018. Obama is in Kenya to launch a sports and training center founded by his half-sister, Auma Obama. (AP Photo Brian Inganga)

Obama praises Kenya’s political reconciliation

By TOM ODULA - Associated Press

A poster of Sarah Obama, the step-grandmother of President Barack Obama, is displayed during a groundbreaking ceremony for her Mama Sarah Obama Foundation charitable organization, in her home town of Kogelo, near Kisumu, in Kenya Saturday, July 18, 2015. President Barack Obama is due to make his first trip as president to Kenya later in the month, the country of his father's birth, to attend the Global Entrepreneurship Summit, which brings together business leaders, international organizations and governments. (AP Photo)

Obama ancestral village of Kogelo, Kenya, hopes visit boosts economy

By Tonny Onyulo - Special to The Washington Times

Wanuri Kahiu, the director of the film &quot;Rafiki,&quot; or &quot;Friend&quot; in Swahili, which is Kenya's first feature film due to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival but has been banned in the country, stands by an art installation as she is interviewed by The Associated Press in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, April 27, 2018. The Kenya Film Classification Board has banned the film which depicts a love story between two women, accusing it of having &quot;clear intent to promote lesbianism in Kenya contrary to the law.&quot; (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Kenya bans 1st Cannes-bound feature film over ‘lesbianism’

By TOM ODULA - Associated Press

In this April 16, 2018 photo, Saido Muhina Khamis stands in her home with her children, Ibrahim Muhamed, 6, left, and his sister, Shukri, 3, at the Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kakuma, Kenya. Khamis thought she'd be in the United States by now, starting a new life with her mother and her own family, but instead, the Somali woman is still at the camp, where she has been since 2009. (International Rescue Committee/Kellie Ryan via AP)

After US travel ban, a refugee family straddles continents

By JENNIFER PELTZ - Associated Press

Yuki Kawauchi, of Japan, wins the 122nd Boston Marathon on Monday, April 16, 2018, in Boston. He is the first Japanese man to win the race since 1987. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Japan’s Yuki Kawauchi surges to win men’s Boston Marathon

By KYLE HIGHTOWER - Associated Press

Lori Nixon held the hand of Augsburg Professor Mzenga Wanyama as she expressed her support outside of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters Thursday, April 5, 2018, in St. Paul, Minn., after it was announced that Wanyama was ordered to leave the country in 90 days. Nixon attends church with Wanyama at Woodbury Lutheran and is the godmother of his youngest son, a freshman at the University of Minnesota. (Aaron Lavinsky/Star Tribune via AP)

Minnesota professor facing deportation says he has 90 days

Associated Press

Lori Nixon held the hand of Augsburg Professor Mzenga Wanyama as she expressed her support outside of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters Thursday, April 5, 2018, in St. Paul, Minn., after it was announced that Wanyama was ordered to leave the country in 90 days. Nixon attends church with Wanyama at Woodbury Lutheran and is the godmother of his youngest son, a freshman at the University of Minnesota. (Aaron Lavinsky/Star Tribune via AP)

The Latest: Minnesota professor says ICE gave him 90 days

Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, right, walks with Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta, left, past metal sculptures of animals, inside State House in Nairobi, Kenya Friday, March 9, 2018. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) ** FILE **

Uhuru Kenyatta, Raila Odinga call truce in Kenya to heal divisions

By Tonny Onyulo - Special to The Washington Times

This Tweet from the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi from Aug. 14, 2017, calls out a alleged embassy document as being fake news. The United States government is gearing up to fight fake news. But the campaign doesn’t involve fake news at home, where it’s the subject of heated debate following the 2016 election. Instead the focus is in Kenya, where America has sought to nurture a vibrant but volatile African democracy. (U.S. Embassy Nairobi/Twitter via AP)

After 2017 election, US poised to fight fake news - in Kenya

By JOSH LEDERMAN - Associated Press

Police given OK to hold suspects in Nairobi courthouse plot

By BY TOM ODULA - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrives to speak to the media at a joint press conference with Kenya's Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs Monica Juma, at an hotel in Nairobi, Kenya Friday, March 9, 2018. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Illness sidelines U.S. secretary of state for a day in Africa

By Josh Lederman - Associated Press

The Latest: Minnesota professor to report to ICE next month

Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, July 28, 2017 file photo, wildlife ranger Zachariah Mutai takes care of Sudan, the world's last male northern white rhino, at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Laikipia county in Kenya. The health of 45-year-old Sudan is deteriorating and his minders said Thursday, March 1, 2018 that his &quot;future is not looking bright.&quot; (AP Photo/Joe Mwihia, File)

Scientists hope to save northern white rhino from extinction

By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA - Associated Press

In this photo taken Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016, cast and crew of the short film &quot;Watu Wote&quot;, meaning &quot;All of Us&quot; in Swahili, enact the terror attack sequence, at a location in Magadi, Kenya. The true story of an al-Shabab extremist attack on a bus in Kenya just before Christmas in 2015 inspired the short film, that is in the running for an Academy Award. (Eric Mwangi/Hamburg Media School via AP)

Kenyan short film nominated for Oscar tells tale of survival

By DESMOND TIRO - Associated Press

In this Monday, Feb. 8, 2016, file photo, Esmond Martin, an expert on the illegal ivory trade, attends a news conference at his home in Nairobi, Kenya. Kenya police and officials say Esmond Martin, the American investigator into the illegal ivory and rhino horn trade, has been found stabbed to death in his house in the Karen neighborhood. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

Esmond Bradley Martin, anti-poaching crusader, stabbed to death in Kenya

By Tonny Onyulo

Fiji, NZ, Kenya and South Africa top pools at NZ Sevens

Associated Press

Supporters of opposition leader Raila Odinga, one wearing a mask, attend a mock &quot;swearing-in&quot; ceremony at Uhuru Park in downtown Nairobi, Kenya Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018. Odinga was sworn-in as &quot;the people's president&quot; during a mock &quot;inauguration&quot;, in protest of President Uhuru Kenyatta's new term following the divisive 2017 election, and despite the government's warning that the event would be considered treason. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Former Kenyan VP: Home attacked in ‘assassination attempt’

By TOM ODULA - Associated Press

Raila Odinga and his supporters say he is the rightful winner of Kenya's presidential election. (Associated Press/File)

Raila Odinga, Uhuru Kenyatta’s Kenya rival for president, pushes ‘inauguration’

By Tonny Onyulo - Special to The Washington Times

Kenya deserves a strong and credible opposition

By Uhuru Kenyatta

FILE - In this Sunday, Aug. 13, 2017 file photo, Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga gestures to thousands of supporters gathered in the Mathare slum of Nairobi, Kenya. A privacy watchdog said Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017 that Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga was targeted by a virulent online campaign created by a Texas-based company during the recent election turmoil. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

Rapes, other new allegations in Kenya’s election unrest

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA - Associated Press