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WADA removes Kenya from non-compliant list

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Malala Yousafza speaks to refugees in the Dadaab refugee camp, Kenya, Tuesday, July 12, 2016. Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai is spending her 19th birthday in Kenya Tuesday visiting the world's largest refugee camp to draw attention to the global refugee crisis, especially as Dadaab camp faces pressure to close after a quarter-century. (AP Photo/Khalil Senosi)

Malala Yousafzai, Nobel winner, visits world’s largest refugee camp

By Tom Odula - Associated Press

"Dadaab is not just a camp, but it's also a commercial hub, it's a city in its own," said Bashir Abdikarir, a Somali businessman. If it were a city, Dadaab would be Kenya's third largest after Nairobi and Mombasa. (Associated Press)

Kenya closing Dadaab, world’s largest refugee camp, over al-Shabab terror fears

By Tonny Onyulo - Special to The Washington Times

Screen shot from a Facebook posting by KenGen explaining the cause of a nationwide power outage on June 7, 2016.

Monkey blamed for nationwide blackout in Kenya

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

While the African Union and Somali armed forces have severely restricted al-Shabab and curtailed its reach in recent years, the group is still a powerful force in southern Somalia. (Associated Press)

Al-Shabab offers Somalis security, stability in exchange for Shariah law

By Tonny Onyulo - Special to The Washington Times

In this Tuesday, July 7, 2015, file photo, an old male lion yawns in the long grass in the early morning, in the savannah of the Maasai Mara, south-western Kenya. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

Kenya: Lions wander out of park into residential area

By Tom Odula - Associated Press

Nyagoah Taka Gatluak, a severely malnourished one-year-old child, sits on her mother's lap in the Doctors Without Borders clinic in Leer town, South Sudan on Dec. 15. Leer is experiencing famine conditions. (Associated Press)

South Sudan conflict peace deal again breaks apart, refugee despair grows

By Tonny Onyulo and Jok Mayom - Special to The Washington Times

Pope Francis meets with Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni at the State House, in Entebbe, Uganda, Friday, Nov. 27, 2015. Pope Francis is in Africa for a six-day visit that is taking him to Kenya, Uganda and the Central African Republic. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope praises Kenyans’ traditional family values

By by Elise Harris - Catholic News Agency

One strong motivation for Pope Francis to make the trip is that the African church is an increasingly large share of the pontiff's overall flock. (Associated Press)

Pope Francis’ Africa visit generates excitement, unrealistic expectations

By Tonny Onyulo - Special to The Washington Times

In this photo taken Sunday, Nov. 8, 2015, young members of the congregation sing and pray during a service at the St. Peter's Catholic Church in Garissa, Kenya. This Kenyan town in which Islamic extremists killed nearly 150 at a college of mostly Christian students in April offers a snapshot of what France and Lebanon, both targeted in recent attacks, and other countries face - the challenge of harmonizing Christian-Muslim relations at a time of danger from extremists - an issue that Pope Francis is expected to address during his trip Nov. 25-30 to Kenya, Uganda and the Central African Republic. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Amid terror fears, pope presses ahead with Africa trip

By Tonny Onyulo - Special to The Washington Times

President Obama shakes hands with Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn after arriving at Addis Ababa Bole International Airport Sunday. Mr. Obama is the first sitting U.S. president to visit Ethiopia. His trip also included a stop in Kenya, the homeland of his late father. (Associated Press)

Obama champions rights for women and gays on African trip

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times