In the two-month aftermath of a chaotic 2007 election, at least 1,200 people were killed and anywhere from 300,000 to 600,000 were displaced from their homes.
As Britain's Prince William and his wife Catherine approach their first year of marriage on Sunday, online travel adviser Cheapflights has come up with a list of its top 10 travel destinations to celebrate wedding anniversaries.
The conflict through the lens of those on the ground.
Royal Dutch Shell, the world's third largest oil and gas company, reported a $7.7 billion profit in the first quarter on Thursday, giving the company an 11 percent increase compared to the same period a year ago.
Britain's Cove Energy PLC, which owns part of a massive natural gas field off the coast of Mozambique, said Tuesday it accepted a sweetened takeover offer of £1.12 billion ($1.8 billion) from a unit of Anglo-Dutch energy giant Royal Dutch Shell PLC.
In recent months, the new terror threat on Kenya has come from al-Shabab militants who rule much of neighboring Somalia
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir met with his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao Monday in Beijing as the young African nation seeks investment for an alternate pipeline that would allow it to circumvent exporting oil through its northern rival Sudan.
With forces gathering on both sides of the Sudan-South Sudan border, it seems that the two nations are again headed toward all-out war, which would be devastating to both countries and their international partners.
When Mike Tyson sunk his gold teeth into the fleshy cartilage of Evander Holyfield's ear, he claimed it was in retaliation for being headbutted. Luckily for Tyson's pet tiger Kenya, when she headbutted him, she made sure to knock his teeth out.
Wesley Korir and Sharon Cherop, two Kenyan runners, won the men's and women's division of the 2012 Boston Marathon respectively.
Patriot's Day 2012 is not just about the Boston Marathon, a Red Sox day game and time off from work.
Kathrine Switzer, who became the first woman to officially enter the Boston Marathon in 1967, will be commentating on the 2012 Boston Marathon, her 30th Boston Marathon in a row.
Radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri and four other men had been fighting extradition, saying they would face inhumane conditions in the supermax federal prison in Florence, Colo.
Dave Mustaine may be one of the greatest rockers of all-time, but during a recent interview with Canadian TV show The Hour to promote his new album 13, the 50-year-old Megadeth frontman admitted his distrust of Obama and where he was born, which would effectively make him a birther.
Oil has been discovered in Kenya for the first time by Anglo-Irish firm Tullow Oil.
Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, the former president of Somalia and a controversial leader, dies at the age of 77.
