Kenyan and Nigerian musicians were the toast of the MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMA), nabbing most of the trophies at the gala event in Nairobi. The MAMAs, which were inaugurated in Abuja, Nigeria, last year, were held Saturday night at Moi International Sport Centre in the capital city. Read the full story

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Delta Air Lines Inc. has postponed indefinitely its planned Tuesday inaugural flight from Atlanta to Nairobi, Kenya. Delta was notified Monday night that the Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation Security Administration would need more time to approve Delta’s flights to Kenya and one scheduled to start June 8 from New York-JFK to Monrovia, Liberia. Read the full story

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By George Obulutsa

NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya and Uganda plan to build a new railway from the Indian Ocean port of Mombasa to cope with increased trade between the east African countries and their landlocked neighbours, officials said on Tuesday.

The two countries are now served by a metre-gauge track built at the turn of the 20th century and officials say it carries less than 6 percent of freight destined for Kenya’s interior and countries in the region.
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