Quénia

Haiti

Bahamas prometem combater o crime no Haiti

2/8/2023, 14:59

Face à violência de gangues no Haiti, o governo das Bahamas promete unir forças com o Quénia para combater o crime no país caribeno. Afirma que quer cumprir "nosso compromisso com o pan-africanismo".

epaselect epa10759959 Protesters and supporters of the opposition Azimio coalition throw stones as they engage with riot police in running battles, during the third day of renewed nationwide protests in Nairobi, Kenya, 21 July 2023. Fresh nation-wide protests against the Kenyan government have been called by the Opposition coalition Azimio led by their opposition leader Raila Odinga, over high cost of living and new tax increases, that have been termed as punitive despite a court order stopping its implementations. EPA/Daniel Irungu

Quénia

Quénia. Forças de segurança acusadas de assassínio

21/7/2023, 16:41

Organizações denunciam a força a vários agentes de segurança recorreram para agredir manifestantes. Alguns dos confrontos resultaram em ferimentos graves, execuções extrajudiciais e desaparecimentos.

epa10757776 Anti-riot police officers disperse protesters and supporters of the opposition Azimio coalition as they engage with them in running battles, during the second day of renewed nationwide protests in Nairobi, Kenya, 20 July 2023. Fresh nation-wide protests against the Kenyan government have been called by the Opposition coalition Azimio led by their opposition leader Raila Odinga, over high cost of living and new tax increases, that have been termed as punitive despite a court order stopping its implementations. EPA/Daniel Irungu

Quénia

Autoridades não revelam o número real de mortes

20/7/2023, 19:35

Embora na semana passada tenham sido reportadas seis mortes pelas autoridades do Quénia, esta semana não há registo de nenhuma. A polícia diz ter recebido ordens para não reportar o verdadeiro número.

epa10522284 Kenyan President William Ruto addresses the media during a joint press conference with Italy's President Sergio Mattarella at Statehouse in Nairobi, Kenya, 14 March 2023. Mattarella is in Kenya on an official visit in which he held bilateral talks with Kenyan President Ruto and other state officials to strengthen the diplomatic relations between the two nations. EPA/DANIEL IRUNGU

Manifestações

Manifestações contra governo provocam 11 feridos

19/7/2023, 18:27

A oposição convocou três dias de protestos a partir de esta quarta-feira, numa nova vaga de manifestações com o objetivo de forçar o Presidente a revogar uma lei financeira que impõe novos impostos.

epa10588060 Kenyan homicide detectives and forensic experts from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), examine exhumed bodies from several shallow mass graves of suspected members of a Christian cult after starving themselves to death, after allegedly being told by their controversial preacher Paul Mackenzie that they would go to heaven if they starved themselves to death, in the coastal Shakahola forest, in Kilifi, Kenya, 23 April 2023. According to the Police, 18 more bodies were exhumed on 23 April bringing the tally of bodies recovered to at 39. EPA/STR

Quénia

Sobe para 403 número de mortos de massacre

17/7/2023, 18:24

Autoridades continuam a encontrar vítimas de seguidores da Igreja Internacional da Boa Nova, fundada pelo autoproclamado pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie.

Quénia

Pelo menos nove mortes em protestos da oposição

14/7/2023, 14:51

Protestos da oposição foram fortemente reprimidos e "resultaram na perda de pelo menos nove vidas quenianas", disse a Comissão Nacional de Direitos Humanos que fala ainda em vários feridos.

epa10732845 Protesters chant slogans and display signs during a rally against tax increases in Nairobi, Kenya, 07 July 2023. Protesters came out in force in many cities around Kenya to demonstrate against a raft of controversial tax increases signed into law by Kenyan President Ruto last week. EPA/STRINGER

Quénia

Deputado entre as 300 pessoas detidas em protestos

13/7/2023, 16:46

Relatório revela que sete pessoas foram mortas durante as manifestações. Estes protestos no Quénia ficaram marcados na quarta-feira por confrontos entre manifestantes e forças de segurança.

epa10588058 Kenyan homicide detectives and forensic experts from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), examine exhumed bodies from several shallow mass graves of suspected members of a Christian cult after starving themselves to death, after allegedly being told by their controversial preacher Paul Mackenzie that they would go to heaven if they starved themselves to death, in the coastal Shakahola forest, in Kilifi, Kenya, 23 April 2023. According to the Police, 18 more bodies were exhumed on 23 April bringing the tally of bodies recovered to at 39. EPA/STR

Quénia

Sobe para 179 corpos dos que jejuaram até à morte

12/5/2023, 18:43

Prosseguem escavações e investigações à procura de pessoas desaparecidas devido à seita de jejum até à morte no Quénia. A polícia está também a tentar localizar 609 pessoas desaparecidas.

epa09131133 Spent AK rifle capsules in the street of Palma, Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, 12 April 2021. The violence unleashed more than three years ago in Cabo Delgado province escalated again about two weeks ago, when armed groups first attacked the town of Palma. EPA/JOAO RELVAS

Quénia

Quénia: líder de seita acusado de terrorismo

2/5/2023, 16:26

Foi acusado de terrorismo o líder da seita queniana suspeita de matar 110 pessoas, vítimas de fome e asfixiamento. O grupo promove a ideia de que o jejum extremo é a via para encontrar Jesus Cristo.

epa10588062 Kenyan homicide detectives and forensic experts from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), examine exhumed bodies from several shallow mass graves of suspected members of a Christian cult after starving themselves to death, after allegedly being told by their controversial preacher Paul Mackenzie that they would go to heaven if they starved themselves to death, in the coastal Shakahola forest, in Kilifi, Kenya, 23 April 2023. According to the Police, 18 more bodies were exhumed on 23 April bringing the tally of bodies recovered to at 39. EPA/STR

Quénia

Novo balanço: 110 mortos da seita no Quénia

28/4/2023, 11:58

Subiu para 110 o número de mortos vítimas do jejum extremo promovido por uma seita no Quénia. O grupo exorta os seguidores a jejuarem até à morte com a promessa de que se encontrarão com Jesus Cristo.

epa10588063 Kenyan homicide detectives and forensic experts from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), examine exhumed bodies from several shallow mass graves of suspected members of a Christian cult after starving themselves to death, after allegedly being told by their controversial preacher Paul Mackenzie that they would go to heaven if they starved themselves to death, in the coastal Shakahola forest, in Kilifi, Kenya, 23 April 2023. According to the Police, 18 more bodies were exhumed on 23 April bringing the tally of bodies recovered to at 39. EPA/STR

Quénia

Novo balanço: 90 mortos da seita no Quénia

26/4/2023, 10:55

Subiu para 90 o número de mortos de alegados membros de uma seita religiosa no Quénia. O grupo difunde a ideia de que o jejum extremo é a via para encontrar Jesus Cristo.

epa10588064 Kenyan homicide detectives and forensic experts from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), examine exhumed bodies from several shallow mass graves of suspected members of a Christian cult after starving themselves to death, after allegedly being told by their controversial preacher Paul Mackenzie that they would go to heaven if they starved themselves to death, in the coastal Shakahola forest, in Kilifi, Kenya, 23 April 2023. According to the Police, 18 more bodies were exhumed on 23 April bringing the tally of bodies recovered to at 39. EPA/STR

Quénia

Quénia. Achados 26 corpos de seguidores de seita

23/4/2023, 22:28

As autoridades quenianas exumaram 26 corpos de pessoas que alegadamente pertenciam a uma seita religiosa, o que eleva para 47 o número de vítimas já descobertas nos últimos dias, avança a AFP.

epa05211188 David Howman, from New Zealand, Director General of the WADA speaks during a press conference during the WADA Symposium for Anti-Doping Organizations (ADOs), in Lausanne, Switzerland, 14 March 2016. EPA/LAURENT GILLIERON

Doping

AIU denuncia doping em grande escala no Quénia

4/4/2023, 23:55

O presidente da Unidade de Integridade do Atletismo explica que o doping em grande escala no Quénia é "uma ameaça séria contra o desporto", disponibilizando-se para combater esta situação.

Direitos LGBTQ

LGBTQIA+. Corpo de ativista encontrado no Quénia

6/1/2023, 10:39

Um taxista que trabalha com transporte de passageiros em motas relatou ter visto a caixa a ser despejada por um veículo sem matrícula. A polícia encontrou na caixa um corpo em decomposição.

epa10290835 Evans Chebet of Kenya crosses the finish line to win the New York City marathon in New York, New York, USA, 06 November 2022. EPA/JUSTIN LANE

Maratona

Maratona de Nova Iorque com domínio queniano

6/11/2022, 18:08

O queniano Evans Chebet ganhou a maratona de Nova Iorque, ao concluir a prova em 2:08.41 horas, oferecendo uma dobradinha ao seu país, com o triunfo de Sharon Lokedi, nas mulheres.

James Mwangui from Kenya celebrates while crossing the finish line to win the men's EDP Porto Marathon race in Porto, Portugal, 6 November 2022, MANUEL FERNANDO ARAUJO/LUSA

Maratona

Maratona do Porto recupera domínio do Quénia

6/11/2022, 16:31

Mwangui foi o mais forte do elenco de atletas africanos e cruzou isolado a meta. A vertente feminina foi encabeçada pela queniana Alice Kimutai que completou os 42,195 quilómetros ao fim de 2:29.58.

epaselect epa10240491 An rescued elephant calf plays in the sand, after some were separated with their mothers or orphaned, at the Reteti Elephant Sanctuary, in Samburu, Kenya, 12 October 2022 (Issued 13 October 2022). Reteti sanctuary, which is under the Namunyak Community Conservancy, is said to be home to Kenya's second largest elephant population. The sanctuary continues to be strained by the overwhelming rescues they need to do, due to the increasing numbers of orphaned or separated elephant calves as a direct results of the ongoing drought in East Africa. The worst drought in 40 years is now threatening the wildlife and conservation efforts in the region, as it continues to dry their pastures and water points causing a threat to an increase in human wildlife conflict. Millions of people are on the verge of starvation as families struggle to put food on the table as they experience severe drought combined with food shortages caused by the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. EPA/DANIEL IRUNGU ATTENTION: This Image is part of a PHOTO SET

Alterações Climáticas

Quénia. Elefantes e zebras morrem devido à seca

4/11/2022, 16:43

O Kenya Wildlife Service e outras instituições contaram a morte de 205 elefantes, 512 gnus, 381 zebras comuns, 51 búfalos, 49 zebras-de-grevy e 12 girafas só nos últimos nove meses, diz relatório.

epa09543150 (L-R) Second placed Marius Kipserem of Kenya, winner Abdi Bashir of Belgium and third placed Dawit Wolde of Ethiopia celebrate on the podium of the Rotterdam Marathon in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 24 October 2021. EPA/BAS CZERWINSKI

Maratona

Marius Kipserem suspenso 3 anos por doping

20/10/2022, 16:31

O vencedor da maratona de Roterdão em 2016 e 2019, Marius Kipserem, está suspenso por três anos devido a doping. Foi efetuado um controlo fora de competição dia 17 de agosto, no Quénia.

Pobreza

Mil euros para tirar famílias africanas da pobreza

19/9/2022, 22:25

Rory Stewart lidera a GiveDirectly, uma organização que dá o dinheiro aos mais pobres, e defende sucesso das iniciativas. Mas falta referir perda de benefícios ao longo do tempo e efeitos nefastos.

epa09524742 Young children look on outside their house as they play after they were left behind to look after their village as other villagers went to receive food relief from the government in the drought-stricken region of Milore village, in Ganze, in Kilifi County, 07 October 2021 (issued 15 October 2021). An estimated over 2 million Kenyans face starvation due to the ongoing drought that has affected majorly ten counties suffering from lack of water and harvest living thousands of animals died in the North, North East and Coast, some of the most affected regions are in the coastal region including Kilifi, Lamu and Tana River. Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta declared the drought as a “National Disaster” last month and ordered the immediate release of emergency relief food for the victims which the government started to distribute last week. Residents of the Ganze region in Kilifi which is one of the most affected regions by the drought, are forced to walk for more than six hours to fetch water from one of the 20% water pans remaining with water as 80% of the rest have dried up and they have also resulted to slaughtering and drying the meat from their animals that die due to hunger as a way of preserving some food for later use as they wait on the relief food. More than 400,000 people suffer from water shortage in the coastal region and more than 6,500 heard of cattle have died in Kilifi County and more than 4,000 in Tana River, according to Hassan Musa Director of Kenya Red Cross, Coast Region. EPA/Daniel Irungu

Quénia

Quénia. Seca empurrou para a fome 942 mil crianças

16/9/2022, 19:15

O Quénia alertou para o sério agravamento da seca em 23 dos 47 condados do país, o pior em 40 anos, que faz com que 942.000 crianças com menos de 5 anos necessitem de cuidados médicos urgentes.

epa10161857 Kenyan President-elect, William Ruto speaks during a press conference after Supreme Court rulling, at his official residence in Karen, Nairobi, Kenya, 05 September 2022. The Kenya Supreme Court has unanimously upheld the result of the August 2022 presidential election won by William Ruto. A petition filed by the opposition leader Raila Odinga, challenging the outcome of the 09 August presidential elections is dismissed along with several petitions seeking to annul the result. EPA/DANIEL IRUNGU

Tomada de Posse

Quénia. William Ruto empossado Presidente

13/9/2022, 10:04

Ruto tornar-se-á o quinto Presidente do Quénia desde a independência do Reino Unido e sucederá Uhuru Kenyatta. Na cerimónia estarão mais de 20 líderes africanos e representantes dos EUA, China e Cuba.

epa10160950 Kenya's Supreme Court judges (L-R) Justice Dr Smokin Wanjala, Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu, Chief Justice Martha Koome, Justice Mohamed Khadhar Ibrahim and Justice Njoki Susanna Ndung'u during ruling session on petition filed by the opposition leader Raila Odinga challenging the outcome of the presidential elections, at the Milimani Law Courts in Nairobi, Kenya, 05 September 2022. Odinga filed a petition claiming that 'widespread malpractices' occured during the 09 August presidential elections, in which Deputy President William Ruto was declared the President-elect. EPA/DANIEL IRUNGU

Quénia

Quénia. Supremo confirma eleição de William Ruto

5/9/2022, 14:09

O Supremo Tribunal do Quénia confirmou a vitória do atual vice-presidente, dizendo que "esta é uma decisão unânime". Odinga perde, assim, pela quinta vez na corrida a presidente.

epa10053386 President of the European Council Charles Michel addresses a joint press conference with North Macedonia's Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski (not pictured) following their meeting in Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia, 05 July 2022. Michel is on a one-day work visit to North Macedonia. EPA/GEORGI LICOVSKI

Conselho Europeu

Quénia. Charles Michel pede resoluções pacíficas

16/8/2022, 19:22

Charles Michel apelou a que qualquer disputa do resultado eleitoral no Quénia seja resolvida pelos mecanismos existentes. O derrotado Raila Odinga ter classificado as eleições como "uma farsa".

epa10124298 Azimio la Umoja (Declaration of Unity) political coalition presidential candidate and Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga (R), during a press conference a day after the electoral commission Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) declared Kenya's Deputy President and the Kenya Kwanza Coalition presidential candidate William Ruto (not pictured) as the President-elect in the general elections held on 09 August, at the Kenyatta Internation Conference Centre (KICC), in Nairobi, Kenya, 16 August 2022. Odinga during his address to the nation denounced the outcome of the election. EPA/Daniel Irungu

Eleições

Quénia. Odinga diz eleições foram "uma farsa"

16/8/2022, 18:00

Raila Odinga quer recorrer a "todas as opções legais" possíveis para contestar o resultado das eleições no Quénia. William Ruto foi eleito Presidente com 50,49% dos votos, contra 48,85 para Odinga.

epa10116163 General Service Unit (GSU), police officers pulls out one of the supporters (C), hanging on a vehicle of an aspirant at St Theresa Girls Secondary School tallying centre as they try to keep order after there was commotion after alleged vote tampering two days after Kenyans cast their ballots in the general election in Mathare, Nairobi, Kenya, on 11 August 2022. EPA/Daniel Irungu

Quénia

Quénia. Protestos após vitória de William Ruto

15/8/2022, 23:05

William Ruto foi declarado vencedor das presidenciais do Quénia com 50,49% dos votos. Os protestos eclodiram em vários bairros da capital Nairobi com pneus queimados para bloquear ruas.

epa10112776 Deputy President William Ruto casts his vote at Kosachei Primary School poling station in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya, 09 August 2022. Kenyans voted to elect their leaders in general elections where incumbent Deputy President William Ruto, who is the Presidential candidate for the Kenya Kwanza political coalition, is being challenged by popular opposition leader Raila Odinga who leads the Azimio la Umoja (Declaration of Unity) political coalition. EPA/STR

Quénia

Quénia. Vice-presidente vence eleições

15/8/2022, 17:44

O vice-presidente do Quénia, William Ruto, ganhou as eleições presidenciais, recolhendo 50,49% dos votos. "Não podemos assumir a responsabilidade pelos resultados que vão ser anunciados".

epa10117085 Pedestrians walk on the road in Mathare North, Nairobi, Kenya, 12 August 2022. Kenyans are anticipating the result announcement of the presidential election held during the general election on 09 August 2022. EPA/Daniel Irungu

Quénia

Quénia. Duelo acirrado na luta pela Presidência

14/8/2022, 16:14

Os dois favoritos nas presidenciais de terça-feira no Quénia trocaram de posição nos resultados oficiais parciais divulgados este domingo. Diferença atual está apenas em 3% dos votos.

epa10114720 A party agent (C), stands next to rows of ballot boxes brought at St Theresa Girls Secondary School tallying centre, General Service Unit (GSU), police officers were called in to try to keep order after there was commotion after alleged vote tampering after some ballot boxes were discovered with their seals broken a day after Kenyans cast their ballots in the general election in Mathare, Nairobi, Kenya, on 10 August 2022. EPA/Daniel Irungu

União Europeia

UE saúda ambiente nas eleições no Quénia

11/8/2022, 21:37

Josep Borrell avançou que as eleições no Quénia foram pacíficas e precedidas de "menos tensão e conflito" do que em ocasiões anteriores. A UE ficará no país até ao final do período eleitoral.

epa10037486 Displaced Yemenis receive food aid amid a heightened food insecurity, at a camp for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) on the outskirts of Sana'a, Yemen, 29 April 2022 (issued 27 June 2022). The World Food Programme (WFP) announced on 27 June 2022 that it was forced to reduce aid to millions of people at risk of hunger in war-ravaged Yemen due to a financial shortfall and the knock-on effects of the war in Ukraine. WFP provides monthly food aid to about 13 million out of Yemen's 30-million population. Five million Yemenis are now receiving less than 50 percent of their daily requirement, while another eight million are receiving only 25 percent of their daily needs. Yemen is experiencing a severe food insecurity because of more than seven years of war between the Houthis and the Saudi-backed government. EPA/YAHYA ARHAB

Fome

África Oriental. Fome ameaça 50 milhões de pessoas

22/7/2022, 16:33

Djibuti, Etiópia, Quénia, Somália, Sudão do Sul, Sudão e Uganda são os países que, este ano, sofrerão com "insegurança alimentar aguda", dizem dados do relatório "IGAD Regional Focus on Food Crises".

Commonwealth heads of government meeting in Kigali

País

Kenyatta vê semelhanças entre Portugal e Quénia

30/6/2022, 0:44

Uhuru Kenyatta considera que Portugal e Quénia guardam semelhanças, nomeadamente no facto de serem sociedades com uma "mistura de culturas". Kenyatta manifestou empenho no desenvolvimento sustentável.

Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa

Marcelo defende parceria com o Quénia

29/6/2022, 22:15

Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa defendeu uma "parceria para sempre" com o Quénia, realçando o peso da emigração portuguesa. O Presidente da República elogiou a liderança do seu homólogo queniano.

Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa

Marcelo aceita convite para ir ao Quénia

28/6/2022, 14:15

Uhuru Kenyatta convidou Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa para visitar o Quénia. O Presidente da República reconheceu a “grande parceria entre estes dois países” nesta que será a sua primeira visita de Estado.

FIFA

Quénia e do Zimbabué excluídas da CAN2023

24/5/2022, 12:36

A Confederação Africana de Futebol anunciou que as seleções do Quénia e Zimbabué foram excluídas da CAN2023 por não cumprirem os critérios exigidos pela FIFA "para o levantamento das suas suspensões".

epa07784587 Rwanda President Paul Kagame during the signing of an agreement to cease the hostilities between Uganda and Rwanda, Luanda, Angola, 21 August 2019. Relations between Uganda and Rwanda have deteriorated in recent months to the point where former allies were accused of espionage, political assassination and interference in internal affairs. EPA/AMPE ROGÉRIO

Quénia

Kagame deixa críticas sobre o genocídio de Ruanda

8/4/2022, 7:19

O Presidente ruandês deixou uma crítica velada às políticas divisionistas das administrações coloniais alemã e belga, que deram origem ao discurso de ódio que, com o tempo, também motivou o genocídio.

Quénia

Portugal também alerta Quénia para atentados

28/1/2022, 14:22

As autoridades portuguesas alertaram o Quénia para a possibilidade elevada de um atentado terrorista e aconselham os portugueses presentes no país a seguirem as recomendações das autoridades locais.

epa09196631 Kenyan police officers are seen before confronting demonstrators as they hold banners and shout slogans at a protest organized by Kenya Palestine Solidarity Movement, in support of the Palestinian people, after the Eid al-Fitr prayers in Nairobi, Kenya, 13 May 2021. Protesters called for a free Palestine in response to days of violent confrontations between Israeli security forces and Palestinians in Jerusalem. The protesters were later dispersed with teargas by Kenya police. EPA/DANIEL IRUNGU

Quénia

Quénia reforça segurança após alertas terroristas

28/1/2022, 11:34

As autoridades quenianas encontram-se em alerta máximo depois de terem sido alertadas pelos serviços franceses sobre a forte possibilidade de um ataque terrorista sobre ocidentais.

A mãe Bora e os elefantes gémeos na reserva animal do Quénia

Animais

Dois elefantes gémeos nasceram no Quénia

21/1/2022, 8:39

A organização "Save the Elephants" revela que os gémeos representam cerca de apenas 1% dos nascimentos de elefantes. Os pequenos bebés e a mãe Bora estão bem e já foram vistos por turistas.

Police officers patrol the streets of Eastleigh during the

Quénia

Quénia. Atacantes matam 6 homens e queimam corpos

3/1/2022, 22:10

Uma das vítimas foi esfaqueada e decapitada, segundo reportou a polícia local do condado de Lamu, informando também que os atacantes queimaram a casa da vítima.

Fact Check

Fotografia de Chitas leva autor à depressão?

30/12/2021, 10:43

Partilha no Facebook de texto em inglês sobre alegada fotografia que ganhou o prémio de "imagem da década" e levou a fotógrafa à depressão é falsa. A própria autora da imagem já desmentiu a estória.

Alterações Climáticas

A morte de girafas que mostra a seca no Quénia

16/12/2021, 18:56

A ONU estima que, além dos animais, cerca de 2,9 milhões de pessoas necessitem de ajuda humanitária por causa da taxa de precipitação mais baixa desde 1981.

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