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Inquiry into Kenya election violence

05.11.09

A lawyer said today he is certain crimes against humanity were committed in Kenya's post-election violence which claimed more than 1,000 lives... more

Kenya feel it?

23.09.09

Luxury safaris often come at the expense of local communities but some operators are determined to do it the right way. Our travel reporter met up with one still able to offer a genuine wilderness experience... more

Londoners still fast in Big Macs race

19.08.09

How long do you need to work to earn enough money to buy yourself a Big Mac? ... more

Britons 'priced off railways' by Europe's most expensive fares

19.08.09

Britain has the most expensive train journeys in the world with fares more than twice the European average... more

Justice at last in Kenya's trial of the expat cad

15.05.09

Yesterday, after three years on remand, the Hon Tom Cholmondeley was sentenced to eight months for the manslaughter of Robert Njoya... more

Free in months, the aristocrat who shot black poacher dead

14.05.09

An aristocrat convicted of killing a black poacher on his Kenyan estate has been sentenced to eight months in prison... more

In shock, the girlfriend who was sure Tom would go free

07.05.09

Sally Dudmesh heard a judge find her lover, Old Etonian heir Thomas Cholmondeley, guilty of manslaughter on his Kenyan estate. It was the verdict she always dreaded ... more

Compared to Boris, Mayor Sugar would really mean business

03.03.09

There is only one name mentioned by Labour’s ‘Stop Ken’ campaign who can win back City Hall. But does the party have the courage to say ‘you’re hired’ to Britain’s favourite entrepreneur?... more

Foreign Office aide attended peace summit run by Moonies

16.02.09

A Foreign Office ministerial aide has been accused of "sheer incompetence" after it emerged he attended a summit in Africa organised by the Moonies cult... more

Obama uses Super Bowl party to woo opponents

02.02.09

Barack Obama threw a Super Bowl party in the White House as he tried to woo Republicans who have vowed to oppose his $825billion plan to revive the US economy... more

Obama choir signs record deal as they fly into Heathrow

23.01.09

A Kenyan youth choir that performed at Barack Obama’s inauguration was preparing to sign up with a London music label in a ceremony at Heathrow airport... more

Will Obama forgive Britain for his grandfather’s torture?

16.01.09

The President-elect is known to have been deeply hurt by the treatment of his relative during Kenya’s Mau Mau rebellion. It could yet impact on the UK’s ‘special relationship’ with the US... more

50 ways to have fun in 2009

02.01.09

Priscilla on stage, Blur reunited, Michael Sheen as Brian Clough — we bring you the highlights of London’s arts calendar for the coming months. ... more

From Bracknell to the White House

28.10.08

Barack Obama's stepmother could be heading from Berkshire to the White House if he clinches his predicted victory in seven days' time... more

Salutary lesson about paying bribes overseas

21.10.08

Jack Straw has promised he is "fully committed to combating foreign bribery", but not everyone is entirely reassured... more

Society

08.10.08

Poverty, health, homelessness and racial tensions abound in a city awash with money. These are the people who are trying to do something about it. ... more

Virgin sees profits soar after BA's chaos at T5

26.08.08

Virgin Atlantic says its profits have rocketed as passengers switched from British Airways because of chaos at Terminal 5... more

Barack Obama's broken promise to African village

25.07.08

The Evening Standard reveals that would-be US President Barack Obama has failed to deliver pledges to improve life in a poverty-stricken Kenyan community he insists has a special place in his heart... more

'Our future is nothing less than shining now thanks to the Evening Standard readers'

14.07.08

Seven months after our writer, with photographer Matt Writtle, witnessed the grim conditions in schools in western Kenya, they have returned to see how money raised by the Evening Standard Christmas Appeal has already transformed lives in the region... ... more