They spilled blood for Kenya's freedom, outlived British bullets, and survived torture in colonial camps. Today, these 90-year-old women - heroes of the Mau Mau rebellion - sleep in the ruins of ...

Foreign Secretary William Hague has expressed regret and announced compensation for Kenyans tortured during the Mau Mau uprising in the ... and member of the Kenya African Union political party ...

During the Mau Mau uprising in Kenya in the 1950s, she told me, he had been part of a unit that had infiltrated enemy gangs, apparently sometimes in blackface to camouflage his white skin during ...

When the Mau Mau rebellion started, Blundell was made a member of the Kenya war cabinet. His view of Mau Mau: “We’ve forced the Kikuyu tribe to try to assimilate 2,000 years of civilization in 50.

Kenya (17,040 ft.). The mountain is the Mau Mau’s sacred symbol, and British officers who investigated concluded that the terrorists had been ordaining a new Mau Mau general for the Nairobi area.

Kenya, during the 1950's, was dominated by the Mau Mau uprising against the British. A central feature of this revolt was a desire on the part of the Kikuyu, along with some Embu and Meru people ...

Today is Mashujaa Day, a time to celebrate and honour the heroes who fought for Kenya’s independence. Freedom came but it wasn’t a stroll in the park. Lives were lost and families broken which ...

Kenya, during the 1950's, was dominated by the Mau Mau uprising against the British. A central feature of this revolt was a desire on the part of the Kikuyu, along with some Embu and Meru people ...

Kenyan veterans of the Mau-Mau rebellion against British colonial authorities ... Veterans of the struggle, which ended with Kenya's independence in 1963, are now demanding compensation not ...