Harrowing abduction ordeal for Standard Group editor

It was 9:20 pm on Tuesday when Standard Group Senior Editor Alex Kiprotich made his final desperate call to the company's Head of Security, shouting that he was being abducted in Gilgil.

In tonight's edition, rights groups in Kenya call for an investigation after a top journalist is abducted overnight  by heavily armed men. Also, trials for three potential vaccines against the Bunjeebuyyoo strain of Ebola are due to start over the next couple of months. And Senegalese consumers who are frustrated by th

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Standard Group Associate Editor Alex Kiprotich has been found safe after spending about nine hours in the hands of his alleged abductors.

NAIROBI, Sept 2 - An editor of one of Kenya's largest news outlets was abducted by armed men and released hours later at the edge of a dam more than 200 km (124 miles) away, his employer said on Wednesday.