LONDON, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- The grandfather of President-elect Barack Obama was imprisoned and tortured by the British during Kenya's struggle for independence, an Obama relative says.
NYANGMA-KOGELO, Kenya, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Kenyan relatives of U.S. President-Elect Barack Obama are new celebrities in their country, but say the spotlight isn't always welcome.
KISUMU, Kenya, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- A Kisumu, Kenya, hospital said it has experienced a boom of babies named for the family of U.S. President-elect Barack Obama.
KOGELO, Kenya, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- Barack Obama's U.S. presidential victory triggered a celebratory outburst among members of his extended family in Kenya Wednesday morning.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Barack Obama, with projected wins in West Coast states, became the first African-American president-elect of the United States Tuesday.
BOSTON, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Barack Obama's aunt, who lives in a Boston housing project, has made illegal donations to his campaign this year, the campaign acknowledges.
NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- The author of a best-selling attack on Sen. Barack Obama was deported Tuesday from Kenya, allegedly over failure to obtain a work permit.
NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- Kenyan police say thieves tried to steal a solar panel from the home of Sarah Obama, step-grandmother of U.S. presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill.
DENVER, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Barack Obama and running mate Joe Biden embarked Friday on a bus tour of three key battleground states.
NEW YORK, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama's half-brother is living on less than $1 a month in Kenya, the Italian edition of Vanity Fair reports.
NEW YORK, June 18 (UPI) -- Michelle Obama, the wife of presumptive Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Barack Obama, says she won't have any input into the selection of a running mate.
NAIROBI, Kenya, June 4 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen Barack Obama's crossing the delegate threshold for the Democratic presidential nominee touched off celebrations in Kenya, home of Obama's father.
BELMONT, N.C., May 28 (UPI) -- A Belmont, N.C., man sold a sweet potato on eBay Wednesday that he says resembles Democratic U.S. presidential contender Barack Obama.
WASHINGTON, March 26 (UPI) -- U.S. presidential hopeful Barack Obama and Hollywood actor Brad Pitt are ninth cousins, researchers at the New England Historic Genealogical Society said.
BOSTON, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- Democrat Sen. Barack Obama said Tuesday's Illinois primary is the most important to him from among the two dozen taking place across the United States.
