February 09, 2023
East Africa: Kenya, Eritrea Agree to Remove Visa Requirements for Their Citizens
The presidents of Kenya and Eritrea have wrapped up two days of talks by agreeing to remove visa requirements for their citizens as part of improving relations. Read more »
February 03, 2023
Kenya: Kenya to Reopen First Somali Border Post After 10-Year Shutdown
Kenya has announced plans to re-open its Mandera border crossing with Somalia as part of efforts to improve border security and crack down on smuggled goods. Read more »
January 23, 2023
Kenya: Kenya's Agriculture Authorities Defend Killing of Invasive Birds
Kenya's Ministry of Agriculture has defended the killing of millions of invasive quelea birds in rice-growing regions of the country. The ministry says the birds are destroying… Read more »
January 20, 2023
Kenya: Kenya Security Forces Kill 10 Suspected Al-Shabaab Militants
Security officials in Kenya say they have killed 10 suspected al-Shabab militants in Kenya's northeast, just a week after militants there killed four engineers near a regional… Read more »
January 19, 2023
Kenya: Ruto Revives Allegation That Election Chair Was Targeted During August Election
Kenya's President William Ruto said this week that there was a plot to murder the country's top electoral official last August to prevent him from announcing Ruto as the winner of… Read more »
January 13, 2023
Kenya: U.S. Offers $10 Million Reward for Mastermind of 2019 Nairobi Terrorist Attack
The United States has announced a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to the arrest of the alleged leader of the 2019 attack on Nairobi's Dusit D2 hotel complex.… Read more »
January 16, 2023
Kenya: Analysts Question Viability of Proposed Ugandan Railway Link to Kenya
Ugandan officials have confirmed switching from a Chinese to a Turkish company to build a proposed $2 billion railway line linking the capital, Kampala, to the border with Kenya.… Read more »
January 09, 2023
Kenya: More Suspects Held After Murder of Kenya LGBTQI+ Activist
A court in Kenya says five suspects are being held in connection with the murder of prominent LGBTQ activist Edwin Chiloba, whose mutilated body was found on a roadside last week… Read more »
Kenya: 20 Die in Bus Crash in Kenya
Officials say at least 20 people died and 49 were injured in a bus crash in Kenya. Read more »
January 06, 2023
Kenya: Rights Groups Welcome Ruto's Promised Investigations Into Police Killings in Kenya
Rights groups are welcoming Kenyan President William Ruto's order for investigations into extra judicial killings carried out by police. Ruto told Kenyan media Wednesday one police… Read more »
Kenya: Kenyan Gay Rights Activist Found Dead
The body of a Kenyan gay rights activist was found in a metal box discarded along a road in Kenya's Uasin Gishu county, in the western region of the country. Read more »
December 22, 2022
East Africa: Kenyan Police Say Officer, Civilian Killed in Attack on Border with Somalia
Police in eastern Kenya are blaming al-Shabab militants for the death of an officer and a civilian in an attack in Garissa County, on the border with Somalia. Read more »
November 29, 2022
East Africa: Thousands Flee Drought and Hunger in Somalia, Arrive in Kenya
Raho Ali has just arrived from Somalia with four of her children at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) transit area in Kenya's northern border town of… Read more »
November 16, 2022
Kenya: President Deploys Special Police Units After Violent Crime Surge
Kenyan President William Ruto has ordered the deployment of special police units in the capital after a series of violent daytime attacks. Read more »
November 10, 2022
East Africa: Kenya's Dadaab Camp Braces for Increased Somali Refugee Arrivals
Aid groups in Kenya say tens of thousands of additional refugees from Somalia are expected to arrive in coming weeks, as Somalia and the Horn of Africa deal with an ongoing severe… Read more »
November 08, 2022
Kenya: Lawmakers Want More Details On U.S.$5 Billion Railway Loan After Contract Partially Released
Some Kenyan lawmakers are demanding to see more documents from a $5 billion loan agreement with a Chinese bank that financed a cross-country railway. The 2011 agreement was… Read more »
November 03, 2022
Kenya: Education of Herders' Children Disrupted As Drought Forces Dropouts
Kenyan authorities say the ongoing drought that has left millions of people in need of food aid is also forcing tens of thousands of children in herder communities to drop out of… Read more »
November 02, 2022
East Africa: Militants Carjack Ambulance, Abduct Patient, Paramedics On Kenya-Somalia Border
A Kenyan official says suspected al-Shabab militants have carjacked an ambulance in the country's northeast and abducted four people - the driver, two paramedics, and a patient -… Read more »
October 25, 2022
Kenya: Kenyan Police Under Scrutiny Over Shooting Death of Pakistani Journalist
The shooting death of Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif in Kenya has once again raised concern about the behavior of the East African country's police. Sharif was killed at a… Read more »
October 24, 2022
Kenya: Officers in Disbanded Unit Tried for Murder, Abuse, Conspiracy
The trial of four former Kenyan police officers charged with murdering two Indian nationals and their Kenyan driver began Monday in Nairobi. Read more »
October 19, 2022
Kenya: Kenya Wants to Renegotiate Loans for Chinese-Built Railway
Kenya wants to renegotiate a multibillion-dollar loan from China that was used to build a major railway. Read more »
October 14, 2022
Kenya: Kenya Denies It Defaulted On Debt to China
The Kenyan government has denied media reports that Chinese banks have fined the country $11 million for failing to pay back loans used to finance a major railway. Kenya's ministry… Read more »
October 10, 2022
Tanzania: Tanzania, Kenya Agree to Fast-Track Construction of Gas Pipeline Project
The presidents of Tanzania and Kenya have agreed to fast-track construction of a natural gas pipeline designed to increased trade and lower energy costs for both countries. Read more »
Kenya: Kenya Ships First Batches of Batteries, Tea Under AfCFTA Pact
In the past two weeks, Kenya has taken advantage of a pilot program by the Africa Continental Free Trade Area which aims to facilitate and increase trade across Africa. Read more »
October 07, 2022
Kenya: Mixed Reactions Over Kenya's Move to Lift Ban On Genetically Modified Crops
Kenyan authorities have announced plans to lift the country's ban on genetically modified crops, in part to deal with a record drought that is causing hunger across the Horn of… Read more »