Kenya: Plastic-Eating Mealworms Found in Kenya Offer Hope for Waste Crisis

Kenyan scientists have discovered that a native mealworm can eat and break down polystyrene - a breakthrough that could help tackle the continent's growing plastic waste crisis. Read more »

Kenya: Kenya Investigates Alleged Kidnapping of Ugandan Opposition Leader Besigye

Kenyan authorities were on Thursday investigating the alleged abduction from Nairobi of the prominent Ugandan opposition politician Kizza Besigye after he appeared at a military… Read more »

Kenya: Kenya's Deputy President Ousted in Historic Impeachment

Kenya's Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua was ousted from office on Thursday after being impeached in an unprecedented political saga that has gripped the nation. Read more »

Kenya: Kenyan Court Rejects Bid to Stop Deputy President's Ouster

A Kenyan court on Tuesday dismissed a last-minute attempt to halt the Senate's debate and vote on the impeachment of Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua. Read more »

East Africa: Meet the Kenyan Man Shaping a Francophone Future in East Africa

UN human rights advisor Chris Mburu turned his Kenyan hometown of Mitahato into something unexpected: a French-speaking village. After learning the language himself later in life,… Read more »

Kenya: Kenya's Deputy President Faces Impeachment As Ruling Coalition Fractures

Kenyan lawmakers have launched an unprecedented motion to impeach Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua - accusing him of undermining the government, stoking ethnic tensions and… Read more »

Kenya: Kenya Supports Turning Haiti Mission Into Formal UN Peacekeeping Operation

Kenyan President William Ruto, on a visit to Haiti, said this weekend that he was open to Kenya's anti-gang mission in the country being converted to a full UN peacekeeping… Read more »

Kenya: At Least 17 Children Killed After Fire Rips Through Kenyan Primary School

A fire at a primary boarding school in Nyeri County, central Kenya, has killed 17 students and seriously burned 13 others, police said on Friday. President William Ruto has… Read more »

Kenya: Kenya to Build First Nuclear Power Plant By 2034 Amid Local Opposition

Kenya's first nuclear power plant is set to open in 2034 on the coast of the Indian Ocean, the government announced as it prepares to host a US-Africa summit on nuclear energy next… Read more »

Kenya: Kenyan Film Explores the Struggles of Motherhood and Mental Health in Africa

Poignant Kenyan short film Act of Love, screened in Nairobi this week, is on a mission to raise awareness about maternal mental health in Africa - with a special focus on… Read more »

Kenya: Kenyan Police Fire Tear Gas At Protesters As New Cabinet Is Sworn in

Kenyan police fired volleys of tear gas Thursday in the capital Nairobi, injuring several journalists, as small groups of protesters gathered on what was billed as a fresh day of… Read more »

Kenya: New Blow for Ruto's Govt As Court Declares 2023 Finance Bill Unconstitutional

Kenya's Court of Appeal has declared the government's 2023 finance bill unconstitutional, inflicting a new blow to the government of President William Ruto who withdrew this year's… Read more »

Africa: Who Are the African Athletes to Watch Out for At Paris Olympics?

Africa is represented in most disciplines at the Paris Games and every athlete is striving for a medal. RFI looks at a selection of the favourites. Read more »

Kenya: Kenya Watchdog Probes Possible Police Link to Bodies Dumped in Nairobi Landfill

Kenya's police watchdog has launched an inquiry into possible police involvement in mutilated bodies found dumped in a rubbish tip in the Mukuru slums of Nairobi. Read more »

Kenya: Ruto Vows to 'Slay the Dragon of Corruption'

Kenyan President William Ruto has dismissed almost his entire cabinet and announced consultations to form a "broad-based government" after weeks of sometimes deadly anti-government… Read more »

Kenya: Kenyan Cult Leader Faces Terrorism Charges Over Mass Starvation Deaths

The self-proclaimed leader of an evangelical doomsday cult in Kenya has gone on trial in Mombasa, facing charges of terrorism for allegedly inciting more than 400 of his followers… Read more »

Kenya: Kenya Rights Groups Decry Abductions As Government Cracks Down On Protests

Kenyan police have arrested more than 270 people who, they said, were masquerading as protesters and suspected of going on a criminal rampage during anti-government rallies in the… Read more »

Kenya: Finance Bill Withdrawal Means 'Significant Shortfall of Funding' - Ruto

Kenyan President William Ruto said Wednesday that a bill containing contentious tax hikes would "be withdrawn" following massive protests in which at least 20 people died. But… Read more »

Kenya: Kenyans Promise More Rallies As President Pressured to Rethink Tax Hikes

Kenyan protest leaders on Wednesday vowed to carry on marches against controversial tax hikes, a day after 13 people were killed when police opened fire on the youth-led crowds who… Read more »

Kenya: Five Killed, Dozens Injured in Kenya During Anti-Tax Hike Protests

Five people were shot dead and dozens wounded in Kenya on Tuesday in mounting anti-tax hike protests, NGOs said, as police clashed with demonstrators who stormed the parliament… Read more »

Kenya: One Dead, Scores Arrested in Kenya Protests Against Tax Hikes

Rights groups in Kenya say at least 200 people were injured and more than 100 arrested in nationwide protests Thursday against government plans to raise $2.7 billion in additional… Read more »

Tanzania: Kenya and Tanzania Face 'Humanitarian Crisis' Amid Disastrous Floods

The death toll from weeks of devastating rains and floods had risen to 228 in Kenya, as authorities in the country and in neighbouring Tanzania warned that there was no sign of a… Read more »

Kenya: Death Toll Climbs As Torrential Rains Contine to Batter Kenya

Weeks of heavy rain and floods that have killed nearly 200 people continue to ravage parts of Kenya - causing landslides, destroying roads and forcing people from their homes. Read more »

Kenya: Kenya to Release Bodies of Cult Victims Found in Mass Forest Graves

The Kenyan government will be releasing some of the bodies discovered in mass graves in the Shakahola forest last year, connected to a religious cult, after they were identified… Read more »

Africa: Africa-Led Mission to Haiti 'Urgently Needed', According to the UN

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed alarm at the "rapidly deteriorating security situation" in Haiti and called for more funding for the planned international… Read more »