US releases Guantanamo Bay detainee Bajabu to Kenya | Human Rights News
Twenty-nine prisoners remain at the US detention facility in Cuba after the transfer of Mohammed Abdul Malik Bajabu.The United States has released Guantanamo Bay detainee…
At Kenya’s ‘Maasai Olympics’, women run to bridge the gender gap | In Pictures News
A crowd erupts in cheers as a young Maasai woman pelts over the finish line, the latest participant in the “Maasai Olympics”, a reimagining of…
Kenya’s devastating drought is the worst in 40 years | Climate Crisis
Drought in Kenya has reached dramatic levels, with millions of people affected by the lack of water and food. This phenomenon, which until a few…
Thursday 12 December Jamhuri Day in Kenya
The first colonists from Europe to have a presence in Kenya were German, but in 1890, the region came under the control of the Imperial…
US and UK sanction gold smuggler Kamlesh Pattni | Corruption News
Pattni featured heavily in Al Jazeera’s Gold Mafia investigation, which looked at gold smuggling in Southern Africa.An international gold smuggling and money laundering network exposed…
Kenyan police tear gas protesters marching against femicide | Newsfeed
Police in Nairobi used tear gas to disperse protesters, demanding an end to femicide. Several people were injured, and others were arrested. Activists say President…
Police fire tear gas at Kenya protesters rallying against femicide | Police News
Hundreds gather in Kenya’s capital to rally against gender-based violence.Police in Kenya have fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of people who gathered to protest…
UN evacuation in Haiti, police assault stronghold of gang leader ‘Barbecue’ | United Nations News
The United Nations has ordered the evacuation of its staff from Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince as clashes between armed gangs, the police and civilians armed with…
The West, the ICC, and ‘mtu wetu’ in Israel | ICC
The arrest warrants for Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC), have brought back…
Kenya cancels more than $2.5bn in deals with Adani after US indictment | Corruption News
The deals had been sharply criticised over lack of transparency and value for money.Kenyan President William Ruto has ordered the cancellation of a procurement process…
With Trump election win, Africa braces for US aid cuts, uncertainty | US Election 2024 News
Lamu, Kenya – As the results of the United States presidential election came in on Wednesday, showing that former President Donald Trump had won, relief…
Kenya’s Kithure Kindiki sworn in as deputy president after court challenge | Politics News
Former interior minister replaces Rigathi Gachagua who was sacked after parliament impeached him in October.Kithure Kindiki has been sworn in as Kenya’s new deputy president…
Video: See the moment a seven-storey building collapses in Nairobi, Kenya | Infrastructure
NewsFeedVideo shows the moment a multi-storey building collapses in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi. Local media says residents were warned to leave due to the weakened structure,…
Kenya Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua’s impeachment: Why it matters | Politics News
Kenya’s Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has been removed from office after he was impeached in a historic vote in the country’s Senate on Thursday night. Gachagua…
Kenya impeaches deputy president over ‘corruption, undermining government’ | Politics News
Rigathi Gachagua, who has fallen out with President Ruto, was too ill to attend proceedings, his lawyers said.The Kenyan Senate has voted to oust Deputy…
Kenya relocates 50 elephants to a larger park as population thrives | Wildlife News
Kenya is suffering from a problem, albeit a good one: the elephant population in the 42-square-kilometre (16-square-mile) Mwea National Reserve, east of the capital Nairobi,…
Kenya’s Ruth Chepngetich breaks women’s marathon world record in Chicago | Athletics News
Chepngetich wins the Chicago Marathon in 2:09:56, dedicating the record to Kelvin Kiptum, who died in a car crash.Kenya’s Ruth Chepngetich has put on a…
Kenya lawmakers vote to impeach Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua | Politics News
Gachagua has been accused of corruption, insubordination, undermining the government and divisive politics.Lawmakers in Kenya have voted to impeach Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua for abuse…
Kenya’s Parliament to vote on impeaching Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua | Courts News
Gachagua says he will fight allegations of corruption, undermining the government and stirring ethnic hatred ‘to the end’.Kenyan members of parliament are due to vote…
Mass funeral for Kenya school fire victims | Education
A mass funeral has been held for the 21 children who were killed in a boarding school fire in central Kenya earlier this month. Each…