Petition challenging the rule was filed last week by businessman Enock Aura, who argued directive was illegal
The central African nation is seeing an increase in violence as government forces supported by Russian fighters battle rebel groups who oppose President Faustin-Archange Touadera rule
Kenyan police say the suspect was a member of the Somalia-based al-Shabab terrorist group
This week has seen a surge in coronavirus cases in Africa due to the new omicron variant. The continent reported 52,000 cases for the week, and 31,000 were reported in South Africa
The Kenyan government directs passengers arriving from southern African countries to take the COVID test before being allowed into the country
Health officials are calling on Africans to get inoculated as soon as vaccine arrives through COVAX initiative, which aims for equitable, global access
US, France and Germany have joined other countries in urging their citizens to leave Ethiopia as fighting between federal forces and rebel groups moves closer to capital, Addis Ababa
Activists say reinstatement doesn’t change situation on the ground
Law signed by president months ahead of planned closure of two major camps
Kenyan media reports the three men were trying to reach Somalia and had asked people for directions to Garissa
Visiting US secretary of state meets with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta in Nairobi to discuss climate change, trade, the COVID-19 pandemic and most urgently, regional security
One of the escapees was involved in an attack on Garissa University in 2015 that killed nearly 150 people
Blinken will meet with Kenya's president, who just returned from Ethiopia, to discuss that country’s internal war. Some experts fear Ethiopia's political leadership will not agree to end the yearlong conflict
Officials are blaming drug abuse, stress, curriculum overload and poor student-teacher relations
The Global Center on Adaptation says climate change will push 120 million people into extreme poverty by 2030, and a third of them will be Africans if nothing is done to mitigate its effects
The clashes that began last week in Gurieel town in Somalia's Galmudug federal state are reported to have killed at least 120 people, most of them soldiers or fighters
Rights groups meet with victims and survivors of police abuse in Nairobi to bring an end to unlawful killings and disappearances
There is general consensus that technology is helping the continent grow, but security questions about data, specifically about how its managed, trigger concerns
Kenya’s president blasts decision settling longstanding dispute over 100,000 square kilometers in the Indian Ocean
Court’s ruling Tuesday, seen as favorable to Somalia, is almost certain to be rejected by Kenya, concerns about 100,000 square kilometers of Indian Ocean waters off the east coast of Kenya and Somalia
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