Analysts warn that continued tensions between the two countries are threatening broader security in the region
Regional leaders in towns bordering Somalia demand increased security and removal of foreigners days after clashes spill over to Kenya
Kenyan rights groups say police killed 107 people under suspicious circumstances in 2019
Kenya has for the first time allowed the informal visit of a UN envoy on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions. Agnès Callamard, a French human rights expert, met with relatives of police killings in Nairobi's slums, where hundreds of cases have left relatives and friends of victims feeling powerless. Rael Ombuor reports from Nairobi.
Government says instead it will provide financial support to those stranded and psycho-social support to their families
The Somali Islamist militant group has carried out numerous deadly attacks on buses and vehicles in the area as retaliation for Kenya's military presence in Somalia
A report released Friday shows Kenyan police killed 107 people last year
Kenyans remember Daniel arap Moi at a ceremony that seemed to bring the country together; Moi died Feb. 4 in Nairobi at age 95
Throngs of Kenyans Saturday morning lined Nairobi streets waiting to enter Kenya’s Parliament Buildings to view the body of the country’s second president, Daniel arap Moi, who died Tuesday at the age of 95
Despite Kenya's banning of female genital mutilation in 2011, the tradition has continued in some ethnic communities. President Uhuru Kenyatta vowed to end FGM before 2023, seven years ahead of a U.N. deadline to stop the practice globally. Activists, however, say more needs to be done as millions of girls are still at risk of undergoing the cut. Rael Ombuor reports from Narok, Kenya.
UN goal to stop female circumcision globally by 2030 even more challenging as millions of girls expected to undergo FGM
Kenyans have mixed memories of longtime leader Daniel arap Moi, with some recalling him as a force for stability and others remembering him as a tyrant
East Africa is experiencing the worst desert locust invasion in 25 years, according to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization, and the worst in Kenya for 70 years. Desert locusts have ravaged at least 11 of Kenya’s 47 counties, leaving a trail of destruction on farmland. Experts say if the locust invasion is not checked, it could pose a serious threat to food security and livelihoods in the region. Rael Ombuor reports from Kitui County, Kenya.
Kenyan students in China stopped talking about academics on social media and started checking on each other
Besides Kenya, the pests have also hit parts of Ethiopia and Somalia, devouring crops and pastures
Kenya Airways released a statement Tuesday saying the passenger was given clearance to fly by Chinese health authorities at Guangzhou Airport, but upon arriving in Nairobi, Kenyan health authorities decided to quarantine the traveler
The team became a source of hope for talented youth with an interest in football who might otherwise be involved in criminal activities
In the year 2000, a football team was founded in a slum of Nairobi plagued by crime. The football team would later be named Kariobangi Sharks, Kariobangi being the name of the informal settlement the team members hailed from. The team became a source of hope, an escape for talented youth with an interest in football, some of might otherwise be involved in criminal activities. In the last two decades, the team has risen to the top of Kenya’s football league. Rael Ombuor reports.
Fifty-two-year-old Noel Kidaliza was the hotel nurse at the DusitD2 hotel when al-Shabab militants attacked it Jan. 15, 2019, killing 21 people
Three other people were reportedly injured in the attack on the bus, which was traveling from the city of Mombasa to Lamu town
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