The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) is tracking a lion which has eaten a man in a residential area on the outskirts of the capital, Nairobi. Residents have been warned toContinue Reading
Kenya Several police officers were among at least eight people killed in an attack on a bus in northeast Kenya claimed Saturday by the Somali Islamist Al-Shebaab group. Kenyan PresidentContinue Reading
At least 24 people are reported to have died in landslides caused by severe weather in West Pokot County, Kenya. Officials told local media that the bodies of at leastContinue Reading
Kenyans have expressed outrage after a video of police officers brutally beating a university student was shared online. The 22-second clip recorded from a high-rise building on Monday shows fourContinue Reading
The grave site of one of Kenya’s best-known anti-colonial fighters, Dedan Kimathi, has been identified 62 years after he died, a foundation set up in his name says. Kimathi, aContinue Reading
Some Kenyans have taken to Twitter to express their anger following a report in the Standard newspaper that soldiers harassed residents of the coastal city of Mombasa during Sunday’s celebration of HeroesContinue Reading
Poverty along the Kenyan Coast is now forcing residents to rent out their spouses to rich tourists for some income, it has emerged. To beat the rising levels of poverty,Continue Reading
The Borana people of Ethiopia and Kenya are in no rush to name their newborn babies. They may wait for up to three years before finally naming their babies. “UntilContinue Reading
At least seven children have died after a classroom collapsed at a primary school in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, officials say. The wooden structure at Precious Talent Top School collapsedContinue Reading
South Africa’s international relations minister has called for Africa to better manage migration. Naledi Pandor’s comments came in the wake of a wave of xenophobic attacks. Talking to migrant representatives,Continue Reading
The noose around controversial city pastor James Ng’ang’a’s neck appears to be tightening after the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) fined him Sh1 million (GHS 52,000) for showing a woman’sContinue Reading
Kenya’s finance ministry has cut the government’s planned spending for the 2019/20 (July-June) fiscal year by 2.1 per cent, a budget review document by the ministry showed on Thursday. TheContinue Reading
By Donu Kogbara I HAVE quite a few bitter gripes against South Africa at the moment and roundly condemn the shoddy treatment I have recently received from the South African HighContinue Reading
A schoolgirl in Kenya has taken her own life after allegedly being shamed in class for having her period and staining her uniform. The 14-year-old’s mother said her daughter hangedContinue Reading
A schoolgirl in Kenya has taken her own life after allegedly being shamed in class for having her period and staining her uniform. The 14-year-old’s mother said her daughter hangedContinue Reading
Police in Kenya are investigating the circumstances that led a 14-year-old girl to take her own life in the hours after her school uniform became stained with menstrual blood. HerContinue Reading
The family of a two-year-old boy who was shot dead by police during a raid on an illicit brew den in a slum in the northern outskirts of Kenya’s capital,Continue Reading
Kebbi Governor, Abubakar Bagudu has approved the renovation of the state NYSC permanent orientation camp in Dakingari. According to NAN, Bagudu stated this during an unscheduled visit to the campContinue Reading
Six bodies have been recovered from Hell’s Gate National Park in Kenya after flash floods on Sunday, the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) says. One tourist is still missing and theContinue Reading
An Ethiopian man in Kenya was sentenced to four months in prison on Thursday for joking about a bomb after boarding a Kenya Airways flight, the BBC has learned. ChifrayeContinue Reading
Most universities in Kenya could be forced to drop Business Administration, Education and Journalism degrees as the Ministry of Education moves to stop uneconomical multiplication of degrees. Currently, nearly allContinue Reading
Kenya’s so-called moral policeman is facing criticism for banning the hit song, Wamlambez, that includes slang references to oral sex. Ezekiel Mutua, the Kenya Film Classification Board boss, said theContinue Reading
CNN’s efforts to reach Sonko and his staff for comment were unsuccessful. When asked about the governor’s comments, Okoth’s brother, Imran Okoth, told CNN: “No comment. It’s a personal matter.”Continue Reading
Kenya’s football federation said on Monday coach Sebastien Migne was leaving by “mutual consent” eight days after his team were eliminated from qualifying for the 2020 African Nations Championship. SebastienContinue Reading
A heated debate about market stalls was disrupted by a foul smell and furious finger-pointing at a Kenyan regional assembly on Wednesday, local reports say. “Honourable Speaker, one of usContinue Reading
Female MPs have walked out of Kenya’s parliament in solidarity with a colleague who was ordered to leave because she had taken her baby. Zuleika Hassan said she had broughtContinue Reading
A Deputy Minister of Education in charge of Secondary and Basic Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum has been invited by the Kenyan Government to give a keynote address at itsContinue Reading
