Kenya
Kenya reopens schools after 10-month virus closure
Mask-wearing students had their temperatures checked before entering school to repeat their lost academic year, in what was both a relief and a concern to their...
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Kenya extends COVID-19 curfew as numbers rise
The tally of new infections, which had fallen in September rebounded in October, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said.
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Kenyan lawyer in ICC bribery case surrenders to Dutch
Paul Gicheru 'surrendered to the authorities of The Netherlands pursuant to an arrest warrant' issued by The Hague-based ICC, the court said in a statement.
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Two accomplices in Kenya's Westgate attack jailed for 33 and 18 years
Mohamed Ahmed Abdi and Hassan Hussein Mustafa, both 31, were found guilty on 7 October of conspiring with and supporting the four assailants from the Somalia-based jihadist group who died in what was then Kenya's worst terrorist attack in 15 years.
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Kenyatta urges constitutional reform to resolve poll violence
Kenyatta's plea came as ahead of a much-anticipated report on suggested reforms to be issued in the coming days, after two years of public consultations that have seen leaders traverse the nation drumming up support for the process.
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2 men guilty of conspiracy with al-Shabaab over Westgate attack in Kenya
Extremists killed 67 people in an armed rampage at Nairobi's upscale Westgate shopping mall in 2013.
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Kenya's Brigid Kosgei retains women's London Marathon title
Kosgei clocked 2hr 18min 58sec, crossing the line ahead of American Sarah Hall, who timed a personal best of 2:22.01.
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ANALYSIS: Why foreign countries are scrambling to set up bases in Africa
Several African governments are hosting foreign military bases, despite the African Union Peace and Security Council’s concerns.
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Kenyan all-female conservation ranger unit patrols amid COVID-19
An elite all-female ranger unit named 'The Lionesses' patrol a conservation area near Kenya’s Amboseli National Park.
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Kenya pressures Ethiopia to release journalist detained during unrest
Yassin Juma was arrested in early July shortly after the killing of Hachalu Hundessa, a popular singer from the Oromo ethnic group, kicked off days of violence that left more than 200 people dead.
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President Kenyatta says Kenya ready again for visitors
President Uhuru Kenyatta said visitors should follow precautions around coronavirus, saying everyone needed to play their part in containing the spread of the disease.
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Kenya extends curfew for a month as COVID-19 cases jump
Kenya has so far reported 17,975 cases of infection with the new coronavirus and 285 deaths from the related disease COVID-19.
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Kenya restricts alcohol sales to halt 'aggressive surge' of virus
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta delivered a stern dressing down to Kenyans for reckless behaviour that has seen cases triple in the past month to 17,975, while 285 have died.
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Kenya wildlife reserves threatened as tourists stay away
Even before the virus arrived in Kenya mid-March, tourism revenues had plummeted, with cancellations coming in from crucial markets such as China, Europe and the United States.
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Kenya declares school year 'lost', classes back in 2021
The school year in the East African country runs from January to November, when it climaxes with end-of-term exams.
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'On our knees': Kenya's tourism revenue collapses
The sector is one of the leading sources of foreign exchange, earning 163.56 billion shillings ($1.54 billion) last year, which had been expected to grow 1% in 2020.
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Kenyan runner Kamworor hit by motorcycle, suffers fractured leg
The 27-year-old, who won the New York marathon last year, told the Daily Nation newspaper that his leg and head were injured in the accident.
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Kenya to replace SA as Africa's representative on UN Security Council
India, Ireland, Mexico and Norway all won their bids in the first-round voting on Wednesday, but Kenya and Djibouti needed two-thirds majority of the UN general assembly to take the seat designated for Africa on the 15-nation security council.
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African medics struggle in virus 'war zone'
Rising infections, shortages of protective equipment and growing strains are some of the issues faced by health workers in Africa as they battle the coronavirus.
