Kenya
Kenya candidates make final bid for votes as campaigning closes
Deputy President William Ruto and Raila Odinga, a veteran opposition leader now backed by the ruling party, are fighting for the chance to lead the East African...
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A wary Kenya gears up for tense election
Memories of violence during previous elections loom large, and the country is grappling with a cost-of-living crisis, widening inequality and a crippling drought.
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Cool head in a rough region, Kenya faces test in election
Diplomats and foreign observers say a peaceful transfer of power remains uncertain, and that Kenya's coveted reputation as a reliable and stable partner faces a keen test as voters head to polling booths.
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Kenya running mate ordered to forfeit $1.7 mn in graft case
The case highlights the endemic corruption in Kenya, where the anti-graft body last month raised "integrity" concerns about more than 200 candidates standing for various offices in the August 9 polls.
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Kenya presidential contender Odinga says won't take part in debate
One of Kenya's two leading presidential candidates, Raila Odinga, will not take part in an upcoming electoral debate, his campaign team said Sunday, accusing his principal rival of trying to avoid certain topics such as corruption.
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Kenya president urges deployment of regional force in DR Congo
Weeks of violence have grown into a diplomatic standoff between the DRC and its neighbour Rwanda, who it blames for the recent resurgence of the M23 rebel militia.
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Four candidates running for president in Kenya's election
Only four candidates "met the requisite constitutional and statutory requirements" from a shortlist of 17, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) said in a statement late Monday.
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Four killed as Kenyan police fire on protesting crowd
Four people were killed and five others injured when Kenyan police opened fire on a crowd protesting against an increase in attacks by wildlife, a senior official said Friday.
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Kenya's e-waste recyclers looking for ways to repurpose electronic trash
Wearing T-shirts and flip flops and earning as little as 500 Kenyan shillings ($4) a day, the unlikely warriors are at the frontlines of a battle against a rapidly-growing environmental menace.
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Kenya to hold state funeral for ex-president Kibaki
Kibaki, who died aged 90, served as the country's third president from December 2002 to April 2013, taking over from the authoritarian rule of Daniel arap Moi.
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Kenya's former president Mwai Kibaki dead at 90
President Uhuru Kenyatta ordered a period of national mourning until sunset on the day Kibaki is to be buried, with all flags to be flown at half-mast.
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Kenya's top court to rule on contested constitutional reforms
A seven-judge bench at the Supreme Court will weigh the legality of the wide-ranging proposals following their rejection last year by the High Court and Court of Appeal, which said President Kenyatta could even be sued in a civil court for launching the process.
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Kenya frees 16 held over road attack on woman
The riders were rounded up early this month after a viral video showed men grabbing at the young woman's clothing and groping her as she screamed for help from inside the car, whose door had been forced open.
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UN urged to tackle plastic trash 'epidemic' with treaty
Representatives from more than 100 nations are expected to agree on a broad template for a world-first treaty on plastic waste over three days of in-person and virtual deliberations.
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SA among 6 African countries to get own mRNA jab production
Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia were selected as the first recipients of technology from the WHO's global mRNA vaccine hub, in a push to ensure Africa can make its own jabs to fight the Covid and other diseases.
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13 million face hunger as Horn of Africa drought worsens: UN
Three consecutive rainy seasons have failed as the region has recorded its driest conditions since 1981, the UN's World Food Programme said.
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World's first malaria vaccine making inroads in Western Kenya
More than 100,000 children in malaria-endemic western Kenya have received the new vaccine against the disease, which kills 260,000 children under five every year in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Five killed by roadside bomb in northern Kenya: police
The attackers opened fire on the 14-seater vehicle after it ran over the explosive about eight kilometres (five miles) from Mandera town on the Kenya-Somali frontier.
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Kenya boosts security after terror warnings
Heavily armed police officers were patrolling the streets of Nairobi and security was boosted outside key government offices, five-star hotels, private buildings and shopping malls.
