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  • Two men stand next to burning cars at the scene of an explosion at a hotel complex in Nairobi on 15 January 2019. Picture: AFP

    Ramaphosa condemns deadly Nairobi terror attack

    Militant group al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for Tuesday's attack at the dusitD2 Hotel in the capital Nairobi.

    1309 days ago
  • Kenyan security forces help people to escape after a bomb blast at DusitD2 hotel in Nairobi, Kenya, on 15 January 2019. Picture: AFP

    Kenyan president says Nairobi attackers 'eliminated', 14 victims

    At least two groups of people remained in the hotel and business complex at nearly 7am on Wednesday, a first responder told Reuters.

    1309 days ago
  • Kenyan special forces take position outside a hotel complex following an explosion in Nairobi's Westlands suburb on 15 January 2019, in Kenya. Picture: AFP

    Another explosion, gunfire heard in Nairobi after deadly hotel attack

    The gunfire came not long after dozens of survivors who had been trapped in the DusitD2 Hotel overnight were freed.

    1309 days ago
  • People wait to be evacuated after a bomb blast from the office block attached to DusitD2 hotel in Nairobi, Kenya, on 15 January 2019. Picture: AFP

    Kenyans, tourists left shaken in wake of deadly Nairobi hotel attack

    At least 15 people have been killed after al-Shabaab gunmen attacked an upmarket hotel complex on Tuesday afternoon.

    1309 days ago
  • A woman is evacuated from the scene of an explosion at a hotel complex in Nairobi's Westlands suburb on 15 January 2019, in Kenya. Picture: AFP

    [UPDATE] Gunmen kill 15 in Kenya hotel compound attack claimed by al-Shabaab

    Police warned the 'terror attack,' which echoed a 2013 assault on a Nairobi shopping center, may be ongoing, with assailants still inside the upscale 14 Riverside Drive complex.

    1310 days ago
  • People wait to be evacuated after a bomb blast from the office block attached to DusitD2 hotel in Nairobi, Kenya, on 15 January 2019. Picture: AFP

    Five bodies seen in Nairobi hotel attack: AFP photographer

    The photographer saw five bodies slumped over tables on a restaurant terrace in the complex, which was hit in an attack claimed by al-Shabaab Islamists.

    1310 days ago
  • A woman reacts as she leaves the scene of an explosion at a hotel complex in Nairobi's Westlands suburb on 15 January 2019, in Kenya. Picture: AFP

    Attack in Kenya capital kills one, wounds four - hospital

    The five patients were brought to MP Shah Hospital and one of them died, said Toseef Din, the facility’s chief operating officer.

    1310 days ago
  • Kenyan special forces take position outside a hotel complex following an explosion in Nairobi's Westlands suburb on 15 January 2019, in Kenya. Picture: AFP

    Gunshots heard in upscale complex in Kenyan capital - witnesses

    The Nairobi police commander Philip Ndolo said they had cordoned off the area around Riverside Drive due to a suspected robbery.

    1310 days ago
  • A camel pictured on a beach in Kenya. Picture: pixabay.com

    Kenya's earnings from tourism surge 31.2% in 2018

    Along with tea exports and cash sent home by Kenyans living abroad, tourism is one of the top sources of hard currency for the East African nation.

    1318 days ago
  • Kenya's new 20-shilling coin. Picture: @CBKKenya/Twitter

    'Big change': Kenya replaces leaders with animals on new coins

    President Uhuru Kenyatta says this shows his country has a come a long way.

    1344 days ago
  • The Maasai Mara in Kenya. Picture: Christa Eybers/EWN

    [OPINION] Inside the wonder and majesty of the Maasai Mara

    Christa Eybers’ week on the banks of the Mara River in Kenya transformed her view of nature and what life should be all about.

    1351 days ago
  • Maasai tribe members gather around a bonfire. Picture: Christa Eybers/EWN

    [WATCH] Meeting a Maasai warrior

    EWN’s Christa Eybers spent a week in the Maasai Mara in Kenya and learnt more about the Maasai people, how they become warriors and all about the jumping.

    1351 days ago
  • Kenya's National Treasury building is pictured in Nairobi, Kenya, on 14 June 2018. Picture: Supplied

    Kenya Treasury sees 2019/20 budget deficit at 4.7% of GDP

    He said the government was likely to spend $27.40 billion in the next fiscal year, up from a revised approximate $1.81 trillion this financial year.

    1352 days ago
  • Kenyan flag. Picture: AFP

    Gunmen kidnap Italian woman in southeast Kenya

    Three children were reported injured, with one, a 10-year-old boy, shot in the eye, according to police.

    1365 days ago
  • The Confederation of African Football. Picture: Official CAF Facebook Page.

    Kenya loses appeal to play in women's Cup of Nations

    Kenya appealed to the Switzerland-based court to force the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to keep their women's team, the Starlets, in the competition.

    1370 days ago
  • Picture: Stock.xchng.

    A precarious haven: Africa's LGBT+ refugees teeter on the brink in Kenya

    Largely forgotten, say campaigners, are the hundreds of LGBT+ refugees - predominantly from Uganda - forced to live in the shadows and pushed to the brink due to a lack of protection.

    1385 days ago
  • Africa leaders gathering for a photo call ahead of the 30th African Union summit in Addis Ababa. Picture: @_AfricanUnion/Twitter

    Africa governance gains hampered by security, job fears: study

    The annual Ibrahim Index of African Governance, which is watched closely by the continent's governments, also pointed to a deteriorating business climate and poor job creation.

    1388 days ago
  • A villager shows his mobile phone's monitor displaying a message confirming the universal basic income transaction, 2,250 shillings per month (19.5 euros), in Bondo region, western Kenya. The American NGO Give Directly has introduced the universal basic income in October 2016, as part of a large-scale study over a period of twelve years in a region chosen for its poverty, stability and efficiency of a telephone money transfer system used in Kenya. Picture: AFP

    In Kenya, free cash is the latest solution to poverty

    Molly began receiving a no-strings, fixed monthly donation of 2,250 shillings ($22, 19 euros) two years ago, and since then 'everything has changed', she says.

    1389 days ago
  • A video screengrab showing former Kenyan sports minister Hassan Wario. Picture: YouTube.

    Kenyan ex-sports minister charged over Rio Olympics graft

    Kenya's on-field achievements in Rio were blighted by allegations of corruption among Kenyan team leaders and senior government officials.

    1398 days ago
  • Picture: Facebook.

    Kenya's ex-sports minister to be charged over Rio Olympics graft

    An investigation had laid the blame on Hassan Wario, the sports minister at the time, and five other former senior officials.

    1403 days ago
  • Emergency personnel and security forces inspect the wreckage of a bus at the site of an accident in Kericho, western Kenya, on 10 October 2018. Picture: AFP.

    [UPDATE] Kenya bus crash kills 51

    According to police, the bus was travelling from Nairobi to the western town of Kakamega and carrying 52 passengers.

    1407 days ago
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