Kenya : police clash with marchers in Nairobi
Violence has erupted once again in Kenya. At least 11 people have been killed in protests, the latest in a wave of anti-government rallies that began last year. Demonstrations marked the 35th…
Confronting a surge in femicides in Kenya
The brutal murder of Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei in September 2024 brought renewed global attention to a silent epidemic in Kenya: femicide and other forms of violence against women. With nearly 100…
Kenya’s Sengwer community refuses to leave Embobut forest
Kenya's Sengwer community is one of the last to live in the Embobut Forest, in the North Rift Valley. But the government accuses this Indigenous people of damaging the forest and has…
Kenya sends more troops to Haiti to fight gang violence
Kenyan President William Ruto said the plan is eventually to send 2,500 police officers to Haiti under the UN-backed mission.…
Kenya plane crash near Malindi airport kills three – aviation authority
A light aircraft crash near Malindi airport in Kenya on Friday (January 10) killed three people on the ground while all three on board survived, aviation authorities said.…
Kenya: five abducted youths freed amid uproar
Four young Kenyan men who disappeared last month in a spate of abductions targeting government critics were freed on Monday, local media and rights groups said.The kidnappings have dominated news and political…
Why abductions in Kenya pose a threat to national security
At least 82 Kenyans have disappeared since protests began in June, including six in the past two weeks. Many people in Kenya fear that the ongoing abductions pose a serious threat to…
Police in Kenya fire teargas to disperse protesters
Police in Kenya's capital Nairobi fired teargas to disperse protesters demonstrating on Monday (December 30) against what they say is a wave of unexplained abductions of government critics, Reuters witnesses said.…
Nubians in Kenya preserve their culture amidst displacement, colonial history
Sudanese settlers in Nairobi, Kenya - the Nubians - are committed to maintaining their cultural heritage, despite the hardships of displacement and colonial history.…
Kenya scraps airport, power deals with Adani after US fraud indictment
Kenya's president has announced the cancellation of two major infrastructure deals with India's Adani Group, after US prosecutors charged its founder Gautam Adani and his associates with fraud over a 250 million…
Ugandan opposition politician kidnapped in Kenya, his wife says
Veteran Ugandan opposition politician Kizza Besigye was kidnapped during a book launch in Kenya at the weekend, transferred to Uganda and is being held at a military jail in the capital, his…