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6 Feb
Prosecutors in Kenya are pursuing cult leader Paul Mackenzie Nthenge and more than two dozen associates. He allegedly told followers to starve themselves and their kids, claiming the apocalypse was near.
3 Feb
Kenya's President William Ruto says he will deploy police officers to Haiti on a mission to help the country with its fight against gangs, this despite a Nairobi court blocking the deployment last week.
3 Feb
The fire broke out at a gas refilling company in the Kenyan capital. More than 200 people have been injured, with at least three deaths, and the toll is expected to rise.
18 Jan
Kenyan cult leader Paul Mackenzie and 30 associates are expected to be formally charged with murder of the starvation deaths of 191 children in two weeks, after undergoing mental health assessments.
11 Jan
Visa or no visa to go to Kenya? President William Ruto advocates for a borderless Africa. But visa-free travel might have a price tag. Also, in an exclusive interview, Chad's interim Prime Minister Succès Masra talks about the need for a united country.
5 Jan
Nigeria widens the net to degrees earned in Kenya and Uganda as part of it's crackdown on fraudulent foreign certificates. Total puts former Beninese prime minister Lionel Zinsou at the head of land acquisition for its controversial multi billion dollar oil projects in Uganda and Tanzania. And more farmers in Tunisia turn to cultivating carob seeds.
3 Jan
Kenya boasts around 87% renewable energy generation, yet its citizens are left fumbling in the dark. Experts say frequent nationwide power outages in recent months show weaknesses in the system that need attention.
14 Dec
Between 1952 and 1960 in Kenya, the Mau Mau rebels who rose up against British rule faced a brutal crackdown that killed thousands of them. Left out of the history books for decades, these independence heroes are now fighting for recognition before the last survivors die out. Our correspondents report.
11 Dec
Kenya's President William Ruto is promoting the East African nation as a green energy champion but the country has a way to go.
29 Nov
Fans cheered the world's top 32 freestyle football athletes on as they took turns 'battling' each other for the world champion title in Kenya's capital city, Nairobi, on Saturday in an event organised by the World Freestyle Football Association.
29 Nov
Over generations, people in the Kenyan village of Gede have perfected the art of milking snakes. The tradition is essential for producing life-saving antivenom, without which many people can lose limbs if bitten by a snake.
19 Nov
Kenyan lawmakers try to side step court orders delaying plans for a police deployment to Haiti. More than 100 people, including 16 children, have died and over 700,000 forced out of their homes because of flash flooding in the Horn of Africa.

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