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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Decorated Kenyan track and field star Faith…
Police in Kenya have arrested a man carrying a mutilated corpse in his backpack, which he reportedly said belonged to his 19-year-old wife. Officers came across 29-year-old John Kiama…
Four young Kenyan men who went missing just before the Christmas holidays have been found alive, family members and rights groups say. Kenya has been gripped by a wave of disappearances,…
Kenyan photographer Jacktone Odhiambo has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for murdering his housemate, LGBTQ+ activist Edwin Kiprotich Kipruto, popularly known as Edwin Chiloba,…
Amid ongoing tension between Kenya's church leaders and President William Ruto, a video has resurfaced online claiming to show the late Daniel arap Moi, the country’s second president and…
Prominent Kenyan human rights activist Boniface Mwangi has been detained by police on charges of inciting violence after six masked individuals forcibly took him from his home, his wife…
Kenya's Senate is set to vote on whether to remove Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua from office at the end of the second day of his impeachment trial. The deputy president is on Thursday…
Kenya's parliament has begun the final step to remove Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua from office. An overwhelming majority voted in the National Assembly last week to approve his…
KILIFI, Kenya (AP) — Dozens rallied against a proposal to build Kenya's first nuclear power plant in one of the country's top coastal tourist hubs which also houses a forest on the…
Kenyan MPs are due to vote on whether to impeach Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua in a political row that has gripped the nation following his recent fallout with President William Ruto.…
Screenshot of the false Facebook post, taken October 7, 2024 It circulated online after a devastating fire on a Thai school bus killed at least 23 people, police said (archived link). The…
The News NAIROBI — Kenya’s athletics community is grappling with cases of domestic violence against female athletes. Recent deaths and injuries at the hands of abusive partners have…
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haitian forces working with police sent from Kenya have launched a joint operation to oust criminal gangs from one of the roughest neighborhoods of Haiti's…
Eight police officers in Kenya have been suspended on suspicion of helping a suspected serial killer escape from custody, police have said. In July police said Collins Jumaisi Khalusha had…
When Roberto Macri built his luxury hotel in the Kenyan coastal village of Kipini, it was about 100m (330ft) away from the beautiful waters of the Indian Ocean. For nearly two decades his…
Influential bloggers in Kenya and Nigeria said key political players regularly hired their services to operate fake accounts, sway public opinion and fan tensions during elections. Kenya…
Kenya’s President William Ruto must be feeling punch-drunk - after suffering another blow to his plans to raise taxes for his cash-strapped, debt-burdened government. After the recent…
For over a month, Kenya has seen anti-government protests that rights groups say have been met with disproportionate use of force by police. Amid this political crisis, a set of images…
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s president on Wednesday incorporated the opposition in his new Cabinet, appointing four ministers from the main opposition party in a bid to form a broad-based…
A screenshot of the false Nigerian X post, taken on July 16, 2024 “Kenyan parliamentarians, after running for their lives ended up eating in the bush,” reads part of the caption. According…
Kenyan police have freed a veteran journalist after “mistakenly” arresting him at a police station and dramatically pushing him into a private vehicle. Macharia Gaitho said he was trailed…
In Kenya, the youth protests against planned tax increases have served as a wake-up call for the Church. They’ve shaken up a powerful institution, in a country where more than 80% of the…
Kenyan President William Ruto has dismissed with "immediate effect" all his ministers and the attorney-general, following the recent deadly protests that led to the withdrawal of an…
