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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A light aircraft crash-landed Friday in Kenya 's coastal Malindi County, killing three people on the ground, a local police official said. The three fatalities…
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — What began as a childhood hobby more than six decades ago has led to what might be Africa's largest butterfly collection in a suburb of Kenya's capital. Steve…
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights has raised concerns over the rising number of government critics who were apparently abducted as four people were…
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The Kenyan government on Thursday declared gender-based violence the nation's most pressing security threat, with 100 women killed in the past four months alone, most…
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Growing up on the semi-arid plains of eastern Kenya, Evans Munzaa had planned his future. He envisioned an information technology job, a wife and two children by age…
Robert Habeck (L), German Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection, and Musalia Mudavadi, Kenyan Prime Minister, attend the evening reception of the 5th German-African Business…
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The wife of Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye said Wednesday he was kidnapped in neighboring Kenya and is being held in a Ugandan military jail. Winnie…
Once regarded as a safe haven for refugees, Kenya is slowly becoming a hostile place for some of those seeking protection from political persecution and war, rights groups say. Their…
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s new deputy president has been sworn into office, two weeks after his predecessor was overwhelmingly voted out in an impeachment motion in parliament over…
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…
Four Turkish refugees have been repatriated from Kenya at the request of the Turkish government, Kenya's foreign ministry says. The statement comes after reports of multiple people being…
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The senate in Kenya briefly adjourned an impeachment hearing for the deputy president Thursday after he was hospitalized over an illness, according to his lawyers.…
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s deputy president, facing an impeachment motion in which he's accused of supporting anti-government protests in June and of being involved in corruption and…
A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond: From the BBC in Africa this week: Go to BBCAfrica.com for more news from the African continent. Follow…
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The rhino population across the world has increased slightly but so have the killings, mostly in South Africa, as poaching fed by huge demand for rhino horns remains…
Hundreds of passengers have been stranded at Kenya's main airport after workers went on strike in protest at a planned takeover by an Indian business group. Large queues formed outside…
A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond: From the BBC in Africa this week: Go to BBCAfrica.com for more news from the African continent. Follow…
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…
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Anti-government protesters in Kenya’s capital clashed with a pro-government group on Tuesday, leading to the burning of a motorcycle that belonged to people who were…
Kenyan police have banned protests in the centre of the capital, Nairobi, and surrounding areas “until further notice”, citing their leaderless nature that has made it difficult to enforce…
Anti-government protesters in Kenya have returned to the streets stepping up demands for President William Ruto to resign, despite his recent concessions. One man has been shot dead during…
