Kenya

More than a dozen injured in stampede at state funeral for Kenyan opposition leader Odinga

October 17, 2025 7:43 pm

London became a global hub for phone theft. Now we know why.

October 15, 2025 3:56 pm

The scale of the crime has gone beyond the pick-pocketing familiar to London since before Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist made it famous.

Ex-Kenya PM Raila Odinga dies of cardiac arrest in Kerala, PM Modi mourns his death

October 15, 2025 3:58 pm

Odinga collapsed during a morning walk within the premises of the Ayurvedic facility and was rushed to a private hospital in Koothattukulam, where he was pronounced dead.

Outrage in Kenya as Spanish tourist films himself pouring beer into elephant’s trunk: ‘This should never have happened’

August 30, 2025 1:30 pm

According to a BBC report, the incident occurred at Ol Jogi Conservancy in central Kenya's Laikipia County last year but came to light recently after Kenyans slammed the tourist.

6 killed in air ambulance crash just outside Kenya's capital

August 07, 2025 10:23 pm

AMREF Flying Doctors said that the mid-size jet, a Cessna Citation XLS, took off from an airport in Nairobi and was heading to the territory of Somaliland when it crashed.

At least 400 bodies buried, brainwashing and more: What was Kenya’s ‘doomsday’ starvation cult?

July 31, 2025 6:21 pm

Paul Mackenzie, a pastor from Kenya, was at the centre of one of the all-time worst cult-related incidents, which came to light in 2023. Here is what to know.

Gen Z leads Kenya’s 'Saba Saba March' against tax hikes and police brutality

July 14, 2025 10:41 am

On July 7 every year, Kenyans honor the pro-democracy uprising of 1990. However, this year’s protests over heightened taxes and corruption were met with live ammunition, mass arrests, and shoot-on-sight orders.

5 from Kerala killed in Kenya bus accident

June 11, 2025 3:37 am

The Indian embassy in Qatar posted on X: “A group of 28 Indians from Qatar were visiting Kenya, where their bus met with an unfortunate road accident yesterday

Kenya court fines four men for trafficking over 5,000 queen ants

May 07, 2025 6:28 pm

Magistrate Njeri Thuku said the ants would fetch in excess of 800,000 euros or $900,000 online in Europe, Asia, and parts of North America

Watch: Shoe thrown at Kenyan President during rally

May 05, 2025 3:01 pm

Kenya’s Interior Minister Kipchumba Murkomen confirmed that three individuals had been arrested in connection with the incident.

Scenes from Kenya's protest against tax hike

June 26, 2024 5:02 am

‘If they die, we all die’: Drought kills in Kenya

November 08, 2021 6:31 pm

As world leaders address a global climate summit in Glasgow, pastoralists in Kenya watch their beloved animals suffer from lack of water and food.

Kenya's ivory pyre to spread awareness about elephant poaching

April 29, 2016 1:08 pm

Around a dozen ivory pyres were set in preparation for it to be torched on Saturday to encourage global efforts to help stop the poaching of elephants and rhinos.

Obama's homecoming: President returns to Kenya, reunites with Father's family

July 25, 2015 11:36 am

Barack Obama is traveling on a two-nation African tour where he will become the the first sitting US president to visit Kenya and Ethiopia.

Kenya marks first anniversary of Westgate Mall Attack

September 22, 2014 5:12 pm

Kenya is marking one year since four gunmen stormed the upscale Westgate Mall in Nairobi.