Kenya

Fire rips through Kenya boarding school dormitory, killing 17 boys

NAIROBI (Reuters) -A fire killed 17 boys when it ripped through the dormitory in which they were sleeping at a…

Suspected Kenyan serial killer confesses to murdering and dismembering 42 women

By Rose TROUP BUCHANAN NAIROBI, July 16, 2024 (AFP) - A Kenyan court on Tuesday ordered a man who police…

Kenya police say eight bodies found in Nairobi dumpsite

By Tanya WILLMER NAIROBI, July 14, 2024 (AFP) - Eight female bodies have been recovered so far from a dumpsite…

‘The people have spoken’: Kenya’s Ruto pulls finance bill after protest deaths

By Dylan GAMBA NAIROBI, June 26, 2024 (AFP) - Kenyan President William Ruto said Wednesday that a bill containing contentious…

Planes collide mid-air killing two in Kenya

NAIROBI, March 5, 2024 (AFP) - A student pilot and instructor died on Tuesday when their aircraft collided with a…

Three dead, 280 injured in huge Kenya blaze

By Dylan GAMBA, Ammu KANNAMPILLY NAIROBI, Feb 2, 2024 (AFP) - A truck laden with gas canisters exploded in a…

Kenya cult leader faces mental health tests before murder charges

MALINDI, Kenya, Jan 17, 2024 (AFP) - A Kenyan court on Wednesday gave prosecutors two weeks to conduct mental health…

70 perish in Kenya flood ’emergency’: Ruto

NAIROBI, Nov 25, 2023 (AFP) - Seventy people have perished in widespread flooding in Kenya that has also driven tens…

Heavy rain in Kenya affects tens of thousands, disrupts cargo

NAIROBI, Nov 19, 2023 (AFP) - Kenya on Sunday said tens of thousands of people across the country had been…

King Charles visits Kenya as colonial past looms large

By Hillary ORINDE, Tanya WILLMER NAIROBI, Oct 31, 2023 (AFP) - King Charles III begins a state visit to Kenya…

In Africa first, Uber launches electric motorcycles in Kenya

Uber has announced the launch of electric motorcyle taxis in the Kenyan capital Nairobi in what it says is a…

Relief and despair: repeal of logging ban divides Kenya

By Nick Perry But conservationists were dismayed at the announcement in July by President William Ruto, who had cast himself…

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