Africa: Kenya

Kenyan midfielder Victor Wanyama has donated sanitizing kits to needy families in his hometown of Nairobi to help combat to coronavirus outbreak. By Diane FALCONER (AFP/File)

Kenyan captain donates to coronavirus fight in Nairobi

5 hours ago

Kenyan national team captain Victor Wanyama, a Major League Soccer midfielder who spent the past seven seasons in the Pr ...

Mali, mired in an eight-year-old conflict, said two nationals who had returned from France tested positive for the virus. Here, a Malian researcher holds a sample to be tested at a research center in Bamako. By MICHELE CATTANI (AFP/File)

Virus hits war-ravaged Mali, Kenya orders curfew

Mar 25, 2020

Four countries led by war-ravaged Mali on Wednesday joined the lengthening list of African countries hit by the novel co ...

Clement Tulezi, head of the Kenya Flower Council, says the industry has been devastated by the coronavirus crisis. By patrick meinhardt (AFP)

'It's not rosy': Kenya's flowers rot amid virus sl...

Mar 25, 2020

On a Kenyan flower farm, workers stick to their daily schedule of cutting some of the world's finest roses. But inste ...

Kenyan health workers are making preparations for potential virus cases. By SIMON MAINA (AFP)

Coronavirus: Ethiopia, Kenya Confirm First Cases I...

Mar 13, 2020

Kenya and Ethiopia on Friday announced their first confirmed cases of coronavirus, as East Africa, which has so f ...

Kenya's health minister Mutahi Kagwe said a 27-year-old woman had become the first case of coronaviurs case in Kenya. By Yasuyoshi CHIBA (AFP)

Kenya confirms first case of coronavirus in East A...

Mar 13, 2020

Kenya announced Friday the first confirmed case of coronavirus in East Africa, as the region so far unscathed by the glo ...

A image by the Ishaqbini Hirola Community Conservancy shows the rare white giraffe and her calf in Kenya. By Handout (Caters News Agency/AFP/File)

Rare white giraffes killed by poachers in Kenya: c...

Mar 11, 2020

Kenya's only female white giraffe and her calf have been killed by poachers, conservationists said Tuesday, in a major b ...

From left, Her Excellency Mrs. Amira El-Fadil, Commissioner for Social Affairs for the African Union Commission, His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta, President of the Republic of Kenya and Chair of the African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA) and Dr. Abdourahmane Diallo, CEO of the RBM Partnership to End Malaria

African Leaders Malaria Alliance Chairman Presiden...

Mar 10, 2020

His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta, recently appointed Chair of the African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA), has ...

Kenya And Tanzania Lead On Animal Welfare Ranking ...

Mar 10, 2020

Factory farming, wildlife trafficking, and stray animal culling legislation have all come under the spotlight in ...

New Report Highlights Significant Gains From AfCFT...

Mar 9, 2020

Nairobi, 6 March 2010 (ECA)- The implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) in Eastern Af ...

Kenya has decided to ban the slaughter of donkeys for use in Chinese medicine. By TONY KARUMBA (AFP)

Kenya bans controversial donkey slaughter trade

Feb 27, 2020

Kenya has decided to ban the slaughter of donkeys for use in Chinese medicine, a practice condemned by animal rights act ...

EAPI Summit Forecasts Uptick In Kenyan Real Estate...

Feb 19, 2020

The real estate market is poised for an uptick in activity, according to East African Property Investment (EAPI) ...

Coal Plant Project In Kenya-Hazardous To Environme...

Feb 18, 2020

As the world migrates to clean energy production so as to reduce environmental degradation, environment experts in K ...

Daniel arap Moi, who towered over Kenya between 1978 and 2002, lay in state for three days in parliament, with tens of thousands of people filing past to pay their respects. By SULEIMAN MBATIAH (AFP/File)

Kenya mourns Moi with state funeral

Feb 11, 2020

Thousands of Kenyans on Tuesday gathered to mourn the country's longest serving leader, the hardline Daniel arap Moi, as ...

Waiting to get a last glimpse. By SIMON MAINA (AFP)

Kenyans queue to see body of Moi, country's longes...

Feb 9, 2020

Kenyans formed long queues on Sunday to glimpse the body of the country's longest-serving leader, Daniel arap Moi, lying ...

US President Donald Trump announced the opening of trade talks after meeting Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta at the White House. By NICHOLAS KAMM (AFP)

Trump announces US-Kenya trade talks after Kenyatt...

Feb 7, 2020

President Donald Trump announced the opening of US-Kenya trade talks on Thursday after meeting with President Uhuru Keny ...

Moi was praised for keeping Kenya a relative haven of peace during a chaotic period in east Africa. By SIMON MAINA (AFP/File)

Kenya to hold state funeral for Moi

Feb 6, 2020

Former Kenyan president Daniel arap Moi, who ruled the country with an iron fist between 1978 and 2002, will be honoured ...

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta speaks at the Atlantic Council in Washington. By Eric BARADAT (AFP)

Kenya leader warns against US, China rivalry in Af...

Feb 6, 2020

Kenya's president said Wednesday that African nations should be free to cooperate with both the United States and China, ...