Africa: Kenya

On patrol: Nairobi police during the curfew. By Yasuyoshi CHIBA (AFP)

Kenya charges police officer over teenager's murder

Jun 23, 2020

A court in Kenya on Tuesday charged a police officer with the murder of a 13-year-old boy in a Nairobi slum as authoriti ...

Protest: Residents of Mathare demonstrate against police violence. By TONY KARUMBA (AFP)

Kenyans march in capital against police violence

Jun 8, 2020

Around 200 people turned out Monday for a protest in a poor Nairobi neighbourhood against police violence linked to the ...

Kenya Beats Angola To Become Africa’s Third-Larges...

Jun 6, 2020

According to new estimates from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kenya rsquo;s economy has surpassed that o ...

A mural of George Floyd, whose US police killing has sparked worldwide protests against police brutality, in Nairobi's Kibera slum. By Gordwin ODHIAMBO (AFP/File)

Kenyan police have killed 15 since start of virus ...

Jun 5, 2020

Kenyan police have been involved in the killing of 15 people since the country put a nighttime curfew in place in March ...

Monster problem: A Greenpeace protest against single-use plastic packaging outside a Nestle food plant in Nairobi last year. By Yasuyoshi CHIBA (AFP)

Kenya bans single-use plastics in protected areas

Jun 5, 2020

Kenya on World Environment Day barred all single-use plastics such as water bottles and straws from its national parks, ...

Kenya faces a severe shock from the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic, the IMF said. By SIMON MAINA (AFP/File)

Kenya, Uganda latest to receive IMF help against p...

May 7, 2020

The IMF on Wednesday approved a $739 million emergency loan for Kenya and $491.5 million for Uganda, as the East African ...

Flooding in Kenya late last year. Similarly deadly rainfall has returned, killing 194 people, the government says. By STRINGER (AFP/File)

Kenya floods have killed nearly 200 in past month:...

May 6, 2020

Heavy rains in Kenya have caused floods and landslides that have left 194 dead and destroyed crops since the deluge bega ...

Kenya bans night prayers for Muslims during Ramada...

Apr 28, 2020

Muslim faithful in Kenya are marking the holy month of Ramadan under tight government restrictions aimed at curbing the ...

Fears Of Total Lockdown Looms Major Towns With Hig...

Apr 25, 2020

Kenya s living in major cities in the countries are living in fears of a total lockdown following the daily surging numb ...

A Fish Vendor Awaits Fishermen Along Mtwapa Beach In Coastal Kenya

Mombasa: Dusk To Dawn Curfew Affects Kenya’s Local...

Apr 24, 2020

As Kenya continues to implement dusk to dawn curfew as well as travel restrictions into and out of counties most aff ...

On patrol: Police in central Nairobi during the 7pm-5am curfew. By Yasuyoshi CHIBA (AFP)

HRW slams Kenyan police 'brutality' during virus c...

Apr 22, 2020

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday accused Kenyan police of killing at least six people and beating and extorting oth ...

A man in mandatory quarantine in Kenya holds a sign reading

Anger as forced quarantine extended in Kenya

Apr 8, 2020

Hundreds of people held under mandatory quarantine in Kenya after returning from abroad are up in arms after the governm ...

Kipsang, seen here at the Berlin Marathon in 2018, spent the night in jail for breaking Kenya's curfew. By John MACDOUGALL (AFP)

Kenya marathon star Kipsang held for breaking viru...

Apr 3, 2020

Kenya's former world marathon record holder Wilson Kipsang spent the night in jail after being arrested drinking and pla ...

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 Nai...

Mar 28, 2020

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 ...

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