Africa: Kenya

Mombasa is at the centre of the African aviation industry this week as the city hosts the three-day Routes Africa forum.

Dec 9, 2019

The African aviation market will grow to over 356 million passengers by 2038, according to International Air Transport A ...

Onlookers swarmed the twisted ruins of the six-floor building, using their bare hands to pull out injured people. By Simon MAINA (AFP)

Three dead in building collapse in Kenyan capital

Dec 6, 2019

Three people died Friday and many more were feared trapped after a residential building collapsed in the Kenyan capital ...

What kind of just transition is needed to shape a ...

Dec 3, 2019

In this article, Robert Muthami, Programme Coordinator of FES Kenya, explores Kenya rsquo;s current efforts and posit ...

A man carrying a gun walks past cattle in the town of Udier, South Sudan in March 2019. By SIMON MAINA (AFP/File)

Kenya, Uganda fail to enforce S. Sudan sanctions: ...

Nov 26, 2019

Kenya and Uganda failed to enforce sanctions on their war-stricken neighbour South Sudan, including an arms embargo and ...

Once were rivals: President Uhuru Kenyatta, left, and opposition leader Raila Odinga at an annual prayer breakfast for national unity in May 2018.. By Evans OUMA (AFP)

Kenya report suggests PM post, reforms, to tackle ...

Nov 26, 2019

A Kenyan taskforce has recommended the creation of posts for a prime minister and an official opposition leader, among w ...

The agreement followed a meeting between President Uhuru Kenyatta (R) and his Somali counterpart, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed (L). By SIMON MAINA (AFP/File)

Kenya, Somalia, agree to normalise ties after tens...

Nov 15, 2019

Kenya and Somalia have agreed to normalise relations and start reissuing travel visas to each other's citizens after a ...

The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) told the summit $222 billion (202 billion euros) would be needed to achieve targets on family planning, maternal deaths and gender-based violence by 2030.. By STEFAN HEUNIS (AFP)

Donors promise $10bn for women's health at Kenya s...

Nov 14, 2019

Governments, corporations and charities have pledged $10 billion to improve women's health during a global summit that e ...

The verdant tea fields of Kenya's Kericho, where British colonisers forced The Kipsigis and Talai peoples from their land in the 1930s. By TONY KARUMBA (AFP)

Kenyans say UK stole land for tea, push for UN inq...

Oct 30, 2019

Kibore Cheruiyot Ngasura was just a small boy when his family was violently expelled from their ancestral land in Kenya' ...

15 percent of pesticide products in Kenya are fake

Agricultural industry alliance supports government...

Oct 23, 2019

Nairobi, Kenya - An alliance of agricultural growers rsquo; organisations has today announced its support for pro ...

Agric Industry Alliance Supports Govt’s New Pestic...

Oct 23, 2019

An alliance of agricultural growers rsquo; organisations has today announced its support for proposed government legisla ...

Kenya Takes Vital Step Against Cervical Cancer

Oct 19, 2019

Mombasa, 18 October 2019 ndash; With President Uhuru Kenyatta leading the way, Kenya today joins an increasing n ...

President Kenyatta defends 'bridge' to connect wit...

Oct 18, 2019

Kenyatta's historic handshake with longtime rival and opposition leader Raila Odinga triggered a vicious power struggle ...

Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge will attempt to break the two-hour barrier on the October 12, 2019 marathon in Vienna. By ALEX HALADA (AFP)

Kenya's Kipchoge starts race to bust two-hour mara...

Oct 12, 2019

Accompanied by seven pacemakers, Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge started running Saturday in his quest to bust the mythical two-h ...

Kenya's Kipchoge in race to bust 2-hour marathon b...

Oct 12, 2019

He has compared it to aiming to be the first man to land on the moon. Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge is preparing to bust the ...

Kenyan Airports Authority firefighters respond to a Silverstone Air aircraft, with 50 passengers and 5 crew members on board, that overran the runway on takeoff at Wilson Airport, in Nairobi. By SIMON MAINA (AFP)

Nine hurt as Kenyan plane veers off runway

Oct 11, 2019

An aircraft flying 55 people from Kenya's capital to tourist attraction Lamu island veered off the runway during takeoff ...

Kenyan ex-death row prisoner campaigns against dea...

Oct 11, 2019

A former death row prisoner has spoken out against capital punishment on the 17th

Kenya to host symposium on strengthening capacitie...

Oct 9, 2019

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, October 9, 2019 (ECA) ndash; Kenya will next week host a three-day symposium on Strengthening Ca ...