NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyans on Tuesday voted in large numbers in an election that pits President Uhuru Kenyatta against challenger Raila Odinga in this East African economic hub known for its relative, long-term stability as well as the ethnic allegiances that shadow its democracy. Voters formed long lines at many polling stations before dawn, […]
Kenya Moore hinted that Bravo won’t be taking her peach just yet. Ever since Kenya said “I do” during a secret beach wedding last month–far away from Bravo cameras–there has been speculation that she may be getting booted from The Real Housewives of Atlanta for her stunt. Supposedly, producers have tried to threaten her to bring […]
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Once again, questions are swirling about Kenyan runners and doping, this time at the biggest event of all: the Olympics. Kenya said Sunday it would send its track and field manager home from the Rio de Janeiro Games on the first available flight and show “no mercy” following newspaper allegations […]
Many people decide to spend their time working and volunteering in other countries, such as Kenya and it usually turns out to be a rewarding and memorable experience for all involved. Unfortunately, the many expatriate workers and volunteers who travel to Kenya each year to help are being demanded to leave the country and return […]
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The Kenyan government will close Dadaab refugee camp, which has hundreds of thousands of Somali refugees and is often referred to as the world’s largest camp, the East African country’s interior security minister said Wednesday. The decision has been condemned by domestic and international rights groups and organizations dealing with refugees. […]
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Rescuers found four survivors Thursday in the rubble of an apartment building that collapsed six days ago amid heavy rains in the Kenyan capital, raising hopes that more people might still be alive in a disaster that has left dozens dead and missing. The first to be rescued was a pregnant […]
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A fake explosive rigged with cardboard, sheets of paper and a household timer forced an Air France flight into an emergency landing in Kenya on Sunday, sending hundreds of passengers down emergency slides in what the airline’s CEO said was the fourth bomb hoax against the airline in recent weeks. The […]
GARISSA, Kenya (AP) — Al-Shabab gunmen rampaged through a university in northeastern Kenya at dawn Thursday, killing 147 people in the group’s deadliest attack in the East African country. Four militants were slain by security forces to end the siege just after dusk. The masked attackers — strapped with explosives and armed with AK-47s — […]
7:10 p.m. (1610 GMT, 12:10 p.m. EDT) Kenyan Interior Minister Joseph Nkaissery says that more than 70 people have been killed in an attack by Somali-based Islamic extremists on a college in northeast Kenya. Nkaissery said that 79 people were wounded in the attack Thursday and four suspected attackers have been killed. He told reporters […]
The White House announced Monday that President Barack Obama will make his first trip to his father’s native Kenya as President this summer. Obama will travel to Kenya in July for bilateral meetings and the 2015 Global Entrepreneurship Summit, an annual conference that connects entrepreneurs with business leaders, international organizations, and governments, reports CNN. “His […]
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan police Monday tear-gassed schoolchildren demonstrating against the removal of their school’s playground, which has been allegedly grabbed by a powerful politician, said a Kenyan human rights activist. The students from Langata Road Primary School were in the front line of people pulling down a wall erected around the playground which […]
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The grainy mobile phone video shows a mob of Kenyan men surround a woman and grab, grasp and yank her clothes until she is naked. Several such videos have emerged recently of attacks by males who deem a woman to be provocatively dressed. The attacks have created a groundswell of anger […]
