News: Kenya

We have started to collect the most important news related to Kenya in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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Kenya: news

Search for Nairobi collapse survivors

Saturday, April 30th 2016, 12:21
related places: Nairobi

Rescuers in the Kenyan capital Nairobi are searching for people feared trapped after the collapse of a residential building in heavy rain.
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VIDEO: Six-storey building collapses in Kenya

Saturday, April 30th 2016, 4:11
related places: Nairobi

A six-storey building collapses in Nairobi in Kenya, after heavy rains and flooding across the country.
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Kenyan call to stamp out ivory trade

Friday, April 29th 2016, 16:02

President Kenyatta of Kenya urges action to end Africa's illegal trade in ivory as he prepares to host a summit on saving elephants from extinction.
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Kenya's controversial ex-first lady dies

Tuesday, April 26th 2016, 11:35
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: London

Kenya's controversial former first lady, Lucy Kibaki, dies in a London hospital where she was being treated for an undisclosed illness.
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Uganda picks Tanzania for oil pipeline

Saturday, April 23rd 2016, 16:52
related countries: Tanzania

Uganda says it will build a pipeline to export its oil through Tanzania, instead of Kenya, with security said to have been a factor in the decision.
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Free cancer therapy for 400 Ugandans

Tuesday, April 19th 2016, 13:23
related countries: Uganda

A Kenyan hospital is to provide free cancer treatment to 400 patients from Uganda as the neighbouring country's only radiotherapy machine has broken.
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Kissing scene in Coca-Cola ad banned

Wednesday, April 13th 2016, 15:37

Kenya's film classification board forces Coca-Cola to edit out a kissing scene in a TV advert for "violating family values".
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Taiwanese 'under China jurisdiction'

Wednesday, April 13th 2016, 10:12
related countries: China

China claims jurisdiction over a group of Taiwanese who it deported from Kenya after they were accused of a massive telecoms fraud.
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Taiwanese 'forced on to plane to China'

Tuesday, April 12th 2016, 12:30
related countries: China, Taiwan

The authorities in Taiwan accuse Kenya of using guns and tear gas to force 37 Taiwanese on to a plane bound for mainland China.
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Run on Kenya bank forces it to close

Thursday, April 7th 2016, 17:16

A retail bank in Kenya is placed under receivership and its branches are shut, making it the third bank to run into difficulties in the last year.
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ICC throws out case against Kenya's Ruto

Tuesday, April 5th 2016, 20:47

The International Criminal Court throws out the case against Kenya's deputy president, accused of organising violence after the disputed 2007 election.
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Dismissal of Ruto case huge blow to ICC

Tuesday, April 5th 2016, 20:22

Hague court's decision on Kenya divides opinion
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Kenyans remember Garissa massacre

Saturday, April 2nd 2016, 19:10
related places: Garissa

People across Kenya are marking the first anniversary of the massacre of 148 people at Garissa University by al-Shabab militants.
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Whistling stops Kenyan leader's speech

Thursday, March 31st 2016, 20:31

Loud whistling interrupts Kenyan President Kenyatta's parliamentary annual state of the nation address as opposition MPs protest about corruption.
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Medal for Kenyan Muslim bus hero

Thursday, March 31st 2016, 18:02

A Muslim teacher in Kenya who protected Christians on a bus after it was attacked by Islamist militants is posthumously honoured for his bravery.
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VIDEO: Kenya lion shot dead after escape

Wednesday, March 30th 2016, 16:18
related places: Nairobi

Rangers have killed a lion on the outskirts of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, after it strayed out of the nearby national park.
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Letter from Africa: Doctors take on traditional healers in Kenya

Wednesday, March 23rd 2016, 1:00

How Kenyan medics are fighting back against 'quacks'
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British plane spotters fined in Kenya

Monday, March 21st 2016, 11:09
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Nairobi

Four British plane spotters in Kenya are ordered to pay £1,400 ($2,000) or face a year in jail for trespassing at an airport in Nairobi.
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Escaped lion attacks elderly man in Kenya

Friday, March 18th 2016, 15:57
related places: Nairobi

A 63-year-old Kenyan man is hospitalised after he was attacked by a lion wandering along a busy road in the capital, Nairobi.
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VIDEO: How Kenya's 'gay love' video ban backfired

Friday, March 11th 2016, 13:30

When Kenyan censors tried to ban a gay pride music video they inadvertently ended up giving the song a larger audience.
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VIDEO: Elephant rescued from well in Kenya

Tuesday, March 8th 2016, 16:11

An elephant has been freed after becoming stuck in deep mud in central Kenya.
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US man jailed for abusing Kenyan orphans

Tuesday, March 8th 2016, 10:52
related countries: United States

A 21-year-old ex-US missionary is sentenced to 40 year in jail by an US court for sexually abusing children at an orphanage in Kenya's capital.
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Porn ring behind Kenya 'sex party'

Monday, March 7th 2016, 13:07
related places: Nairobi

An international pornography ring was behind a controversial sex party that was planned for Saturday in Nairobi, Kenya's film board says.
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Are laptops more important than desks in Kenya's schools?

Thursday, March 3rd 2016, 10:17

But many Kenyan schoolchildren still lack desks
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Al-Shabab killed '180 Kenyan troops'

Thursday, February 25th 2016, 14:03
related countries: Somalia

Somalia's president says 180 Kenyan troops were killed when militant Islamists attacked their base in southern Somalia last month - a figure denied by Kenya.
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Pilot denies assaulting Kenyan officer

Wednesday, February 24th 2016, 11:44

The pilot filmed pushing a Kenyan policewoman who failed to stop people crowding round his helicopter denies assault charge.
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Escaped lion alert in Kenya's capital

Friday, February 19th 2016, 17:13
related places: Nairobi

Kenya's capital, Nairobi, is on alert after several lions escaped from a nearby national park overnight and strayed into the city.
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Al-Shabab intelligence chief 'killed'

Thursday, February 18th 2016, 11:06
related countries: Somalia

A Kenyan air strike kills the intelligence chief of Somalia's militant Islamist group al-Shabab, an army statement says.
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Top Kenyan wins key war crimes ruling

Friday, February 12th 2016, 20:17

International judges in the case of Kenyan Vice-President William Ruto disallow the use of recanted witness statements.
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Kenya misses athletics doping deadline

Thursday, February 11th 2016, 20:15

Kenya misses a deadline to prove to the World Anti-Doping Agency it is tackling cheating in athletics.
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Kenya casino gambler 'stoned to death'

Tuesday, February 9th 2016, 12:04
related places: Nairobi

A gambler is stoned to death by fellow players at a casino in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, after killing two of its employees in a row over a $300 (£210) loss, police say.
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Kenya could miss Rio over Zika fears

Tuesday, February 9th 2016, 9:52
related countries: Brazil

Kenya could pull out of the Rio Olympics if the Zika virus in Brazil reaches epidemic levels, says Kenya's Olympic committee.
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Kenya refuses to register atheists

Thursday, February 4th 2016, 12:01

A group of Kenyan atheists say they have suffered "blatant discrimination" after the authorities refused to register their society saying it could affect the "peace" in Kenya.
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Kenya investigates Uber attacks

Tuesday, February 2nd 2016, 19:13
related places: Nairobi

Kenyan police launch an investigation after a spate of attacks on Uber drivers in the capital, Nairobi.
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VIDEO: Kenya attempts to revive tourism industry

Wednesday, January 27th 2016, 20:26

Security issues in Kenya and the region have had a serious impact on the country's tourism, BBC News looks at attempts to revive the industry.
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Top Kenyan judge probed over '$2m bribe'

Wednesday, January 27th 2016, 13:24

Kenya begins a judicial inquiry into allegations that a Supreme Court judge accepted a $2m (£1.4m) bribe to influence a judgement, which he denies.
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Kenya crackdown on 'pimped up' taxis

Monday, January 25th 2016, 15:37
related places: Nairobi

Matatus, the vibrant minibus taxis used by so many Kenyans to navigate the capital Nairobi, face a crackdown from regulators.
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Kenya military 'warned' over Somalia attack

Friday, January 22nd 2016, 10:37
related countries: Somalia

Kenyan forces in Somalia were warned of an impending al-Shabab attack 45 days before the group overran one of their bases, a Somali general says.
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Ancient 'massacre' unearthed in Kenya

Thursday, January 21st 2016, 15:29

Archaeologists say they have unearthed the earliest evidence of warfare between hunter-gatherers, at a site in northern Kenya.
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Kenya police kill 'four terror suspects'

Wednesday, January 20th 2016, 17:02
related places: Malindi

Four terror suspects in Kenya are killed during a raid in the coastal town of Malindi, recovering maps detailing future attacks, police say.
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HIV drugs give couples 'ray of hope'

Sunday, January 17th 2016, 0:28

Helping Kenyan couples have children without risk of HIV
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VIDEO: New drug could help Kenyan HIV couples

Sunday, January 17th 2016, 0:06

A study in Kenya has found that HIV drugs could reduce transmission between couples where one partner has HIV and the other doesn't
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Teaching restarts at Kenya attack college

Monday, January 11th 2016, 13:21
related places: Garissa

Teaching resumes at Kenya's Garissa university, where 148 students were killed in an attack by al-Shabab militants last April but not many students turn up.
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VIDEO: Inside reopened Kenya attack university

Monday, January 11th 2016, 6:52

Students at Kenya's Garissa University College are resuming classes nine months after an attack by militant Islamist group al-Shabab.
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Kenya targets sex talk and pastor shows

Friday, January 8th 2016, 11:24

Kenya publishes new broadcast regulations, which will place strict limits on sexual content and ban preachers from soliciting money on air.
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Kenya university reopens after attack

Monday, January 4th 2016, 13:48

Kenya's Garissa University College officially reopens, nine months after the killing of nearly 150 people, mainly students, in an attack by militant Islamist group al-Shabab.
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Bus attack in Kenya 'linked to IS'

Thursday, December 24th 2015, 16:09

Kenyan police chief Joseph Boinnet says al-Shabab militants behind this week's thwarted bus attack were linked to the so-called Islamic State group.
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