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
Kenya stampede over terror scare
Sunday, April 12th 2015, 11:50related countries:
SomaliaA student dies in a Kenyan stampede after a blast mistaken for a terrorist attack, as activists condemn calls to close a Somali refugee camp.
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Kenya tells UN to close Dadaab camp
Saturday, April 11th 2015, 19:01related countries:
Somaliarelated places: Garissa
Kenya's deputy president tells the UN to close the Dadaab refugee camp for Somalis after 147 students in Garissa were killed by Somali militants.
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Kenya row over 'missing students'
Thursday, April 9th 2015, 12:04Kenya's government dismisses a claim that 166 students are still unaccounted for after the attack on Garissa University College.
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VIDEO: Kenya: One week after Garissa attack
Thursday, April 9th 2015, 5:52related places: Garissa
Kenya's government tries to restore public confidence in its security forces, one week after Islamist al-Shabab militants attacked Garissa University, killing nearly 150 people.
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VIDEO: Kenya freezes al-Shabab fundees
Wednesday, April 8th 2015, 19:44Kenyan authorities have suspended the licences of 13 money transfer firms believed to be involved in funding al-Shabab.
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Kenya shuts money transfer firms
Wednesday, April 8th 2015, 15:45Kenya's government orders the closure of 13 money transfer firms suspected to be used by militant Islamists, a minister tells the BBC.
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Kenya vigil for massacre victims
Tuesday, April 7th 2015, 21:04Hundreds of people attend a candle-lit vigil in Kenya to remember the victims of last week's attack on a university by militant Islamists.
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Kenyans rally against al-Shabab
Tuesday, April 7th 2015, 15:41related places: Garissa
About 2,500 people march in Kenya's Garissa town in a show of defiance against al-Shabab following its deadly assault on a university.
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VIDEO: Kenyans 'shocked and angry'
Tuesday, April 7th 2015, 11:35related places: Nairobi
Hundreds of students take part in a march in Nairobi to remember those killed in last week's attack at Garissa University.
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VIDEO: 'I found my son's name in the mortuary'
Monday, April 6th 2015, 19:21related places: Nairobi
The BBC's Emmanuel Igunza reports from Nairobi in Kenya on the anguish and anger of relatives trying to trace their loved ones following the al-Shabab killings which left 148 people dead at Garissa University last week.
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Kenya bombs Somalia al-Shabab bases
Monday, April 6th 2015, 16:17related countries:
SomaliaKenya's air force bombs al-Shabab bases in Somalia following the militant group's onslaught on Garissa University last week which left 148 people dead.
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VIDEO: Kenya grieves for Garissa victims
Sunday, April 5th 2015, 17:44related places: Garissa, Nairobi
Kenyans have gathered at a church service in Nairobi to remember the 148 victims of an attack on students at Garissa University.
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VIDEO: Garissa gunman named by Kenya
Sunday, April 5th 2015, 12:35Kenyan authorities say they have identified one of the militants who attacked Garissa University, killing 148 people.
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Kenya mourns Garissa attack dead
Sunday, April 5th 2015, 12:33related places: Garissa
Kenya is holding three days of mourning for the 148 victims of an al-Shabab militant attack on students at Garissa University.
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Kenya president vows tough response
Saturday, April 4th 2015, 16:47related places: Garissa
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta vows a tough response to the "existential threat" from al-Shabab militants after the Garissa university massacre.
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VIDEO: Student 'hid in cupboard for two days'
Saturday, April 4th 2015, 16:32A young Kenyan student has described how she drank body lotion because she was so thirsty while she hid from al-Shabab attackers for two days.
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Five suspects held over Kenya attack
Saturday, April 4th 2015, 13:38Five people are being held for questioning after an al-Shabab massacre at a university in eastern Kenya that left more than 140 people dead, officials say.
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Security questions as Kenya mourns
Saturday, April 4th 2015, 8:09related places: Garissa
Kenya mourns the almost 150 victims of Thursday's al-Shabab attack on the university campus of Garissa as questions about security are raised.
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Kenya recovers raid victims' bodies
Friday, April 3rd 2015, 14:43The bodies of many of the 147 victims of an al-Shabab massacre at a university in Kenya are being moved to the capital Nairobi for identification.
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VIDEO: Video shows Kenya university battle
Friday, April 3rd 2015, 13:49Video has emerged showing students fleeing a Kenyan university as security forces battled al-Shabab militants during a siege in which 147 people died.
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VIDEO: Kenya: 'Attackers threw explosives'
Friday, April 3rd 2015, 10:40Students who survived an attack on a university in Kenya in which 147 people died, have been explaining how they escaped.
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Kenya university attack kills 147
Friday, April 3rd 2015, 4:57At least 147 people have died in an attack by al-Shabab on Garissa University, Kenya - the deadliest assault yet by the Islamist group.
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VIDEO: Gunmen storm Kenya university
Friday, April 3rd 2015, 2:45The number of people killed in an attack by al-Shabab Islamist militants on a university in north-eastern Kenya has risen to 147, government officials say.
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Gunmen seize hostages in Kenya
Thursday, April 2nd 2015, 15:54related countries:
Somaliarelated places: Garissa
Gunmen from the militant Islamist group al-Shabab kill at least 15 people and take students hostage after storming a university in Kenya.
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VIDEO: The crime fighting 'Twitter chief'
Thursday, April 2nd 2015, 15:33The Kenyan village chief who is turning to social media to help fight crime.
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VIDEO: Kenya: 'They were shooting randomly'
Thursday, April 2nd 2015, 11:14A Kenyan student describes gunmen who stormed a university in the north-east as "shooting randomly" at students and security staff.
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VIDEO: App helping locals improve slum life
Tuesday, March 31st 2015, 23:31related places: Nairobi
How an app and mapping technology is making life better for residents in a Nairobi slum
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Kenya ministers suspended over graft
Saturday, March 28th 2015, 16:31Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta suspends four ministers and 12 other high-ranking officials after they were implicated in corrupt deals.
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BA told of pilot's abuse, say victims
Friday, March 20th 2015, 17:07related countries:
Uganda, 
United KingdomNew evidence indicating British Airways could have done more to prevent one of its pilots abusing children in Kenya and Uganda is uncovered by a BBC investigation.
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Kenya jail frees 100-year-old woman
Friday, March 20th 2015, 12:51A 100-year-old Kenyan woman - jailed after failing to pay a $1,000 fine - is freed from prison following a national campaign.
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The Kenya schoolchildren keeping letter-writing alive
Thursday, March 19th 2015, 0:46Mobile phone ban has revived schoolboy calligraphy in Kenya
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Kenya inquiry after Museveni 'snub'
Monday, March 16th 2015, 20:28related countries:
Ugandarelated places: Nairobi
Kenya Airways is facing an investigation after turning down a request by Uganda's president to fly him to Nairobi, a Kenyan MP tells the BBC.
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Kenyan policeman 'had rhino horn'
Wednesday, March 11th 2015, 12:45A Kenyan police officer and two other suspects appear in court, after they were allegedly found with 600g of rhino horn.
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Kenya’s unsolved political murder
Wednesday, March 11th 2015, 0:40Kenyan MP's shooting remains an unsolved crime 40 years on
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Kenya confirms death of ICC witness
Monday, March 9th 2015, 13:22The Kenya government identifies the body of a man found in a national park as would-be International Criminal Court witness (ICC) Meshack Yebei.
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Kenyan TV channels end blackout
Thursday, March 5th 2015, 13:16Three popular Kenyan TV channels are due to return to air, ending a three-week protest in which they turned off their digital signals.
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Kenyans charged over contract scam
Wednesday, March 4th 2015, 14:36Seven ex-government officials in Kenya are charged in connection with the multimillion-dollar Anglo Leasing corruption scam that came to light in 2004.
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Kenya leader sets fire to tusks
Tuesday, March 3rd 2015, 18:21Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta sets fire to 15 tonnes of elephant ivory as part of the East African nation's efforts to curb poaching.
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VIDEO: On frontline protecting Kenya's rhinos
Tuesday, March 3rd 2015, 6:26The BBC's Ed Thomas joins Kenyan soldiers as they try to stop poachers from killing the country's rhinos.
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Charity boss jailed for Kenya abuse
Thursday, February 26th 2015, 18:56related countries:
United KingdomA UK charity boss who abused Kenyan street children he lured to his home is jailed for more than 17 years.
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Kenyan boys recall sex abuse in Gilgil
Thursday, February 26th 2015, 17:00related countries:
United Kingdomrelated places: Gilgil
Kenyan street kids recall abuse by British charity worker
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Goodyear fined $16m for bribery
Tuesday, February 24th 2015, 19:27related countries:
Angola, 
United Statesrelated places: Goodyear
US tyre firm Goodyear agrees to pay $16m to US regulators over allegations it failed to stop persistent bribery in its Kenyan and Angolan operations.
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Kenya anti-terror law thrown out
Monday, February 23rd 2015, 17:11Kenya's top court throws out key aspects of new anti-terrorism legislation, including clauses that curbed media freedom and capped refugee numbers.
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BBC chooses Kenya innovators for pilot
Monday, February 23rd 2015, 8:21Two groups of Kenyan tech innovators are selected to help the BBC reach young African audiences through social and digital platforms.
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VIDEO: Marathon runner crawls to finish line
Wednesday, February 18th 2015, 0:29A Kenyan marathon runner has crawled to the finish line after collapsing 50 metres from the end of the race in Austin, Texas.
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Digital row takes Kenya TV off air
Monday, February 16th 2015, 15:09Three of Kenya's main private TV stations are unavailable in most of the country due to a row over the switch from analogue to digital transmission.
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Kenya MP shot dead in Nairobi
Saturday, February 7th 2015, 14:23related places: Nairobi
Kenyan MP George Muchai and three of his aides are shot dead in the capital Nairobi, in what police describe as a "well-planned" attack.
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