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

IMF gives Kenya $700m insurance loan

Tuesday, February 3rd 2015, 16:30

The International Monetary Fund agrees to lend $700m (£460m) to Kenya, which the government had asked for as a precautionary measure.
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Kenya teachers strike over al-Shabab

Monday, February 2nd 2015, 19:03
related countries: Somalia

About 700 teachers in Kenya are refusing to return to work in the north-east of the country fearing attacks by Somali Islamist militants.
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Kenyan Jeptoo banned for doping

Friday, January 30th 2015, 15:42

Kenyan marathon runner Rita Jeptoo has been banned for two years for failing a doping test.
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Kenya bid to beat reading record

Friday, January 30th 2015, 14:31

Pupils at about 400 Kenyan schools try to break the world record for having the most people reading aloud simultaneously from the same book.
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Kenya Christian broadcaster hacked

Wednesday, January 28th 2015, 11:41

Suspected hackers briefly hijack a popular Christian radio station in Kenya, and play Islamic verses before it went off air.
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VIDEO: Is this the world's oldest pupil?

Friday, January 23rd 2015, 6:44

Ninety-year-old Kenyan student Priscilla Sitienei says she wants to inspire children, especially girls, to get an education.
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Kenyan grandmother at school with her great-great-grandchildren

Friday, January 23rd 2015, 0:41

The 90-year-old Kenyan at school with her great great grandchildren
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VIDEO: Apology for playground tear gas

Tuesday, January 20th 2015, 18:40

The Kenyan government has apologised after tear gas was fired at children who were protesting over the sale of their playground to a private developer.
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Kenya sorry for tear-gassing pupils

Tuesday, January 20th 2015, 12:00

The Kenyan authorities apologise for an incident in which police used tear gas against school children protesting about the apparent sale of their playground.
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VIDEO: Moment tear gas fired at Kenya children

Monday, January 19th 2015, 14:09

Police in Kenya fire teargas at school children and parents protesting over a 'land-grab' of their playground by a private developer.
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Tear gas at Kenya playground protest

Monday, January 19th 2015, 11:41
related places: Nairobi

Kenyan police fire tear gas at pupils of a Nairobi government school protesting about the sale of their playground to a private developer.
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Kenya launches air ambulance service

Wednesday, January 14th 2015, 16:58

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta launches a national air ambulance service to ensure the quick evacuation of security forces wounded in battle.
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Murdered Kenyan 'not ICC witness'

Wednesday, January 14th 2015, 16:43

Kenyan police say a body found dead in a river earlier this month may not be that of an ICC defence witness, as the fingerprints do not match.
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Google doodle honours Kenyan pupil

Monday, January 12th 2015, 12:39

Google creates a doodle to honour a Kenyan who holds the world record for being the oldest person to have enrolled in primary school.
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Murdered Kenya ICC witness 'corrupt'

Friday, January 9th 2015, 17:34

A man found dead in Kenya who was linked to the trial of Deputy President William Ruto was implicated in efforts to corrupt witnesses, the International Criminal Court (ICC) says.
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Kenya issues new anti-doping rules

Friday, January 9th 2015, 15:49

Athletics Kenya issues new anti-doping rules amid reports an increasing number of Kenyan athletes have failed doping tests.
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Kenya ICC witness killing haunts Eldoret family

Thursday, January 8th 2015, 13:02
related places: Eldoret

Was Kenyan killed over ICC testimony?
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Kenya 'ICC defence witness murdered'

Tuesday, January 6th 2015, 19:17

A man found dead in Kenya over the weekend was a key witness for Deputy President William Ruto at his trial in The Hague, his lawyer says.
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VIDEO: Kenyan building collapse kills two

Monday, January 5th 2015, 13:26
related places: Nairobi

At least two people died after an eight-storey residential building collapsed in the Kenyan capital Nairobi late on Sunday.
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Kenya airport crash disrupts flights

Sunday, January 4th 2015, 19:07
related places: Nairobi

Flights into Kenya's main airport are being diverted after a plane crash-landed on the runway in the capital Nairobi.
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Kenyan jailed for president insult

Friday, January 2nd 2015, 17:01

A Kenyan student is sentenced to a year in jail for insulting President Uhuru Kenyatta on social media.
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Kenya court blocks security law

Friday, January 2nd 2015, 15:32

Kenya's High Court suspends some sections of the controversial new security law, which was enacted two weeks ago amid fierce opposition.
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Legal bid against Kenya security law

Tuesday, December 23rd 2014, 17:50

Kenya's opposition mounts a legal challenge against a controversial new anti-terrorism law which gives security agencies sweeping powers to detain suspects.
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Ivory smuggling suspect arrested

Tuesday, December 23rd 2014, 16:32
related countries: Tanzania

A Kenyan businessman suspected of being behind an international ivory smuggling ring has been arrested in Tanzania.
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Kenya leader signs tough security law

Friday, December 19th 2014, 15:40

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta signs into law a controversial anti-terror bill which sparked fighting between MPs in parliament on Thursday.
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Kenyan MPs brawl over security bill

Thursday, December 18th 2014, 17:03

Kenyan MPs trade blows and the deputy speaker has water thrown on her during a chaotic parliamentary session which approves changes to a tough new security bill.
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VIDEO: Footage of Kenya parliament scuffles

Thursday, December 18th 2014, 12:49

Footage shows Kenyan MPs trading blows amid a chaotic parliamentary session called to push through a tough new security bill.
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Kenya blogger on president slur charge

Wednesday, December 17th 2014, 17:31

A popular and controversial Kenyan blogger is charged with undermining the presidency, following a tweet he posted earlier this week.
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VIDEO: Athletics doping cases rock Kenya

Tuesday, December 16th 2014, 21:02

Kenyan athletics is facing serious questions after two more runners failed drug tests, as the BBC's Dennis Okari reports.
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Briton guilty of Kenyan child abuse

Tuesday, December 16th 2014, 17:24

Ex-teacher Simon Harris is found guilty of sexually abusing street children in Kenya after a trial in Birmingham.
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Two Kenyan runners fail drug tests

Monday, December 15th 2014, 17:46

Two Kenyan runners, Viola Chelangat Kimetto and Joyce Jemutai Kiplimo, have failed drug tests and been banned for two years, Athletics Kenya says.
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VIDEO: Maasai Olympics in Kenya

Sunday, December 14th 2014, 5:58

In Kenya the 2014 Maasai Olympics have been taking place.
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Uproar over Kenyan anti-terror bill

Friday, December 12th 2014, 14:54

Kenya's parliament backs a bill giving security agencies greater powers following recent attacks, but rights groups are strongly critical.
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Al-Shabab cash targets disillusioned Kenyans

Friday, December 12th 2014, 0:20

The appeal of al-Shabab to the poor of Kenya's slums
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Donkey protest in central Nairobi

Thursday, December 11th 2014, 15:32
related places: Nairobi

Activists dump herd in the Kenyan capital's business district, in an apparent protest over insecurity.
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Kenya charges over 'stripped' woman

Thursday, December 11th 2014, 10:20
related places: Nairobi

Two Kenyan men accused of stripping a woman in the capital, Nairobi, are charged with sexual assault and robbery.
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VIDEO: Kenya sterilisation woman speaks out

Thursday, December 11th 2014, 10:17

BBC News hears from one of a group of HIV-positive women who filed a case against the Kenyan government alleging they were sterilised against their will, because of their HIV status.
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Kenya women sue over sterilisation

Wednesday, December 10th 2014, 15:28

A group of HIV-positive women in Kenya takes legal action against the government, accusing it of arranging for them to be forcibly sterilised.
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Kenya orders Al-Jazeera investigation

Wednesday, December 10th 2014, 0:00

Kenya calls an Al-Jazeera report alleging the use of extrajudicial killings "scandalous" and says it will investigate its makers.
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Kenya bus attack survivor: 'I played dead'

Saturday, December 6th 2014, 1:07

The distressing story of surviving a militant bus shooting in Kenya
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VIDEO: ICC drops Kenyatta charges

Friday, December 5th 2014, 20:30

Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court have withdrawn charges against the Kenyan President, Uhuru Kenyatta.
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Kenyan president denounces ICC case

Friday, December 5th 2014, 20:29

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta denounces as a "travesty" the case against him at the International Criminal Court, which has now been dropped.
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ICC drops Uhuru Kenyatta charges

Friday, December 5th 2014, 16:13

Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court in The Hague withdraw charges of crimes against humanity against Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta.
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Kenya breaks 'cyber crime network'

Thursday, December 4th 2014, 13:49
related countries: China
related places: Nairobi

Kenyan police say they have cracked a cyber crime centre run by 77 Chinese nationals from upmarket homes in the capital, Nairobi.
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ICC ultimatum over Kenyatta trial

Wednesday, December 3rd 2014, 16:48

The International Criminal Court gives prosecutors an ultimatum to bring a case against Kenya's president or to drop charges of crimes against humanity.
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Kenya chiefs replaced after massacre

Tuesday, December 2nd 2014, 22:20
related countries: Somalia

Kenya's president replaces his interior minister and police chief following a massacre by Islamist group al-Shabab in which 36 were killed.
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Al-Shabab massacres 36 in Kenya

Tuesday, December 2nd 2014, 11:25
related places: Mandera

Al-Shabab gunmen kill 36 non-Muslim quarry workers near the north-eastern Kenyan town of Mandera close to the border with Somalia.
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