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

Body found on Nairobi airport runway

Wednesday, June 18th 2014, 10:25
related places: Nairobi

Air traffic at Kenya's main international airport was temporarily suspended after a body was found on the runway.
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VIDEO: Roadblock after Kenya attack

Tuesday, June 17th 2014, 18:38

Anne Soy reports from the Kenyan town of Mpeketoni, where more than 60 people have been killed in two days.
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Mpeketoni attacks: Four possibilities

Tuesday, June 17th 2014, 17:57

Four possible explanations for the wave of deadly Kenya attacks
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'Women abducted' in Kenya attack

Tuesday, June 17th 2014, 15:44

At least 12 women are abducted in the latest attack on Kenya's coast, residents say, in an assault President Kenyatta blames on local politicians.
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Islamists massacre dozens in Kenya

Monday, June 16th 2014, 16:38

Al-Qaeda-linked militants attack hotels and a police station in the Kenyan coastal town of Mpeketoni, killing at least 48 people.
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VIDEO: BBC at scene of Kenya massacre

Monday, June 16th 2014, 15:25

The BBC's Anne Soy reports from the scene of the al-Shabab attacks in Mpektoni in Kenya
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VIDEO: 'Bleached Beauty' defends skin lightening

Monday, June 16th 2014, 9:10

Kenyan socialite defends skin lightening
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Kenya team sent to Brazil - to watch

Friday, June 13th 2014, 11:11
related countries: Brazil

Kenya's president pays for the national football team to go and watch some World Cup matches in Brazil to inspire them to qualify in future.
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Leading Kenyan cleric shot dead

Tuesday, June 10th 2014, 15:38
related places: Mombasa

A leading moderate Muslim cleric is shot dead in Mombasa - the latest killing of a preacher in the Kenyan coastal city.
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Who is Kenya's 'Bleached Beauty'?

Monday, June 9th 2014, 23:14

The Kenyan who put skin lightening under the spotlight
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Kenya in year's biggest ivory haul

Thursday, June 5th 2014, 14:16
related places: Mombasa

Kenya's government says it has seized illegal ivory from at least 114 elephants in the port city of Mombasa, its biggest find this year.
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Kenya probes 'White Widow' sighting

Tuesday, June 3rd 2014, 16:31
related countries: United Kingdom

Kenya is investigating reports that British terror suspect Samantha Lewthwaite - known as the "White Widow" - has been sighted in the country.
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Clerics killing sparks Kenya riots

Monday, June 2nd 2014, 12:19
related places: Mandera

Kenyan police fire tear gas to disperse rioters angry at the killing of two clerics accused of belonging to al-Shabab in the north-eastern town of Mandera.
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South Sudan rebel in Kenyan talks

Thursday, May 29th 2014, 19:41
related places: Nairobi

South Sudan's rebel leader Riek Machar holds talks with Kenya's leader in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi about the latest peace efforts.
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Kenya confiscates illegal rosewood

Wednesday, May 28th 2014, 11:37

Kenya has impounded illegally logged rosewood worth about $6.6m, officials say, in one of the largest seizures of its kind.
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Kenya police clash with students

Tuesday, May 20th 2014, 14:49
related places: Nairobi

Police in the Kenyan capital Nairobi fight running battles with university students protesting about an increase in fees.
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Bekele wins Great Manchester Run

Sunday, May 18th 2014, 11:06
related countries: Ethiopia

Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele claims victory from Kenya's Wilson Kipsang by five seconds in the 2014 Great Manchester Run.
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AUDIO: Kenya safari camp owner 'confident'

Saturday, May 17th 2014, 9:51

Chatham House's Adjoa Anyimadu and safari camp owner Ricardo Orizio discuss the terrorist threat in Kenya.
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Twin bombing near big Nairobi market

Friday, May 16th 2014, 18:36
related places: Nairobi

Two bomb explosions strike Gikomba market area of the Kenyan capital Nairobi, killing at least 10 people and injuring scores, officials say.
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Travel firms halt Kenya coast tours

Friday, May 16th 2014, 17:12
related countries: United Kingdom

British tourists are being evacuated from parts of Kenya by tour operators Thomson and First Choice, following a terrorism warning from the Foreign Office.
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Kenya's hidden sex tourism

Thursday, May 15th 2014, 15:52

Why it is so difficult to protect Kenya's children
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Kenyan MPs' bid to evict UK farmers

Wednesday, May 14th 2014, 19:02
related countries: United Kingdom

A group of MPs in Kenya tables a parliamentary motion calling for some British farmers to be ejected because of the forthcoming khat ban in the UK.
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Kenya court orders reporter's arrest

Wednesday, May 14th 2014, 15:39

The high court in Kenya orders the arrest of journalist Walter Barasa, wanted by a court in The Hague for witness interference.
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Kenya bans buses with tinted windows

Tuesday, May 13th 2014, 18:09

Kenya's police chief David Kimaiyo orders the seizure of commuter buses with tinted windows in an attempt to prevent attacks by militants Islamists.
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China to build new Africa railway

Monday, May 12th 2014, 10:40
related countries: China
related places: Nairobi

Agreements for plans to build a new railway line in East Africa with Chinese help have been signed in the Kenyan capital Nairobi.
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Kenya arrests over alcohol deaths

Wednesday, May 7th 2014, 19:19

Two people have been arrested in Kenya after the deaths of 70 people from drinking illicit alcohol, amid growing anger over the incident.
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'Many die' drinking Kenya moonshine

Tuesday, May 6th 2014, 21:05

More than 60 people are reported to have died with dozens blinded in Kenya after consuming homemade, contaminated alcohol.
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Nairobi buses hit by deadly blasts

Sunday, May 4th 2014, 20:25
related places: Nairobi

Three people die and 62 are hurt in two explosions on passenger buses on a road near the Kenyan capital Nairobi, officials say.
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Twin explosions rock Kenyan city

Saturday, May 3rd 2014, 19:44
related places: Mombasa

At least three people have died and a number are wounded in two explosions in the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa, police say.
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Kenya president signs polygamy law

Tuesday, April 29th 2014, 14:16

Kenya's president signs into law a bill allowing men to take as many wives as they wish without consulting existing partners.
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Anger over Somali diplomat's arrest

Monday, April 28th 2014, 13:50
related countries: Somalia

Somalia condemns the arrest of one of its diplomats in Kenya during a security operation to flush out illegal immigrants and militant Islamists.
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Kenyan officials wrangle over status

Thursday, April 24th 2014, 17:57

Kenyan MPs propose making it a criminal offence to address an official incorrectly, the latest move in a status struggle with newly created governors.
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Lupita Nyong'o named most beautiful

Thursday, April 24th 2014, 9:07
related countries: United States

Kenyan Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong'o, 31, is named the world's most beautiful person for 2014 by the US People magazine.
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Deadly car bomb strikes Nairobi

Wednesday, April 23rd 2014, 20:46
related places: Nairobi

Four people, two of them police, are killed in the Kenyan capital Nairobi by a car bomb outside a police station.
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ICC calls Kenya Ruto trial witnesses

Friday, April 18th 2014, 10:22

The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague summons reluctant witnesses to testify at the trial of Kenya's Vice-President William Ruto.
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Farah eighth in London Marathon

Sunday, April 13th 2014, 12:56
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: London

Mo Farah finishes eighth on his marathon debut as world record holder Wilson Kipsang of Kenya claims his second London title.
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Kenya poaching drive hits officials

Friday, April 11th 2014, 21:35

Kenya's government suspends five officials from the wildlife service, amid growing alarm over the poaching of elephants and rhinos.
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Kenyan aid workers 'free' in Somalia

Friday, April 11th 2014, 10:10
related countries: Somalia

Two Kenyan aid workers are found "lost and disorientated" in Somalia after being kidnapped by al-Shabab in 2011, the military says.
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Kenyan bullet-hit boy discharged

Thursday, April 10th 2014, 11:40

A Kenyan toddler is discharged from hospital after recuperating from surgery to remove a bullet lodged in his brain during a shooting at a church.
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UN concerned over Kenya mass arrests

Monday, April 7th 2014, 18:21

The UN's refugee agency says it is concerned over the mass arrests of Somalis and others in Kenya amid an operation against militant Islamists.
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VIDEO: Kenya unease over 'al-Shabab' killing

Wednesday, April 2nd 2014, 20:48

It is still unclear who shot dead radical Muslim cleric Abubakar Shariff Ahmed in Kenya on Tuesday.
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VIDEO: Kenyan 'al-Shabab recruiter' killed

Wednesday, April 2nd 2014, 6:04
related places: Mombasa

A radical Muslim cleric in Kenya, Abubakar Shariff Ahmed, has been shot dead outside the coastal city of Mombasa.
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'Al-Shabab recruiter' shot in Kenya

Tuesday, April 1st 2014, 19:56
related countries: Somalia
related places: Mombasa

A radical Muslim cleric in Kenya, accused by the UN of recruiting for Somali militants, is shot dead outside Mombasa, police and witnesses say.
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VIDEO: Mass arrests after Kenya blast

Tuesday, April 1st 2014, 19:16
related places: Nairobi

At least 627 people have been arrested in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, following explosions that killed six people, the police chief has said.
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Kenya in mass arrests after blasts

Tuesday, April 1st 2014, 14:59
related places: Nairobi

At least 627 people are arrested in Kenya's capital Nairobi following three explosions that killed six people, the police chief says.
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Bullet removed from Kenyan boy

Tuesday, April 1st 2014, 12:21

A bullet lodged in an infant's brain in an attack on a church in Kenya more than a week ago is removed in an operation, a hospital spokesman says.
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Kenyan commuters hit by bus chaos

Tuesday, April 1st 2014, 10:56
related places: Nairobi

Many commuters in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, walk to work as most minibuses have not been fitted in time with new digital speed monitors.
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