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.

World news related to Kenya – overview

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• April 30th 2016 – December 24th 2015
• December 21st 2015 – September 15th 2015
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• February 3rd 2015 – December 2nd 2014
• November 25th 2014 – September 20th 2014
• September 19th 2014 – June 18th 2014
• June 18th 2014 – April 1st 2014
• April 1st 2014 – December 17th 2013
• December 17th 2013 – October 20th 2013
• October 18th 2013 – September 26th 2013
• September 25th 2013 – August 17th 2013
• August 13th 2013 – May 8th 2013
• May 6th 2013 – March 2nd 2013
• March 2nd 2013 – November 30th 2012
• November 27th 2012 – September 21st 2012
• September 21st 2012 – July 4th 2012
• July 4th 2012 – March 8th 2012
• March 7th 2012 – October 27th 2011
• October 26th 2011 – September 1st 2011
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• November 4th 2010 – July 19th 2010
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Kenya: news

Kenyan schoolgirl takes her own life after 'period shaming'

Wednesday, September 11th 2019, 11:36

Kenyan police investigate amid claims that a teacher humiliated the girl for staining her uniform.
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Hypnobirthing: Why Kenyan couple delivered their baby on YouTube

Friday, September 6th 2019, 23:28

Kenyan couple Shiko and Rama delivered their baby on their own - then posted it on YouTube.
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Ezekiel Mutua: The man who polices Kenyan pop music

Friday, August 30th 2019, 23:46

The head of the Film Classification Board has also banned a film for "promoting lesbianism".
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The Kenyan school that was once a British detention camp

Tuesday, August 27th 2019, 0:28
related countries: United Kingdom

Camps where suspected anti-colonial fighters were brutally treated are now secondary schools.
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Kenya Airports Authority auctions abandoned aeroplanes

Friday, August 16th 2019, 9:24
related places: Nairobi

The Kenya Airports Authority has overseen auctioned planes abandoned at Nairobi's Wilson Airport.
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Kenya officials 'exhume man's body to retrieve uniform'

Wednesday, August 14th 2019, 16:30

Kenyan officials are accused of violating local laws and cultural practices by exhuming the body.
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The Kenyan dance parties where men are banned

Sunday, August 11th 2019, 23:01

Organisers of the event want to create a safe space for women, which means men are not invited.
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Kenya's Homa Bay: Fart pushes Speaker to suspend debate

Friday, August 9th 2019, 9:07
related places: Homa Bay

"One of us has polluted the air and I know who it is," a disgusted member of a Kenyan regional assembly declared.
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Kenya's new breast milk bank in bid to reduce infant mortality

Thursday, August 8th 2019, 23:04

Mums can donate their breast milk to a new milk bank in Kenya in a bid to reduce infant deaths.
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Zuleika Hassan: Kenyan MP with baby ordered to leave parliament

Wednesday, August 7th 2019, 18:27

Female MPs walk out of parliament in sympathy with the mother of a five-month-old baby.
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How I save babies' lives using GPS trackers

Tuesday, July 30th 2019, 23:06

In rural Kenya, nomadic women can now get the maternal care they need - thanks to GPS.
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Henry Rotich arrest: Kenyan finance minister denies corruption charges

Tuesday, July 23rd 2019, 15:31

Henry Rotich is freed on bail after spending the night in police custody.
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The Kenyan centre saving endangered chimpanzees

Tuesday, July 16th 2019, 23:15

Timothy Mwangi has cared for chimpanzees for nearly two decades at this rescue centre in Kenya.
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Tabisha Esperance - the fashion designer cutting a future after war

Tuesday, July 9th 2019, 23:13
related places: Kakuma

Tabisha Esperance is the self-proclaimed "best fashion designer" in Kenya's Kakuma refugee camp.
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Nairobi’s park is at risk of further land loss

Sunday, July 7th 2019, 0:08
related places: Nairobi

Nairobi's National Park is vital for the city's fight against climate change - so why is it being built on?
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Kenya flight death stowaway 'could be Nairobi airport employee' say authorities

Wednesday, July 3rd 2019, 10:19
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: London, Nairobi

Kenya's aviation authority says the man who fell from a plane over London "probably" had access to the airport's secure area.
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'My mother died without telling me I had HIV'

Tuesday, July 2nd 2019, 23:14

Some parents in Kenya take their secrets to the grave, leaving their children ignorant and unwell.
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Kenya flight 'stowaway' body found in Clapham garden

Tuesday, July 2nd 2019, 12:27
related places: Nairobi

The person is believed to have fallen from a Kenya Airways flight from Nairobi on Sunday afternoon.
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Kenya halts Lamu coal power project at World Heritage Site

Wednesday, June 26th 2019, 15:22
related places: Lamu

Kenya's first coal power station would increase greenhouse gas emissions by 700%, campaigners say.
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Shiyenze Khasoha: 'My designs fund my cancer treatment'

Sunday, June 23rd 2019, 1:59

Kenyan Shiyenze Khasoha sells clothes she designs to pay for her ovarian cancer treatment.
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Militants killed while attacking Kenya police base

Saturday, June 22nd 2019, 13:36
related countries: Somalia

They are believed to have been fighters from the Somalia-based al-Shabab Islamist group, police say.
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Gay refugees sent back to 'homophobic Kenya camp'

Thursday, June 20th 2019, 12:28

The group had been staying in safe houses in Kenya's capital after fleeing attacks, the UN says.
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'I needed 32 surgeries after Kenya Garissa attack'

Wednesday, June 19th 2019, 17:24

Anastasia Mikwa was a student at Garissa University when it was attacked by al-Shabab gunmen in 2015.
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Garissa University attack: Three convicted over Kenya massacre

Wednesday, June 19th 2019, 17:21

Three of four suspects are convicted on charges relating to the 2015 militant raid which killed 148.
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Roadside bomb kills several police officers in east Kenya

Saturday, June 15th 2019, 18:09
related places: Wajir

No-one has admitted planting the explosives in east Wajir county, but suspicion falls on al-Shabab militants.
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Botswana decriminalises homosexuality in landmark ruling

Tuesday, June 11th 2019, 16:38

The High Court decision is a landmark case and contrasts with Kenya's recent ruling against gay sex.
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In pictures: Wild crowds for Kenya's 'humane' bull-fights

Sunday, June 9th 2019, 23:09
related countries: Spain

Kenyan fans of bull-fighting say their version is more humane than Spain's because no bulls die.
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Boxing teaches Kenyan girls to defend themselves

Sunday, June 9th 2019, 8:36
related places: Nairobi

Girls in one of Nairobi's toughest neighbourhoods are learning to defend themselves by boxing.
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Row over Chinese coal plant near Kenya World Heritage site of Lamu

Tuesday, June 4th 2019, 23:11
related countries: China
related places: Lamu

Campaigners want to stop the construction of a power station that would raise greenhouse gas emissions by 700%.
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Where a new generation of banknotes is causing anger

Monday, June 3rd 2019, 17:31

A shake-up of the Kenyan currency has provoked controversy, including several court challenges.
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Gay rights in Kenya: 'Why our fight isn't over'

Friday, May 24th 2019, 23:31

A Kenyan campaigner says he won't be deterred by a court ruling that upheld a ban on gay sex.
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Binyavanga Wainaina: Kenyan author and gay rights activist dies

Wednesday, May 22nd 2019, 11:36
related places: Nairobi

Prize-winning writer and critic Binyavanga Wainaina dies at the age of 48 in Nairobi.
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The hidden lives of ‘housegirls’ in Kenya

Monday, May 20th 2019, 0:56

A charity in Kenya is calling for the introduction of laws to protect domestic workers to ensure their safety.
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Bodies of 'twins' found in clean-up of Kenya river

Sunday, May 19th 2019, 9:12
related places: Nairobi

Officials believe they were dumped in a river in Nairobi after an illegal abortion was carried out.
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Kenya's ex-President Daniel arap Moi ordered to pay for land grab

Friday, May 17th 2019, 15:07
related places: Moi

Kenyan court rules that Mr Moi illegally seized 53 acres of land from a local chief 36 years ago.
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Mothers speak out over Kenya femicide cases

Friday, May 17th 2019, 7:58

Kenyan mothers whose daughters have been killed are joining a national conversation about femicide.
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Solai dam collapse: Life without my wife, one year on

Friday, May 10th 2019, 16:40

The Solai dam in Kenya collapsed a year ago, but many local people face daily battles.
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The gambling habit 'swallowing' Kenya's youth

Friday, May 10th 2019, 16:17

Online sports betting is worth billions of pounds – but it's being described as a "curse" for some young Kenyans.
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Suicide - the pain of those left behind

Sunday, April 28th 2019, 23:12

Why so many men in one Kenyan community are killing themselves.
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London Marathon 2019: Eliud Kipchoge wins, Mo Farah fifth

Sunday, April 28th 2019, 13:52
related countries: United Kingdom

Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge runs the second fastest marathon in history to win the London Marathon as Britain's Mo Farah finishes fifth.
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Good Friday marked around the world

Friday, April 19th 2019, 16:07
related countries: France

Processions have taken place in France, Jerusalem, India and Kenya.
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'Giant lion' fossil found in Kenya museum drawer

Thursday, April 18th 2019, 9:42

The bones of the huge creature belong to a new species which roamed east Africa 20 million years ago.
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'Giant lion' fossil found in Kenya museum drawer

Thursday, April 18th 2019, 9:28

The bones of the huge creature belong to a new species which roamed east Africa 20 million years ago.
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World's Best Teacher Peter Tabichi on how he reached the top

Thursday, April 18th 2019, 8:39

Peter Tabichi from Kenya, who was named World's Best Teacher, shares what makes him stand out and what he hopes for teachers in Africa.
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'The doctor wrote a question mark for my child's sex'

Thursday, April 18th 2019, 0:50

A child known as Baby A became the subject of a high court case that has prompted Kenya to start changing its approach to intersex children.
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How Facebook is being used to profile and kill Kenyan 'gangsters'

Tuesday, April 16th 2019, 23:46

Online groups are targeting and killing young men in Kenya they believe to be gang members.
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Cuban doctors kidnap: Gunmen seize medics in north-east Kenya

Friday, April 12th 2019, 11:07
related countries: Cuba, Somalia

The two are thought to have been taken to Somalia after the attack in which one policeman was killed.
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