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

• 1. by date ↓
• 2. by title ↑

• December 29th 2020 – March 21st 2020
• March 20th 2020 – September 12th 2019
• September 11th 2019 – April 12th 2019
• April 11th 2019 – November 5th 2018
• November 4th 2018 – May 17th 2018
• May 16th 2018 – August 6th 2017
• August 5th 2017 – February 14th 2017
• February 10th 2017 – September 2nd 2016
• August 31st 2016 – April 30th 2016
• April 30th 2016 – December 24th 2015
• December 21st 2015 – September 15th 2015
• September 14th 2015 – July 14th 2015
• July 14th 2015 – April 13th 2015
• April 12th 2015 – February 7th 2015
• 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
• August 30th 2011 – April 5th 2011
• March 30th 2011 – November 7th 2010
• November 4th 2010 – July 19th 2010
• July 14th 2010 – February 18th 2010
• February 17th 2010 – November 7th 2009
• November 5th 2009 – August 11th 2009
• August 7th 2009 – April 21st 2009
• April 16th 2009 – January 20th 2009
• January 19th 2009 – August 28th 2008
• August 26th 2008 – April 30th 2008
• April 29th 2008 – February 20th 2008
• February 19th 2008 – January 17th 2008
• January 17th 2008 – December 13th 2007
• December 13th 2007 – August 15th 2007
• August 12th 2007 – February 12th 2007
• February 5th 2007 – October 17th 2006
• October 12th 2006 – April 20th 2006
• April 20th 2006 – January 24th 2006
• January 23rd 2006 – November 11th 2005

Kenya: news

ICC to investigate Kenya violence

Thursday, November 5th 2009, 10:59

The ICC chief prosecutor says he will request ICC judges to open an investigation into Kenya's post-election clashes.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Ocampo presses Kenya for justice

Thursday, November 5th 2009, 9:39

The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor is in Kenya for talks on how to bring to justice those behind post-poll violence.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Kenya to launch homosexual census

Thursday, October 29th 2009, 11:38

Kenya will carry out a census of the gay population - controversial because homosexuality is illegal in the country.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Somalis get first-ever debit card

Wednesday, October 28th 2009, 17:09
related countries: Djibouti, Somalia

A finance firm launches Somalia's first debit card, hoping to roll it out from Djibouti to Kenya for Somalis displaced by civil war.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

US bans senior Kenyan official

Monday, October 26th 2009, 17:49
related countries: United States

The US imposes a travel ban on a Kenyan official, amid concerns over a failure to look into post-election violence.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

US bans senior Kenyan official

Monday, October 26th 2009, 13:01
related countries: United States

The US imposes a travel ban on a senior Kenyan official for obstructing anti-corruption efforts.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Arrests over Kenya tourist deaths

Sunday, October 25th 2009, 23:31
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Mombasa

Two people have been arrested over the deaths of a British couple on holiday in Mombasa, Kenyan police say.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Mungiki sect head freed in Kenya

Friday, October 23rd 2009, 16:24

Crowds welcome the release from prison of a notorious gang leader in Kenya after murder charges against him are dropped.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Convicted Kenya aristocrat freed

Friday, October 23rd 2009, 11:16

A white Kenyan aristocrat convicted of manslaughter is freed from jail five months into an eight-month sentence.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

British torture in Kenya alleged

Thursday, October 22nd 2009, 17:24
related countries: United Kingdom

Evidence alleging UK government authorisation of torture during Kenya's independence struggle is revealed in a compensation claim.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Kenyan efforts to rescue trapped

Tuesday, October 20th 2009, 9:05
related places: Nairobi

Rescue efforts continue after a multi-story building collapses in Kenya, killing three people and trapping 20 others.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Kenya cracks down on illegal guns

Monday, October 12th 2009, 14:27

Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki tells security forces to crack down on illicit firearms as part of a national disarmament exercise.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Kenya warned over Somali 'troops'

Monday, October 12th 2009, 10:24
related countries: Somalia

Somalia's main Islamist group accuses Kenya of recruiting soldiers to fight against it, and threatens to retaliate.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Annan backs Kenya riot tribunals

Wednesday, October 7th 2009, 21:06

Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan says the leaders of Kenya's post-election violence in 2008 should face trial.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Kenyans 'rearming for 2012 poll'

Wednesday, October 7th 2009, 11:05

Rival Kenyan ethnic groups, who fought after a 2007 election, are rearming for the next vote due in 2012, a BBC investigation finds.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Annan urges faster Kenya reform

Sunday, October 4th 2009, 21:36

Former UN chief Kofi Annan calls on Kenya to speed up reforms promised after last year's post-election violence.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Aid workers released in Somalia

Saturday, October 3rd 2009, 11:21
related countries: Somalia

Three foreign aid workers kidnapped in northern Kenya by Somali gunmen in July have been released, their employer says.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Kenya backs poll violence trials

Friday, October 2nd 2009, 16:23

Kenya says it will co-operate with the International Criminal Court to try key suspects in post-election violence.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Kenyan corruption chief resigns

Wednesday, September 30th 2009, 15:37

Kenya's much-criticised anti-corruption chief resigns following a row over his reappointment by the president.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Kenyan corruption chief resigns

Wednesday, September 30th 2009, 13:55

Kenya's much-criticised anti-corruption chief resigns following a row over his reappointment by the president.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Kenya seizes massive ivory haul

Wednesday, September 30th 2009, 13:54
related places: Nairobi

Kenyan authorities uncover almost 700kg of ivory, which was reportedly bound for Asia, at Nairobi's main airport.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Draining a nation

Tuesday, September 29th 2009, 7:06

The forest at the heart of Kenya's water crisis
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Kenya to shut down refugee camp

Monday, September 28th 2009, 8:45

Officials in Kenya prepare to close a camp housing hundreds of people who fled ethnic violence after a 2007 election.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Kenyan concern at US travel ban

Friday, September 25th 2009, 9:06
related countries: United States

Kenya's government expresses concern over a US threat to impose travel bans on officials who do not promote reform.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

US travel ban threat for Kenyans

Thursday, September 24th 2009, 17:07
related countries: United States

The US threatens travel bans on 15 Kenyan officials, amid concerns over a failure to look into post-election violence.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Kenya criticises US Somali raid

Tuesday, September 22nd 2009, 13:36
related countries: Somalia, United States

Kenya's foreign minister criticises last week's raid by US forces in Somalia in which an al-Qaeda suspect was killed.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Scorched earth

Monday, September 21st 2009, 15:07

Kenya drought takes its toll on people and wildlife
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Kenya MPs agree big cabinet cuts

Thursday, September 17th 2009, 14:25

Kenya's parliament passes a bill with an overwhelming majority to nearly halve the number of ministries in a bid to cut costs.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Kenya corruption fighter rejected

Thursday, September 17th 2009, 8:56

Kenyan MPs throw out a proposal by the president to reappoint much-criticised anti-corruption chief Aaron Ringera.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Kenya begins huge slum clearance

Wednesday, September 16th 2009, 16:37

Kenyan officials begin to clear Africa's largest slum - a project which could take five years to complete.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

In pictures

Wednesday, September 16th 2009, 16:01

New technology widens Kenya's digital divide
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Kenyan rustlers in deadly attack

Tuesday, September 15th 2009, 16:17

A least 29 people are killed and dozens injured in a cattle raid in drought-stricken central Kenya.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Kenya bans 'leaky' condom brand

Friday, September 11th 2009, 16:50

Officials in Kenya ban a brand of condoms after they are found to leak when subjected to lab testing.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Kenya sweeps away top-rank police

Tuesday, September 8th 2009, 15:16

Almost all of Kenya's most senior police officers are replaced amid claims of police involvement in post-election violence.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Kenyan anger over corruption job

Tuesday, September 1st 2009, 14:01

The reappointment of the head of Kenya's anti-corruption body is condemned by campaigners who say he has achieved nothing.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Audio slideshow

Monday, August 31st 2009, 6:12

Drought kills off thousands of Kenyan animals
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Kenya begins contentious census

Monday, August 24th 2009, 19:13

Officials are carrying out Kenya's first census since 1999, which controversially asks about people's ethnicity.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

GB women through to relay final

Saturday, August 22nd 2009, 16:52
related countries: Germany
related places: Berlin

America's World Championships relay woe continues as their women failed to qualify for the 4x100m relay final but GB progress.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Kenya drought worsens hunger risk

Thursday, August 20th 2009, 12:15

A prolonged drought in central and south-eastern Kenya increases the number of people needing emergency food aid, the UN warns.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

'Fake' photo woman back home

Sunday, August 16th 2009, 8:21
related countries: Canada

A Canadian woman stranded in Kenya for three months because of a row over her passport photo returns home.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

School pupil, 90, dies in Kenya

Friday, August 14th 2009, 20:10

Kimani Nganga Maruge, who held the world record for being the oldest person to start primary school, dies in Kenya.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Kenya pay strike grounds planes

Friday, August 14th 2009, 13:09

Most flights from Kenya's main airport are grounded as workers from the national airline strike over pay, leaving passengers stranded.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Deadly trade

Friday, August 14th 2009, 12:34

The gangs who pillage Kenyan farms for gems
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Anger at Kenya gem expert murder

Thursday, August 13th 2009, 13:40
related countries: United Kingdom

The son of a Scottish gems expert murdered by a mob in Kenya tells the BBC they were abandoned by police.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Mob kills UK gems expert in Kenya

Thursday, August 13th 2009, 11:49
related countries: United Kingdom

A leading Scottish gemstone expert and mine owner is killed in Kenya by a gang armed with home-made weapons.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Kenyan mobilises for drought aid

Tuesday, August 11th 2009, 20:32
related countries: Ethiopia

Kenya mobilises its military and police service to help distribute food, water and medicines to areas hit hardest by drought.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Aid workers 'freed in Somalia'

Tuesday, August 11th 2009, 15:44
related countries: Somalia

Four European aid workers and two Kenyan pilots kidnapped nine months ago in Somalia have been freed, an aid group says.
Read the full article » | View on the map »