•Pastoralist offers milk from a container to a camel calf after milking camels at dawn “God, God, God, protect them,” chanted two herders, their eyes following a dozen camels rushing toward acacia trees, oblivious to the dry riverbed in northern Kenya, where it hasn’t rained since April. Sitting on the edge of a nearby well, […]
•Plane crash in Kenya A small plane travelling from Kenya’s coast crashed today, according to the country’s aviation authority, with the 12 people on board feared dead. The small plane was en route to Kichwa Tembo — a private airstrip located in the Maasai Mara National Park — from the tourist hotspot of Diani when […]
Vast crowds gathered in western Kenya today to see the body of a beloved politician, Raila Odinga, for the biggest day of mourning ceremonies that have already claimed at least five lives this week. There were cries of “Baba” (father) and “We are orphans” among the tens of thousands who packed the streets in Kisumu, […]
•Senior Kenya Army officials flank the coffin of Kenya’s opposition leader and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga during his State Funeral at Nyayo Stadium in Nairobi today Kenya held a state funeral for revered opposition leader Raila Odinga in Nairobi today, a day after security forces opened fire on huge mourning crowds, killing at least [...
•Late Raila Odinga Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga has died at the age of 80 during a health visit to India, local police said today — a political earthquake that could transform politics in the East African nation. Odinga was the perennial opposition figure of Kenyan politics, running unsuccessfully for the presidency on five occasions,...
Kenya will receive another fine over crowd safety and security breaches, a football governing body said today, with officials promising to prevent chaotic scenes outside stadiums with extra security. It is the first time three east African countries — Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda — have hosted the ongoing African Nations Championship, but the hi...
•AFRIMA trophy Ahead of the upcoming AFRIMA 2025 Adjudication Process, the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA), in partnership with the African Union, has appointed new music experts to join its international jury panel, even as excitement continues to build toward this year’s edition of the continent’s biggest music event. The three new jury mem...
•President William Ruto of Kenya Kenya’s electoral commissioners were sworn in today, following months of legal wrangling, paving the way for polls in 2027. The Independent Electoral Board of Commission (IEBC) plays a crucial role — supervising elections, counting votes and registering voters and candidates — in the east African nation where r...
•William Ruto Kenyan President William Ruto warned today against attempts to “overthrow” the government through “unconstitutional means” and ordered the police to shoot violent protesters in the leg, days after 31 people were killed in nationwide anti-government demonstrations. These are his toughest remarks yet come as the East African nation...
•Protesters amid clouds of tear gas fired by Kenya police The United Nations today expressed serious concern over the deaths of at least 10 people in Kenya where police and protesters clashed during anti-government demonstrations the previous day. The violence erupted on Saba Saba Day (meaning Seven Seven) when demonstrators annually mark the ...
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