Roadside blast kills 3, injure 2 in NE Kenya
Mar 15, 2020, at 08:07 pm
Garissa (Kenya), Mar 15/Xinhua/UNI: A roadside blast killed at least three people while two others sustained serious injuries in Garissa County in northeast Kenya on Sunday, a regional government official said.
US army strengthens security at base attacked in Kenya
Jan 07, 2020, at 05:01 pm
Nairobi/Xinhua/UNI: The US military has said that its African Command's (Africom's) East Africa Response Force (EARF) has arrived at Kenya's Manda Bay to augment security after three Americans were killed in an attack launched by al-Shabab terrorists on Sunday.
Kenya arrests 3 for foiled attack on Britain army camp
Jan 06, 2020, at 06:11 pm
Nanyuki, Kenya/Xinhua/UNI: Kenyan security forces are holding three terror suspects who were arrested for trying to storm a British military camp in the country, an official said Monday.
3 killed in Kenya's Manda Bay Airfield attack by al-Shabab: AFRICOM
Jan 06, 2020, at 10:23 am
Nairobi/Xinhua/UNI: A U S service member and two Department of Defense contractors were killed, following an attack by al-Shabab on Sunday at the Manda Bay Airfield in Kenya, according to the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM).
Kenya's Manda airstrip closed after al-Shabab attack
Jan 05, 2020, at 08:08 pm
Lamu, Kenya/Xinhua/UNI: Kenya's aviation authorities have closed indefinitely Manda airstrip following a dawn terror attack by al-Shabab militants early Sunday.
Al-Shabab attacks US military base in Kenyan coastal county
Jan 05, 2020, at 04:15 pm
Lamu, Kenya/Xinhua/UNI: The Somali extremist group al-Shabab said it has attacked the US military base in Kenya's coastal Lamu County on Sunday morning.
Death toll from Kenya's building collapse reaches 10
Dec 09, 2019, at 10:03 am
Nairobi/Xinhua/UNI: Death toll from a building which collapsed in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi on Friday rose to ten on Sunday after four more bodies were recovered during the ongoing search and rescue operations
Kenya says to lift drone ban in 2020
Nov 29, 2019, at 06:28 pm
Nairobi/Xinhua/UNI: Kenya plans to lift a ban on drones in 2020, the country's aviation regulator said on Friday.
Kenya school collapse: 7 children dead
Sep 23, 2019, at 05:52 pm
Nairobi, Sept 23 (IBNS): The collapse of a classroom in Kenya's Nairobi city left at least seven school children dead, media reports said.
UN chief condemns terrorist attacks in Kenya and Somalia
Jun 17, 2019, at 09:45 am
New York, June 17 (IBNS): The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, condemned on Sunday the attack that took place on Saturday in Wajir County, Kenya, in which at least eight police officers were killed when their car struck an improvised explosive device (IED), and the car bomb attack in Mogadishu, Somalia, in which at least eight people were killed.
Two killed as Kenyan security forces clash with al-Shabab suspects
Jun 04, 2019, at 04:56 pm
Mandera, Jun 4 (Xinhua/UNI) Two people were killed and unknown number injured in clashes between Kenyan security forces and Somali militants in the northeastern county of Mandera on Monday night, officials said Tuesday.
At least 11 Kenyans killed in clashes near Kenya-Ethiopia border
May 07, 2019, at 08:22 pm
Marsabit , Kenya, May 7 (Xinhua): At least 11 Kenyans were killed and two others were injured in clashes along the Kenya-Ethiopia border in Kenya's northern Marsabit County on Monday, police and local government officials confirmed on Tuesday.
First US-Kenya bilateral dialogue scheduled for May 7-8 : State Department
May 07, 2019, at 09:51 am
Washington, May 7 (Sputnik/UNI) The first annual US-Kenya bilateral strategic dialogue will take place in Washington, DC, on May 7 and 8, the US Department of State said in a news release on Monday.
Two Cuban medics abducted by gunmen in Northeastern Kenya, smuggled to Somalia : Police
Apr 12, 2019, at 04:43 pm
Moscow, Apr 12 (Sputnik) Two Cuban doctors were abducted in northeastern Kenya on the border with Somalia by unidentified gunmen on Friday while they were being escorted by police to work, the Kenyan National Police Service said, adding that one of the police officers was shot dead during the attack.
14 killed in road accident in Kenya
Mar 27, 2019, at 04:20 pm
Machakos, Kenya, Mar 27 (Xinhua/UNI) Fourteen people were killed and several others injured in a road accident early Wednesday after a Nairobi-bound bus rammed onto a stationary truck in Machakos County in eastern Kenya.
Ethiopian Airlines plane crashes killing all 157 on board
Mar 10, 2019, at 04:58 pm
Addis Ababa, Mar 10 (UNI) All 157 passengers who were on board Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 that crashed in central Ethiopia on its way to Kenya on Sunday morning have died, airlines said.
Jan 15, 2019, at 11:03 pm
Nairobi, Jan 15 (IBNS): At least one person was killed when suspected terrorists attacked a luxury hotel complex in Kenya's Nairobi city on Tuesday even as authorities fight to regain control of the upscale compound.
Kenya: Somali-based militant group claims hotel attack in Nairobi
Jan 15, 2019, at 09:10 pm
Nairobi, Jan 15 (IBNS): Somali-based militant group al-Shabab has claimed the DusitD2 hotel attack, which took place in Kenyan city of Nairobi on Tuesday, media reports said.
Kenya: Blasts, gunfire near Nairobi hotel
Jan 15, 2019, at 07:02 pm
Nairobi, Jan 15 (IBNS): Explosions and gunfire have been reported from close to a hotel complex in Kenyan city of Nairobi on Tuesday, media reports said.
Kenya bus crash leaves 50 dead
Oct 10, 2018, at 05:12 pm
Nairobi, Oct 10 (IBNS): A bus crashed in Kenya and left at least 50 people killed on Wednesday, media reports said.
Sep 19, 2018, at 08:47 am
New York, Sept 19 (IBNS): Despite improvements for persons with Albinism in Kenya who have historically suffered attacks and discrimination, a United Nations expert has signaled that “much remains to be done”, especially when it comes to accessing equal treatment under the law.
Kenya: Road mishap kills 36 people
Dec 31, 2017, at 10:17 pm
Nairobi, Dec 31 (IBNS): At least 36 people died after the bus they were travelling in collided head-on with a trailer in Kenya's Nakuru-Eldoret highway on Sunday, media reports said.
Kenya: President to be sworn-in, security bolstered in capital
Nov 28, 2017, at 05:37 pm
Nairobi, Nov 28 (IBNS): Security has been bolstered in Kenya's capital Nairobi ahead of the swearing-in ceremony of the President, who will be entering his second term in office, reports said.
Kenya: Women and girls forced to engage in sex to survive near-famine, says IRC
Jul 06, 2017, at 12:17 am
Nairobi, July 5 (JEN): Women and girls in Turkana County, northern Kenya, are being exploited in exchange for money to buy food, the International Rescue Committee said on Wednesday.
Drought drives food price spike in East Africa, UN warns
Feb 15, 2017, at 06:37 pm
New York, Feb 15 (Just Earth News): East Africa’s ongoing drought has sharply curbed harvests and drive up the prices of cereals and other staple foods to unusually high levels, posing a heavy burden to households and special risks for pastoralists in the region, the United Nations agricultural agency said on Tuesday.
UN allocates $3 million to Somalia-Kenya cross-border pilot project for Somali refugees
Dec 23, 2016, at 03:01 pm
New York, Dec 23 (Just Earth News):The United Nations Peacebuilding Fund is set to allocate $3 million on a pilot project that will provide peacebuilding and professional skills to Somali refugees volunteering to return from Kenya to Somalia.
Projected Global Resettlement Needs 2017
Jun 14, 2016, at 03:49 am
New York, June 13 (Just Earth News):On his first visit to Kenya, the chief of the United Nations refugee agency received assurances from the African country that the return of refugees to Somalia would not contravene international obligations.
In phone call, Ban and Kenyan President discuss government's decision to close refugee camps
May 19, 2016, at 01:32 pm
New York, May 19 (Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon spoke on Wednesday by telephone with President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya following the Kenyan Government's recent decision to close the Dadaab refugee camps, expressing deep appreciation for the country's decades of generosity to asylum seekers.
Kenya stages largest-ever ivory destruction as UN reaffirms ‘zero tolerance’ on poaching
May 03, 2016, at 12:58 pm
New York, May 3 (Just Earth News/IBNS): As African leaders soundly rejected “those who think our natural heritage can be sold for money,†senior United Nations officials expressed support for Kenyan-led efforts to end illegal wildlife trade during a weekend ceremony in Nairobi where tonnes of elephant tusks and rhino horns were burned to protest poaching, which is pushing several iconic species to the brink of extinction.
Kenya: 50 km traffic congestion disrupts normal life
Nov 20, 2015, at 06:43 pm
Nairobi, Nov 20 (IBNS) Kenyan commuters travelling through the Nairobi-Mombasa highway found themselves trapped in a bizarre 50 km long traffic congestion that prevented movements of vehicles for over 48 hours, according to reports by the BBC.