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From drought to deluge: Kenyan villagers reel from floods

Days after flood waters swallowed her home in eastern Kenya, Fatuma Hassan Gumo waded through thigh-deep murky water to collect her only remaining possessions -- floating utensils

10 years on, Kenya mall siege survivor says retelling ordeal helped to heal

"Please let them not kill us, let them not kill us." Ten years on, Loi Awat still remembers the desperate prayers of people around her as she became caught up in one of the deadliest attacks on Kenyan soil -- the four-day siege at the upmarket Westgate shopping mall

'Vigilance is key': Al Shabaab threat rising in Kenya's northeast

Kenya and Somalia agree to phased border reopening

Kenya and Somalia have agreed to reopen their common border after more than a decade, Kenya's interior minister said on Monday as ties warm between the two neighbours following years of tensions

Kenya Supreme Court upholds Ruto's presidential win

Kenya Supreme Court upholds Ruto's presidential win

Kenya's Supreme Court on Monday upheld William Ruto's victory in the August 9 presidential election, capping weeks of uncertainty as weary citizens voiced relief over a peaceful conclusion to the prolonged political process

Kenya Supreme Court upholds Ruto's presidential win

Kenya's Supreme Court on Monday upheld William Ruto's victory in the August 9 presidential election, capping weeks of uncertainty as weary citizens voiced relief over a peaceful conclusion to the prolonged political process

Kenya boosts security after terror warnings

Kenya said Friday it has boosted security after France and Germany warned of the risk of possible terror attacks targeting Westerners, particularly in the capital Nairobi

Six killed in suspected Al-Shabaab attack in Kenya

Six people were killed and homes torched in a grisly attack by suspected Al-Shabaab fighters in a coastal region bordering Somalia, police and government officials said on Monday

Kenya sacks prison boss after 'terror' inmates escape

Kenya's president on Wednesday sacked the country's top prisons boss over an embarrassing jailbreak by three "terror" inmates this week

Kenya launches manhunt after 'dangerous' inmates flee prison

Kenya seeks to vaccinate 3.4 mln children against polio

Kenya's Ministry of Health said Thursday it will vaccinate 3.4 million children below five years in 13 counties against polio in May and June

15 dead in southeastern Kenya road accident

Two buses collided along the busy Malindi-Mombasa highway in southeastern Kenya on Wednesday, killing 15 passengers, officials said

Kenya Orders UNHCR to Shut Two Major Refugee Camps Over Security Fears - Interior Ministry

The Kenyan government has decided to close two refugee camp complexes in northern Kenya due to national security concerns, and ordered the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) to prepare a plan for relocation of refugees from the camps within two weeks, the Interior Ministry said on Wednesday

Three Teachers Killed in Terror Attack in East Kenya - Reports

Three teachers were killed early Monday morning in northeast Kenya near the settlement of Kamudi as a result of an attack supposedly launched by the al-Shabab [part of the al-Qaeda terror group, banned in Russia], media reported, citing local autorities

Kenyan police killed in roadside bomb attack near Somali border

Garissa accomplice gets life, two others 41 years, for Kenya massacre

A Nairobi court Wednesday sentenced three men to terms ranging from 41 years to life for abetting the massacre of 148 people by Somali jihadists at Garissa University in northeastern Kenya in 2015

Five suspects in court over Nairobi hotel attack

Five suspects, including a Canadian citizen, appeared in a Kenyan court Friday in connection with an Islamist attack on a Nairobi hotel complex that left 21 dead

Six suspects in court over Nairobi hotel attack

Six suspects, including a Canadian citizen, appeared in a Kenyan court Friday in connection with an Islamist attack on a Nairobi hotel complex that left 21 dead

East African countries set to launch joint polio vaccination drive

Three health ministers from East African countries will on Friday launch a joint polio vaccination campaign for the Horn of Africa, Kenya's health ministry said on Thursday.

Floods leave hundreds of thousands homeless in Kenya

Hundreds of thousands of people across Kenya, especially those settled close to Tana River in the northern part, were displaced by heavy floods in the country.

Al-Shabaab destroys communication mast in Kenya's border region

Suspected Al-Shabaab militants destroyed a communication mast in Dabacity area in Mandera county of northeast Kenya

At least 10 killed in road accident in northeast Kenya

At least 10 people were killed and 30 others injured early Tuesday after a Nairobi-bound commuter bus collided head on with a truck ferrying building stones in Garissa County in northeast Kenya

3 officers die in fierce Shabaab raid on Kenyan police camp