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Kenya urged to shelter displaced families from Gaza

Businessman and Human Rights Activist Nazir Jinnah Image: HANDOUT
By: THE STAR Businessman and human rights activist Nazir Jinnah is now calling on Kenya to step up and play a role in alleviating the dire humanitarian crisis unfolding in Gaza. Jinnah said...

Kenya Senate Speaker, Somaliland Ambassador Discuss Promoting Bilateral Ties

Speaker of The Kenya Senate Amason Jeffah Kingi and Somaliland Ambassador to Kenya Mohamed Ahmed Mohamoud discussed promotion of the ties between two nation
By: Staff writer Speaker of The Kenya Senate Amason Jeffah Kingi and Somaliland Ambassador to Kenya Mohamed Ahmed Mohamoud discussed promotion of the ties between two nation. Statement Speaker of Kenya Senate Hon Kingi posted...

Kenyan accused of throwing baby into ocean arrested

AFPCopyright: AFP The Kenya Red Cross earlier said that the infant was safe at its rescue centre (file photo)
By: BBC AFRICA Kenyan police have arrested a woman accused of throwing her eight-month-old baby into the Indian Ocean on Sunday. Witnesses told local media that the woman allegedly tossed the baby into the ocean from...

Somali refugee wins U.N. award for efforts to educate displaced children

This handout picture by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) shows Abdullahi Mire, the winner of the U.N. refugee agency’s prestigious Nansen Award posing for a picture in one of the libraries he established in Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camp. | Photo Credit: AFP
By: AFP A former Somali refugee intent on bringing books and education to his compatriots languishing in sprawling camps in Kenya was on Tuesday named the winner of the UN refugee agency’s prestigious Nansen Award. Abdullahi...

Ethiopia bus crash kills 20 near Kenyan border

Ethiopia bus crash kills 20 near Kenyan border
By: BBC News Twenty people have died in a bus crash in southern Ethiopia with more than 30 others sustaining injuries, the local authorities have said. The accident happened in the country’s Oromia...

Kenya Airways to resume weekly flights to Somalia

Kenya Airways Set to Re-introduce Weekly Flights to Mogadishu
SOURCE: XINHUA  Kenya Airways (KQ) said it would resume direct flights to Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, from Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, starting February 2024 as part of efforts to promote trade and ease the movement...

Kenya Declares Surprise Public Holiday for National Campaign to Plant 15 Billion Trees

A jacaranda tree in bloom in Nairobi, Kenya, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023. Every year in early October, clusters of purple haze dot Nairobi’s tree line as the city’s jacaranda trees come into bloom. (Sayyid Abdul Azim / Associated Press)
By: Associated Press The Kenyan government announced Monday a surprise public holiday on Nov. 13 for a nationwide tree planting day, part of its ambitious plan to plant 15 billion trees by 2032.

Kenyan authorities arrest fake lawyer who won 26 cases in court

IBrian Mwenda, who has falsely been presenting himself as an Advocate of the high court of Kenya has finally been caught by authorities. mage | @Africa_Archives /X
By:The star An alleged Nairobi fake lawyer was on Thursday detained by authorities on claims that he falsely presented himself as an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya. Reports indicate that the...

Kenya raises the status of its Somaliland office and appointed a new representative

The Kenyan government has appointed a new representative to the Republic of Somaliland and raised the diplomatic status of their office in Hargeisa. Appointment on Wednesday 04 October, the President of Kenya William Samoei Ruto has appointed Abdiweli Muhammed...

Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia border communities strike peace deal

Ali Maalim, Deputy Governor Mandera appends his signature to the Mandera Triangle Agreement together with Abdiaziz Farah, Commissioner, NCIC. Image: HANDOUT
By:THE STAR Communities along Kenya Ethiopia and Somalia borders have sealed a deal to enhance peace, security, trade and movement of people. Mandera Triangle Cross-Border agreement signed by the three countries seeks to provide...