Kenya

Kenyans using the current generation of passport will not be able to use them once the new e-passport is fully rolled out. Issuance of the current generation ends on September 1, and the electronic passport will be given to applicants onwards. However, holders of the current...

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...

KDF has denied claims that scores died after al Shabaab militants attacked its base in Kulbiyow, Somalia, on Friday morning. Al Shabaab said its fighters killed at least 66 people, adding they overran the camp near the Kenyan border. The militant group also said it lost...

By:The Star The national government is set open a consulate at Hargeisa in Somaliland aimed to increase exports to the autonomous country. Trade CS Peter Munya said Miraa will be the leading export to the country and that the Embassy will help negotiate  favourable  trade barriers...

By ROBLEH MOHAMUD, The Star Kenya The Las Anod conflict, a clan rebellion led by Dhulbahante traditional elders, continues to escalate and destabilize an already tense region. Kenya should be concerned. The uprising, which...

Horndiplomat-Freedom Center for Strategic Studies (FCSS) released position paper that to indicates the Waves of Change in the Horn of Africa: Challenges and Opportunities.Horndiplomat Reports Background The Horn of Africa is a strategically significant region that geographically commands the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden and...

Uganda’s national airline has launched commercial operations with a flight to the Kenyan capital. Uganda Airlines’ inaugural flight to Nairobi on Tuesday carried mostly government and airline officials following a ceremony to re-launch the carrier that collapsed in 2001. Uganda Airlines owns two planes. Four more...

The heat is being turned on the Leader of Majority in the National Assembly, Mr Aden Duale, in the wake of a sound clip circulating on social media where a voice is calling for the barring of a neighbouring Bantu community from registering as...

The Standard Gauge Railway station in Nairobi is easily the most impressive public building in Kenya. While a lot of Kenyan government buildings are drab and functional and date back to colonial days, this station is adventurous. It's all gray and modern. Geometric shapes form...

Horndiplomat-Representatives from three Somaliland political parties have today met officials of Kenya’s independence party KANU for lessons on peacebuilding ahead of their next elections. The officials accompanied by programme officers from saferworld are in the country on a fact? finding mission to learn from Kenya’s...