Kenya

A spot check by the Nation Sunday showed students from various schools buying books and uniform from shops in Nairobi. Most of the schools are expected to reopen Monday and others Tuesday. This comes amid a looming strike by teachers, which parents are opposed to. Members of...

Three Kenyan Christians were hacked to death by Al-Shabaab militants on Friday night (18 August) after they refused to recite the Islamic prayer of faith. A fourth Christian – the mentally challenged older brother of one of the three – was also killed. At around...

Facebook has switched on its low-cost Internet in more than 600 hotspots across the country since the launch of the service in March, the US tech giant has disclosed. Surf Kenya, Facebook’s local partner, says it has so far rolled out the Express Wi-Fi service...

Nasa has claimed that the Jubilee Party is forcing its candidates who lost in the elections to concede defeat. The opposition coalition’s campaign chairman, Mr Musalia Mudavadi, said the most affected candidates were the governors who were defending their seats, who he claimed had been...

The Kenyan military on Sunday told residents who live close to Boni forest along the Kenyan coast to vacate the area within 48 hours in preparation for a heavy bombardment planned to wipe out al-Shabaab militants hiding within. The order was delivered on Sunday by...

They have been clinging to the hope that their relatives, captured by Somalia’s Al-Shabaab fighters, are alive and well. But that hope for the soldiers’ families is fading as they are caught between a silent government and the terrorist group across the border. Day in day...

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...

Incumbent's win comes amid allegations of voting fraud made by supporters of opposition leader Raila Odinga. Kenya's incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta has been declared winner of the country's presidential election amid allegations of voting fraud by the opposition. According to official figures released by the country's...

NAIROBI/KISUMU, Kenya (Reuters) - Kenya's opposition said on Friday it would "not be a party" to any imminent announcement of results of the presidential vote by the election commission and rejected the idea of taking its challenge to court. Provisional results from polling stations show...