Kenya

By GEORGE OMONDI omondi@ke.nationmedia.com Kenya is eying a free visa pact with Somalia as part of a diplomatic offshoot of the recent miraa export row with the Horn of Africa nation. At the moment, Kenyans and Somalis have to pay Sh5,000 ($50) to obtain visas that...

Ethio-Kenya Joint Border Commission meeting kicked-off in Adama City, Ethiopia earlier today (February 12). The two-day session will focus on ensuring in intra-border security, stemming illegal weapons flow and human trafficking, enhancing border trade in a bid to benefit the border communities, cooperation on health...

NAIROBI – Somaliland government, through its Liaison office in Nairobi, will on Friday hold a major investment conference in the Kenyan capital to woo investors to the Horn of Africa nation. Somaliland is targeting top Kenyan and East African investors to Hargeisa and Berbera, the...

Kenya on Sunday repatriated 17 Somali nationals who caused disturbance at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport when they were denied clearance to travel to Uganda. The passengers, according to Immigration PS Gordon Kihalangwa, landed from Mogadishu but they could not be cleared because of security concerns...

On the trail of police who storm a village, burn down homes, steal livestock - and murder an 80-year-old man. By :Jacob Kushner Jacob Kushner writes about refugees and migration, foreign aid and investment in Africa, the Caribbean, and Germany. By:Anthony Langat Anthony Langat is a Kenyan investigative...

Voters in Kenya will head to the polls on October 17 after the Supreme Court annulled last month's election. But politics in Kenya often go hand in hand with ethnicity and tribal loyalties. Elections in Kenya have caused heightening and even incitement of these...

By MILLICENT MWOLOLO There is an unspoken energy sweeping through the streets of Mandera Town. Veiled women and men in white kanzus go about their businesses purposefully, indicating the town’s newfound liveliness. Businesses, including hotels, boutiques, cyber cafes, and bars that open until late  are up...

State House had explained the circumstances that prompted the Somali government to ban importation of miraa from Kenya. In a press briefing on Sunday, State House Spokesman Manoah Esipisu said that the Somalia Government interpreted Munya’s visit to Somaliland as Kenya’s recognition of the region...

  Kenyans vote Tuesday in a close presidential election between President Uhuru Kenyatta, who seeks a second term, and Raila Odinga, who lost the last two contests. The East African high-tech and commercial hub of 44 million people is often described as one of the continent's...

By : East Africa Ethiopia prime minister has sent emissaries to Kenya and Somalia seeking to have their maritime border dispute resolved without worsening flagile diplomatic ties in the Horn of Africa. Officials in Nairobi and Mogadishu said Abiy, the chairman of the Intergovernmental Authority on...