Kenya

Five Kenyans are among 72 people deported from the US over immigration issues. The rest are Somalis. Police and immigration officials said a private plane carrying the 72 individuals landed at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport Friday morning after a long journey that started from...

As Chinese and Africans get more opportunities to interact with each other following growing multilateral ties, many become friends and even fall in love. So how do the cultural differences feature in their relationships? Or are the differences over-exaggerated; could there actually be more similarities...

IN SUMMARY Eastleigh has always been one of Nairobi’s more distinctive spaces, a multi-ethnic and interactive free zone abutting the city’s ‘historical’ estates like Majengo, Kamukunji, Mathare Valley, and California. Its cosmopolitan ambiance provided the template or its 1990s transition. For years, rural development dominated...

Kenya’s press freedom rating stagnated for the past two years even as the global trend towards good journalism worsened, an indication that the country has done little to improve the media environment. The latest Press Freedom Index showed that Kenya’s ranking remained unchanged at 95...

NASA will withdraw KDF troops from Somalia immediately it ascends to power after the August election and instead seek democratic options in the war on al Shabaab. Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka faulted the continued presence of Kenyan troops in Somalia and said it is unwise...

By STEPHEN ASTARIKO @stephen ASTARIKO Several people sustained minor injuries after supporters of the main JP and Wiper rivals for Garissa Township MP clashed in Garissa Ndogo on Thursday evening. Police fired in the air and used tear gas to disperse the fighters that were hurling...

Kenya's military says it has killed 52 fighters with the extremist group al-Shabab in neighboring Somalia. Military spokesman Col. Joseph Owuoth says the army destroyed an extremist camp in Badhadhe region of Lower Jubba early Friday using ground troops and artillery fire. He says an assortment...

By Jimmy Golen U.S. claims 6 of top 10 spots among men, 2 of top 4 women BOSTON - The Kenyans are back in Boston after a relative lull that saw them shut out in the world's most prestigious marathon twice in the past three years. More...

Kenya may soon export 100,000 workers to Saudi Arabia if negotiations between the two countries bear fruit while Qatar is willing to open its market for Kenyan meat. These are some of the wins the government achieved when it received high-profile visitors from the two...

By BRUHAN MAKONG More by this Author President Uhuru Kenyatta asked Wajir residents to vote for Jubilee in August, saying his government had improved their welfare. Mr Kenyatta told off the opposition for saying the current administration had neglected residents of Wajir, Mandera and Garissa by failing...