Kenya

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: BBC AFRICA Kenya's opposition leader, Raila Odinga, says he plans to launch a fund for "families who lost their loved ones and those still in hospital receiving treatment" amid nationwide demonstrations. Speaking...

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...

By:BBC Kenya's finance minister has surrendered himself to the police after the chief prosecutor ordered his arrest over allegations of corruption. Henry Rotich is accused of flouting procurement procedures in awarding a contract worth over $450m (£405m) for the construction of two dams to the Italian...

Horndiplomat-Unique facial and body markings are used across the Horn of Africa to enhance female beauty, reports James Jeffrey adding that though popular and colorful, “ some are more controversial than others” Elegant touch In Somaliland, where woman have a reputation for elegance and paying attention...

By: Mohamed Duale The Executive Secretary of IGAD Amb. Mahboub Maalim meets with Assistant Secretary for U.S. Department of State's Bureau of African Affairs. Horndiplomat reports During the high-level talks, the IGAD Executive secretary and Assistant Secretary for U.S. Department of State's Bureau of African Affairs...

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...

Source: Xinhua Kenya has lost some 2.61 million livestock to drought in the past months as the crisis worsens in arid and semi-arid areas, according to the National Drought Management Authority.  Kenya has...

By OLIVER MATHENGE The Kenyan soldiers fighting al Shabaab in Somalia have received their pay and allowances, the Presidency announced yesterday. State House Spokesman Manoah Esipisu said an agreement was signed between Amisom and the European Union, under which payments were made to soldiers serving in...

The US on Friday warned its citizens within Kenya to avoid traveling to the Somalia border following claims of threats by terrorist group al-Shabaab. In an advisory signed on January 13, 2017, the department warned its citizens to be on hight alert over potential attacks...