Kenya

President Uhuru Kenyatta and United Nations boss Antonio Guterres have appealed for support to stabilize Somalia and neutralise Al Shabaab's threat in the horn of Africa. The leaders urged the international community to seize the environment created by the new administration to restore peace in...

By REITZ MUREITHI Did you know that donkey meat has been legalised and certified for human consumption in Kenya? Well, the Meat Control (amendment) Act 2012 documented donkey alongside horse as a food animal in Kenya. While butcheries have not been licensed to sell donkey meat, interested...

Mall owners in Eastleigh clashed with hawkers Saturday evening in renewed infighting between the two sides over working space. The mall owners have accused the hawkers of being a menace and blocking entrances to their businesses. An impending eviction of the hawkers by the Nairobi County...

Stephen O'Brien, the UN under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, will travel from Oslo to Yemen, Somalia and Kenya between Feb. 26 and March 5 to meet people most affected by humanitarian crises, a UN spokesman said here Friday. "In all three countries, Mr. O'Brien will meet...

Nairobi, Kenya (AP) -- The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration says Kenya has complied with international safety standards and can have direct flights to the U.S. after waiting for more than a decade.The FAA in a statement Thursday said Kenya has received a category 1...

A US congressman is seeking to halt Kenya's pending $418 million weapons purchase from an American contractor. Nairobi aims to acquire ammunition, machine guns, rocket launchers, and guided bombs mounted on 12 Air Tractors converted agricultural aircraft intended to bolster the Kenya Defence Forces' campaign...

By NJIRAINI MUCHIRA Kenya is limiting the issuing of new licences for global airlines seeking to exploit the strategic Nairobi hub in a protectionist move aimed at reviving the dwindling fortunes of national carrier Kenya Airways. The policy shift is already being applied after the government hastily...

Mateship is alive in Somalia. In Australia when there is a drought, rural people don't die. Nor do children suffer acute malnutrition. But here in Somalia it is the norm. In recent weeks, aid agencies have become increasingly anxious as conditions in Somalia have deteriorated. More...

Kenya may have to study Somalia’s new President a lot more to know how the two countries’ relations will be under his leadership. Elected on Wednesday after incumbent Hassan Sheikh Mohamud pulled out of the third round of voting and conceded defeat, Mohamed Abdullahi “Farmajo”...

By Elsa Buchanan Rights and aid organisations have welcomed Kenya's high court ruling stopping the government from closing Dadaab, the world's largest refugee camp, but warned that the African nation and the international community must work towards finding alternative solutions for refugees. The 8 February ruling...