Kenya

  Kenya reaffirmed on Thursday its plan to close the world's largest refugee camp by November, rejecting allegations by Human Rights Watch (HRW) that it is harassing and intimidating Somali refugees to return home when it is not safe to do so. The rights group said...

By:Kenyans In Africa, Kenya's education sector has been recognised as one of the most progressive, producing academic giants of global standing. This has seen many countries in the continent visit the country on benchmarking missions with an aim of improving their education systems. This is the case...

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta is re-contesting early August's election after the original vote was invalidated by the country's Supreme Court His main — and long-term — political rival, Raila Odinga, is boycotting the race Despite short-term political uncertainty, analysts CNBC spoke to seem...

NAIROBI, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- The UN refugee agency said it has repatriated some 38,159 Somali refugees in Kenya since the return exercise began in December 2014. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said in its bi-weekly update received in Nairobi on Thursday...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya’s Supreme Court on Monday upheld the re-election of President Uhuru Kenyatta in last month’s repeat presidential vote, paving the way for him to be sworn in next week. Chief Justice David Maraga said all six judges dismissed the two legal challenges...

(AFP) - Kenya on Wednesday agreed to suspend the closure of Dabaab refugee camp, the world's largest, for six months after coming under fire over the fate of its 280,000 inhabitants, most of them Somalis. The decision to push the deadline back to May 2017...

By: BUSIWEEK Somaliland through its embassy in Nairobi will in November host an Energy and Infrastructure conference in the Kenyan capital. This is part of Somaliland’s long term mission to woo Kenyan investors in the energy sector to the mineral-rich area that is thirsting for foreign...

By NICHOLAS KEUNG Education “crisis” comes at a time when the number of displaced children is exploding by 600,000 a year, refugee agency says in report. In the Kashojwa village school in Uganda, a total of 2,800 local Ugandans, and Somali, Congolese, Burundian and other refugees...

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...

By OBED SIMIYU More by this Author Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli has told African states to guard against forces with selfish motives which he says could be fuelling turmoil on the continent. President Magufuli, who is also the chairman of the East Africa Community (EAC), said...