Kenya

By IMENDE BENJAMIN @akhasakhulu Kenya has launched a major diplomatic campaign aimed at getting votes for Foreign Affairs CS Amina Mohamed to become the next African Union Commission chairperson. The post is currently held by South Africa’s Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, who was elected in July 2012...

Kenya has formally put forward its candidate for the position of African Union Commission Chair. The East African country’s President, Uhuru Kenyatta, made the announcement on Thursday. The country’s candidate is the current Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed. Several envoys were there for Thursday’s announcement. The AU Commission...

UN says sending the registered refugee back to home country where he faces risk of abuse breaches international law. Kenya has deported a South Sudanese rebel spokesman - a registered refugee - back to his war-torn country where he could face detention and abuse at...

President Uhuru Kenyatta extolled Foreign Affairs CS Amina Mohamed as he hosted African diplomats at State House on Thursday evening. “You are getting a servant who will work for each and every one of us and who will work for the peace, stability and prosperity...

The Kenyan government’s threat to close the Dadaab refugee camp by the end of November would not only endanger the lives of several hundred thousand Somali refugees but has already caused irreparable harm and damage. With no alternative options, some refugees have been coerced into...

Kenya accused the U. N. secretary-general on Thursday of instigating an investigation of deadly attacks in South Sudan with the "preordained" outcome of blaming the Kenyan commander of the U.N. peacekeeping force, who was fired over events that occurred just three weeks after he...

More than 800 soldiers have left the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) since the Somalia operation began in 2011. KDF Director of Prosecution Brigadier Kenneth Okoki Dindi told a Mombasa court that the soldiers left for various reasons, including desertion. In a sworn affidavit filed...

Hundreds of Muslims today morning held special prayers for rains in Mombasa as the drought in the country gets worse. The Council of Imams and Preachers of Kenya led the faithful in prayers for rains at Makadara Grounds. The prolonged drought in the region has prompted...

Most Kenyans are afraid that violence will be experienced in the 2017 general election, a survey has found. The survey on citizens views on security and safetyin Kenya found 70 per cent were "afraid", 44 per cent "very afraid" and three out of ten citizens...

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...