Kenya

Deputy President William Ruto has put up a robust defence of Kenya's decision to close the world's biggest refugee camp, Daadab. Speaking at the United Nations in New York, Ruto sharply criticised world leaders for abandoning the more than 600,000 plus refugees and forcing Kenya...

Facebook has switched on its low-cost Internet in more than 600 hotspots across the country since the launch of the service in March, the US tech giant has disclosed. Surf Kenya, Facebook’s local partner, says it has so far rolled out the Express Wi-Fi service...

NAIROBI – As Kenya prepares to close the world’s largest refugee camp, a rights watchdog said the repatriation of Somalis from the sprawling Dadaab camp is based on misinformation and violates international standards. Human Rights Watch, which interviewed scores of people in the vast camp...

Elders from the larger Aulian clan on Kenya-Somalia border have come together to resolve fight that broke out between former Deputy Speaker Farah Maalim and former Somali Minister Gele Jama in Nairobi. Speaking in Garissa, Aulian clan elders led by their chairman Sultan Hamud Sheikh...

Al-Shabaab terrorists are regrouping in Jedahaley, Somalia, and plan to attack the country, police have warned. Inspector-General of Police Joseph Boinnet has also revealed that some of the attackers were hiding in small groups pretending to be herders around Hida and Dambala in Somalia while...

Two people were killed Saturday morning after suspected members of the Al Shabaab militia group attacked Dagah area in Tarbaj, Wajir County, some 630 kilometers north of the capital Nairobi. Tarbaj police boss, Andrew Mwiti, said the suspected Islamic fighters ambushed the residents killing by...

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...

More than 400,000 refugees at Dadaab and Kakuma camps are staring at starvation in the wake of severe funding cuts. The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Wednesday said Sh1.4 billion food aid is required to ensure survival of the refugees. The agency said it...

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Reports that suggest ethnic Somalis living in Kenya are being increasingly targeted, detained, and tortured are entirely false, the country's foreign minister says. In an interview with Al Jazeera's UpFront ahead of Kenya's presidential elections in 2017, Foreign Minister Amina Mohamed also addressed the repatriation...