Kenya

Kenya has called at the United Nations General Assembly for more funding for its plan to repatriate more than 300,000 Somali refugees living in a vast camp on its border, citing world leaders' commitment to burden-sharing. In May, Kenya announced its plans to close the...

By: THE STAR Kenya and Somalia have committed to ending violent extremism, Defence Cabinet secretary Aden Duale said. Duale said the two countries will partner in areas of trade and investments as they...

By: Business Insider Kenya’s economy continues to experience some relief as its inflation fell in March. In February, the country’s inflation hit a 23-month low of 6.3%. Its inflation has fallen further from the figure recorded...

By: REUTERS Protesters threw stones at police in Kenya's capital and attackers set fire to an office run by the president's party in a western town on Thursday during a third wave of demonstrations organised by his...

The University of Nairobi was selected to be the first beneficiary from the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, UNOOSA and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA, KiboCUBE Program. The announcement was made in the just ended Tokyo International Conference on African Development, TICAD VI. KiboCUBE...

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...

The UN refugee agency said a total of 26,819 Somali refugees have confirmed their intention to voluntarily return home and are waiting to be facilitated to return to the Horn of Africa nation. The UNHCR said in its bi-monthly report released on Sunday that some...

Horndiplomat-Kenya’s president, Uhuru Kenyatta has said that he would work to restore Israel as an observer at the African Union, a move the Israeli premier has described as ‘Very significant for Israel.’ The Jewish state previously enjoyed observer status in the now disbanded Organization of...

By: Andolu Agency In a landmark ruling given on Wednesday, a Kenyan court ordered the deportation of British terrorist Jermaine John Grant back to the UK upon completion of his prison sentence. Grant...

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...