Kenya

Machakos governor Alfred Mutua has disparaged Nasa leaders Raila Odinga and Kalonzo Musyoka's planned swearing in. Raila's oath-taking is scheduled for Tuesday but Mutua termed it a recipe for chaos. He further described it as the planting of seeds of civil war "which will turn our nation...

By: Reuters , Horndiplomat The presidents of Somalia and Kenya signed a range of deals on Friday, including one to restart trade of the stimulant khat, the countries' foreign ministers said, in a sign of improving...

By:Abdiaziz Daud , Horndiplomat Correspondent in Kenya, @Abdiaaziiz ODM leader Raila Odinga has been endorsed as the Azimio la Umoja movement joint presidential candidate ahead of the August 9 elections. Mr. Raila Odinga welcomed the endorsement and vowed to provide the leadership Kenyans are yearning for. "Today...

By PATRICK LANG'AT and NYAMBEGA GISESA The Kenyan government has submitted the name of Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed to be the next head of the African Union (AU) Commission. Ms Mohamed will face Agapito Mba Mokuy of Equatorial Guinea, Abdoulaye Bathily of Senegal and...

Born in Kenya's largest refugee camp, Abdullahi Sheikh Abas, 31, has made headlines after he defeated a prominent Somali official to become a member of parliament. These are the first parliamentary elections in the embattled nation since 1984. For over 20 years, Kenya has been...

NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya’s deputy president attended the burning of more than 5,250 firearms seized by authorities to discourage circulation of illegal weapons in a country battling extremist violence. Deputy President William Ruto presided over the blaze of rifles and pistols in three stacks about...

Ethiopia has earned over 28.4 million US dollars from electricity export to Sudan and Djibouti in five months (June-October). From the total earnings, 17.5 million dollars was obtained from export to Djibouti and the remaining from Sudan, according to the Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP). Ethiopia is...

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...

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...

HORDIPLOMAT-Protesters gather in the capital Nairobi following discovery of bodies of lawyer Willie Kimani, his client and their driver Activists carry a mock coffin emblazoned with the words ‘stop extrajudicial killings’ Hundreds of people have marched in Kenya to protest against the apparent extrajudicial killing by...