Kenya

By:Abdiaziz Daud , Horndiplomat Correspondent in Kenya, @Abdiaaziiz The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the government's plans to amend the constitution through the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) an initiative born after the handshake between president Uhuru Kenyatta and former Prime...

By:OnCuba A Kenyan court sentenced the driver of the vehicle in which the two Cuban doctors who were kidnapped were traveling, during 2019, to life in prison after convicting him of collaborating in their abduction. The incident took place...

By:Abdiaziz Daud , Horndiplomat Correspondent in Kenya, @Abdiaaziiz  The government has announced a dusk to dawn curfew in some parts of Garissa County effective from Wednesday, March 23 owing to rising cases of insecurity fueled by land conflicts. In a statement, the Interior CS Fred Matiang'i said the 30-day...

By:Abdiaziz Daud , Horndiplomat Correspondent in Kenya, @Abdiaaziiz ODM leader and Azimio La Umoja presidential candidate Raila odinga has left the country of a week long tour to the United Kingdom. The tour  will see him hold important meetings with UK government officials and give address at...

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: UAE MFA Today, the United Arab Emirates announced a commitment of USD 85 million to support humanitarian operations in Ethiopia. In coordination with the Famine Relief Fund, the contribution will be disbursed to several agencies, including the World Food Programme (WFP), the International Committee...

By: FANABC Ethiopia and Kenya have reiterated strong security cooperation to fight cross-border terrorism thereby ensuring peace and stability in the area. The assertion came at a time when Ethiopian Federal Police Commissioner General Demelash Gebremichael received the third Inspector General of the Kenyan National Police...

By:Jama AHmed, Horndiplomat Kenya correspondent  Kenya health ministry on Tuesday reported 2,402 new COVID-19 infections, taking the country's total number of confirmed cases to 302,134. The new cases were derived from a sample size of 10,638 tested in the last 24 hours. In health ministry also announced...

By: Busiweek and Horndiplomat New Somaliland envoy to Kenya Dr. Mohamed Ahmed Mohamoud ‘Barawani’ officially started his mission in Nairobi this week with a promise to build on the already strong ties existing between the two countries. Mohamoud who replaces  Ambassador Bashe Awil who quit in September to pursue other...

By:State Department The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will make his first official trip to Africa next week, visiting Kenya, Nigeria and Senegal. During the visit, the Secretary will advance U.S.-Africa collaboration on shared global priorities, including ending the COVID-19 pandemic and building back to...