15 dead in Kenya hotel compound attack
NAIROBI: Gunmen blasted their way into a hotel and office complex in the Kenyan capital on Tuesday, killing at least 15 people and sending workers diving under desks to escape an attack claimed…
Kenyan troops kill 10 al Shabaab fighters: army
NAIROBI: Kenyan soldiers killed 10 fighters from the Somalian militant group al Shabaab in a clash on Monday in eastern Kenya, the military said. Three soldiers were wounded in the morning attack…
Kenya’s gay community celebrates screening of lesbian love story
The lights dim in the packed cinema as the holding music fades. The film title Rafiki flashes up on the screen, and some 230 hushed spectators burst out in euphoric applause. After being…
Kenyan marathon master Kipchoge smashes world record
BERLIN: Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge set a new marathon world record in Berlin on Sunday, smashing the previous best as he clocked 2hr 1min 39sec. The 33-year-old Olympic champion, aided by a string of pacemakers…
PM May says Britain committed to free trade with Kenya after Brexit
NAIROBI: Britain is committed to free trade with Kenya after it leaves the European Union, British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Thursday on a visit to Nairobi as her government plays…
Disastrous transfer leaves 10th critically endangered black rhino dead in Kenya
NAIROBI: A tenth critically endangered black rhino has been reported dead after a botched operation to move the animals to a new reserve in southern Kenya, the country’s tourism minister said on…
Kenya sentences beauty queen to death for murder
NAIROBI: A Kenyan court has sentenced a 24-year-old jail beauty queen to death for murdering her boyfriend by stabbing him 25 times, drawing criticism from rights groups who called the punishment “inhumane”.…
Kenya’s Lake Turkana put on World Heritage danger list
MANAMA: A UNESCO panel on Thursday added Lake Turkana, a conservation hotspot in Kenya and a candidate site for the birthplace of mankind, to the list of endangered World Heritage Sites. The…
10 killed in Kenyan plane crash
NAIROBI: All 10 passengers aboard a small plane, whose wreckage was discovered in central Kenya two days after it went missing, died in the accident, the airline and government said Thursday. “Unfortunately,…
Building collapse kills at least three in Kenyan capital
NAIROBI: At least three people were killed after a five-story building collapsed in the Kenyan capital Nairobi in the early hours of Sunday, officials said. It was not immediately clear what caused…
Kenya arrests 17 officials amid graft investigation
NAIROBI: Kenyan authorities arrested the head of a government agency on Monday in a corruption investigation into the theft of nearly $100 million, a rare move to hold officials to account for…
Southern white rhino at US zoo impregnated to save subspecies
SAN DIEGO: A southern white rhino at a California zoo has been impregnated through artificial insemination, researchers announced on Thursday, in what could prove a major step in saving a nearly extinct…
At least 27 dead after dam bursts in Kenya: police
NAIROBI: At least 27 people died when their homes were swept away after a dam burst in southern Kenya following heavy rains, police said Thursday. The incident in Solai, near the Rift…
Poachers kill three endangered rhinos inside Kenyan sanctuary
NAIROBI: Poachers have shot dead three critically endangered black rhinos in a specially-protected sanctuary in northern Kenya, the wildlife service said Thursday. Two adults and a calf were killed inside the 83…
Founder of Kenya’s iconic ‘elephant orphanage’ passes away
NAIROBI: Dame Daphne Sheldrick, a conservationist famous for her work rearing baby elephants in Kenya and fighting for the protection of the species, has died aged 83, her family announced. “Daphne passed…
Kenya marks rhinos in $600,000 conservation drive
MERU: Kenya has started marking rhinos as part of conserving their dwindling numbers and aims to tag and identify 22 of them in two weeks at a cost of $600,000, senior government…
East Africa’s storied Safari Rally seeks a revival
NAIROBI: In its heyday, half a century ago, East Africa’s Safari Rally was renowned as being among the toughest in the world, a formidable challenge for car and driver, across escarpment and…