Kenya

Movement will be restricted in the 320-hectare ranch owned by a Kenyan pastor who is accused of directing his followers to fast to death. The country's interior minister announced that for 30 days, the area will be subjected to a curfew…

According to the Pan Africa Scrabble Association (PANASA), organisers of the maiden Africa Youth Scrabble Championship (AYSC), the Trophy Tour for the tournament is set to start in May, 2023. According to him, the tour will be the first…

Kenyan athlete Kelvin Kiptum set a London Marathon course record on Sunday, finishing in two hours, one minute, 25 seconds, nearly three minutes ahead of second-placed Geoffrey Kamworor in a rain-drenched race full of drama. Kiptum, who…

Muslims in Kenya and around the world marked the end of the fasting month of Ramadan and ushered in the holiday of Eid al-Fitr on Friday with prayers. But the festivities were overshadowed by raging battles for control of Sudan and a…

A Kenyan judge has ruled that Facebook’s parent company Meta could be sued in the East African country after 43 moderators at its Nairobi hub last month filed a lawsuit against the group and its local partner Sama for unfair…

Kenyan President, William Ruto, announced that the country will not acquire loans to pay civil servants, even as union groups threatened to go on strike due to unpaid March salaries. According to Ruto, the salary delays are due to the…

Ethiopian athlete Abeje Ayana won the men's race at the Paris Marathon on Sunday in his first competitive run over the distance, while Kenya's Helah Kiprop claimed the women's title. Ayana, 20, won in a time of two hours, seven minutes and…

Kenyan police chief announced a ban on fresh opposition demonstrations called for Monday, after protests last week degenerated into riots. "We will not allow violent demonstrations," Inspector General of Police Japhet Koome told…

NAIROBI, 4th March Kenya was hit by a nationwide power blackout on Saturday evening caused by a "system disturbance", electricity distributor Kenya Power (KPLC.NR) said. "We are working to restore normalcy within the shortest time…

When her three-month-old baby fell sick from malnutrition, Dool Abdirahman Ismael left her village in Somalia and walked for three days through swirling dust and scorching heat to the Dadaab Refugee Camp just across the border in Kenya.…