The Latest Breaking News from Kenya

Fake Miracle Spree In Kenya Leads To Pentecostal Scandals, Oversight

“Pastors” promising miracles in exchange for donations is an issue in the country's upcoming presidential election. 

Zenger · Jun 13, 2022

Liz Truss accused of ignoring evidence of rendition of UK citizen to Nigeria

Family of Nnamdi Kanu, a separatist leader, say he was seized and tortured in Kenya and then flown to Nigeria

The Guardian - UK · Jun 12, 2022

S2,EP20: Nigeria's 3D print revolution, Gambia combats kidney disease & Kenya's elephant issues

This week, Africa Calling podcast brings you audio-rich stories and voices from the African continent with our African correspondents. In Lagos, a 3D print studio is aiding Nigerian manufacturers; one Gambian ex-footballer is sounding the alarm on the spike in kidney disease; and in Kenya, trying to prevent elephant invasions…

Radio France Internationale · Jun 10, 2022

Chinese abattoirs accused of donkey theft in Kenya

Kenyan water trader Bernard Irungu speaks about how donkeys have been cructal in his water business on the outskirts of Naivasha town, northwest of Nairobi. They have helped him pay rent, school fees, and buy food. All that changed when his donkeys started disappearing three years ago.

Radio France Internationale · Jun 5, 2022

‘We’ve got other things to worry about’: former colonies react to platinum jubilee

In Africa, celebrations in honour of the Queen stir nostalgia in some, resentment in others

The Guardian - UK · Jun 5, 2022

People will continue to die of rabies if Kenya doesn't educate healthcare workers

Rabies – a viral disease spread through an animal bite – has had an effective vaccine for more than a century. Yet people continue to die from it. Rabies kills nearly every known person that shows clinical signs of it, making it arguably one of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases.

The Conversation · Jun 2, 2022

Kenyan queer men risk health amid homophobia in public hospitals

Gay people in Kenya say they would rather try risky alternatives than suffer humiliation at public hospitals.

Al Jazeera · Jun 2, 2022

How Elizabeth became Queen watching baboons at sunrise from Kenyan treetops

It was February 6 1952 and the 25-year-old princess and her husband the Duke of Edinburgh were in the African country on a Commonwealth tour.

The Independent UK · Jun 2, 2022

Kenya's push for affordable housing is creating opportunities despite barriers

In Kenya, the right to housing is embedded in the constitution, which provides that “Every person has the right to accessible and adequate housing, and to reasonable standards of sanitation.”

The Conversation · Jun 1, 2022

Elite Kenyan Runners Are Propelled By Their Faith

Many of the country's long-distance runners credit their spiritual lives as essential to their success.

Zenger · Jun 1, 2022