Millions of children at risk across Africa as aid cuts impact food supplies Emergency food supplies are running out in Nigeria, Kenya, Somalia and South Sudan, Save the Children warns. Al Jazeera · Aug 28, 2025
Police link new bodies exhumed from Kenyan mass graves to starvation cult As Kenyan police continue to exhume bodies from a mass grave discovered last week, authorities are linking these new discoveries to a starvation cult uncovered with the discovery of hundreds of bodies in a forest in 2023 – according to documents exclusively obtained by RFI. Radio France Internationale · Aug 28, 2025
Marathon's 'GOAT' ready for Sydney's Major moment Kenyan superstar Eliud Kipchoge is set to add to his legend at age 40, eyeing another World Marathon Major title in Sydney. AAP · Aug 28, 2025
Epping hotel migrant told girl, 14, she would make a 'good wife', court hears Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, 38, is accused of attempting to kiss the teenager last month Evening Standard · Aug 27, 2025
Epping migrant hotel resident told girl, 14, she would be good wife, court hears The court heard Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu told his alleged victim he wanted to ‘have babies then… go to Kenya’. The Independent UK · Aug 27, 2025
Christians and the British empire: how a church NGO got entangled in colonial violence in Kenya In the 1950s, Kenyans fought against colonial control in what came to be known as the Mau Mau rebellion. In response, the British government announced a state of emergency in 1952 and engaged in a brutal counter-insurgency campaign to secure control of colonial Kenya. The Conversation · Aug 26, 2025
British Army faces criticism despite a historic payout over Kenyan wildfires Britain's government has agreed to pay millions to Kenyans to settle a lawsuit after its military forces lost legal immunity in Kenya The Independent UK · Aug 26, 2025
Tens of thousands march across world in support of Palestinians in Gaza Rallies take place across Australia’s major towns and cities as well as in other countries including Malaysia and Kenya. Al Jazeera · Aug 24, 2025
WHO declares Kenya free of deadly sleeping sickness after decades Kenya’s success in the fight against deadly sleeping sickness marks a milestone in the African continent's battle to eradicate neglected tropical diseases. Radio France Internationale · Aug 23, 2025
Fury In Africa As Tourists Block Wildebeest Migration, Sending Some Back Into Crocodile-Infested Waters Tourists blocking Kenya's Great Migration have sparked outrage after wildebeests were forced back into crocodile-infested waters, prompting swift action from officials. International Business Times UK · Aug 22, 2025
UK Government to pay £3 million to victims of fire caused by soldiers in Kenya THE UK Government has agreed to pay almost £3 million to thousands of victims of a fire started by its soldiers while training in Kenya ... The National (Scotland) · Aug 22, 2025
Fears for more victims as new bodies exhumed from doomsday cult graves Paul Mackenzie instructed his followers to starve themselves to death in order to ‘meet Jesus’ The Independent UK · Aug 22, 2025
BC.GAME gains dual licenses to launch operations in Kenya The crypto casino company pushes through with its Africa expansion. Dot Esports · Aug 22, 2025
Evicted From Their Forests, Kenyan Hunter-gatherers Fight For Their Rights Fred Ngusilo stoops to pick up a leather pouch, once used to collect honey, and a discarded shoe from the Mau forest floor, painful reminders that his Ogiek hunter-gatherer community once quietly flourished in southern Kenya, before they were evicted and their homes destroyed. International Business Times · Aug 22, 2025
Latin Times · Aug 21, 2025 U.S. Wants To Double The Amount Of International Forces Fighting Gangs In Haiti And Remove Kenya From Leadership Role The U.S. wants to double the amount of international forces fighting gangs in Haiti and remove Kenya from its leading role, an official said at the Organization of American States
The Conversation · Aug 21, 2025 How Nollywood films help Kenyan housemaids make sense of their lives Nollywood, Nigeria’s prolific video-film industry, has been popular in Kenya since it was introduced to east Africa at around the turn of the century.
International Business Times · Aug 21, 2025 Weaponising The Feed: Inside Kenya's Online War Against Activists When software developer Rose Njeri created a pro-democracy tool to help Kenyans object to a contested finance bill, she was thrown in jail and targeted by an online smear campaign.
Al Jazeera · Aug 20, 2025 As UN agencies mull Kenya move, some fear exclusion from Nairobi’s growth Kenyans veer between hope for prosperity and wariness as UN plans relocation of key offices from Western cities.
The Guardian - UK · Aug 19, 2025 ‘There was so much vitriol’: Willis Chimano on being outed while in Africa’s biggest boy band The Kenyan singer, part of the wildly popular Sauti Sol, faced hatred and threats but it made him determined to push for change in a country where being gay is still illegal
International Business Times · Aug 17, 2025 After Deadly Protests, Kenya's Ruto Seeks Football Distraction Whether in a sports jersey or a suit, Kenyan President William Ruto is casting himself as a model supporter of the national football team as an international tournament provides respite from recent bloody protests against his regime.
LiveScience · Aug 15, 2025 2.6 million-year-old stone tools reveal ancient human relatives were 'forward planning' 600,000 years earlier than thought Hundreds of stone tools discovered in Kenya have revealed that human relatives traveled long distances to find raw material.
Euronews · Aug 13, 2025 British troops stationed in Kenya found paying for sex despite ban The British Army has vowed to crack down on sexual abuse after an inquiry found some of its soldiers using sex workers at a training site in Kenya.
The Conversation · Aug 12, 2025 Kenya’s 1950 Kolloa massacre: Britain won’t own up to its colonial violence but communities need closure In 1950, British forces killed at least 29 civilians in one of the deadliest, but least chronicled, episodes of colonial violence in Kenya.
The Independent UK · Aug 12, 2025 Soaring demand at food banks across Africa thanks to massive aid cuts IN FOCUS: Food banks in Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa say they are under increasing pressure, writes Nick Ferris – with aid cuts by Donald Trump’s US and other nations compounding the impact of the climate crisis and a spike in the cost of living
The Independent UK · Aug 12, 2025 The unusual tactics used by farmers to stop marauding elephants Farmers face challenges with elephants raiding crops and sometimes causing harm