The Latest Breaking News from Kenya

Police exhume another 39 bodies in Kenya while investigating a cult whose followers were reportedly told to starve themselves in order to "meet Jesus", with officers warning the toll could rise as the search continues.

Police began investigations amid reports that cult followers believed they would go to heaven if they starved to death.

Nairobi (AFP) - Athletics superpower Kenya announced Thursday it will more than triple annual drug testing of athletes amid a surge in doping cases.

The pay-as-you-go solar home systems provider is one of 100 companies recognised in the E2E Tech 100, the index which highlights the fastest growing tech companies in the UK

In tonight's edition: In Sudan, fighting continues despite an agreed 24-hour truce. Civilians are caught in the crossfire amid a humanitarian catastrophe. In Tunisia, the offices of Islamist opposition party Ennahda are shut and meetings banned, a day after its leader Rached Ghannouchi is arrested. And in Kenya, LGBTQ+ campaigners…

On Safari with Jane McDonald — Jane begins her new African adventure by heading to Kenya.

Kenya has recently seen the increasing visibility of sexual and gender minorities. However, this has been met with a growing backlash.

(This April 18 story has been corrected to remove the reference to criminalising identifying as LGBTQ, a provision dropped in the draft stage, in paragraph 8)

Australian Paralympic champion Madison de Rozario sits on the lower steps of the podium in Boston for the third time since 2019.