The Latest Breaking News from Nairobi

Kenyan court convicts Venezuelan diplomat for envoy's murder

A Kenyan court on Wednesday found a Venezuelan diplomat guilty of murdering the Latin American nation's acting ambassador a decade ago at her home in an upmarket Nairobi neighbourhood.

Reuters · Jan 25, 2023

‘Culture is hard to break’: Kenya’s medical schools face a shortage of cadavers

Medical training is in demand, but hesitancy on body donation means students have little to work with, while an illicit trade in transplant organs flourishes

The Guardian - UK · Jan 24, 2023

Transgender Kenyans seek refuge amid backlash over activist's death

NAIROBI - For the first time in years, Arya Rams falls asleep and wakes up each day without a dense knot of fear in her chest.

Reuters · Jan 13, 2023

Many Kenyans have embraced vigilante cops – an ineffective police force is to blame

In March 2017, Ahmed Rashid, a Kenyan police officer, shot and killed two unarmed teenagers accused of theft. They had surrendered and were lying on the ground in a Nairobi neighbourhood. Rashid executed them in full view of the public. This was caught on camera.

The Conversation · Dec 15, 2022

Brit who disappeared in Kenya sparking manhunt found in pub after four-day bender

The 22-year-old Brit, Nelson Newbery, disappeared last week in Nairobi, Kenya, prompting a police manhunt and his dad to fly out from England - but he was actually in the pub

Daily Mirror · Dec 12, 2022

Pakistani journalist's killing in Kenya a pre-meditated murder -report

A team set up by the Pakistani government to probe the killing of a well-known Pakistani journalist in Nairobi said it found several contradictions in the version given by Kenyan authorities, and believes it was a case of pre-meditated murder.

Reuters · Dec 9, 2022

Peace talks between DR Congo and armed groups end in Kenya

Kenya's former president Uhuru Kenyatta says progress has been made after peace talks between the DR Congo and armed rebel groups. The talks, hosted by Nairobi, have just wrapped up. Also, Chanel holds a fashion show in Dakar, its first ever catwalk in sub-Saharan Africa. We meet some of Senegal's…

France 24 · Dec 6, 2022

Female genital mutilation: What it will take to end a dangerous tradition?

More than 200 million girls and women have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM) across 30 countries, according to the United Nations. Rooted in cultural beliefs, FGM is deeply harmful; risking in death or long-term health issues for the victim. Many nations have made the practice illegal but the tradition still…

France 24 · Dec 2, 2022

Inter-Congolese dialogue opens as East Africa Community seeks to end DRC rebel activity

A fresh round of EAC-led talks between the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and armed militia operational in the eastern DRC has opened in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi without, however, the presence of the M23 Tutsi rebel group that Kinshasa says is being supported by Kigali.

Radio France Internationale · Nov 30, 2022

DR Congo: East African countries meet in bid to end violence

There's hope for peace in the DRC as high-profile talks kick off in Nairobi. Leaders of the East African Community are meeting to plot a path towards the end of a decade-long conflict between rebel groups and Congolese government forces.

France 24 · Nov 28, 2022