The Latest Breaking News from Nairobi

Kibera, Nairobi’s largest informal settlement, is often reduced to images of poverty – rusted tin rooftops, open sewers and overcrowded homes. But a community project is using ballet as a means to build the confidence of the children living there.

It’s a typical day in a Nairobi neighbourhood. As the sun beats down on dusty streets, children are playing and market traders are shouting out their best prices. As you walk past brick homes and corner shops, something catches your eye – a pile of plastic bottles, bags and wrappers.

Kenya has in the past fought against the trafficking of parts of larger species of wild animals such as elephants, rhinos and pangolins but this case represents 'a shift in trafficking trends.'

At one of the police stations in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, families are seated on an old wooden bench, awaiting their turn with the officer on duty. Some of them are holding fading photographs of their lost sisters and daughters. They look tired and sad, with some holding back their tears.…

Kenya's President William Ruto sparked protests recently after donating some $150,000 to a Nairobi church just months after saying such hand-outs fuelled corruption.

Edgar Charles Frederick, 79, died following the incident as President William Ruto’s motorcade made its way to a public engagement in Nairobi

Dozens of activists, critics and asylum seekers are thought to have been abducted and sent home in the past year

Those previously deported by the US warn that President Trump’s plan to expel more Somali migrants may endanger lives.

Campbell Scott, 58, was last seen alive in Nairobi on 16 February