Kenya

Bees help tackle elephant-human conflict in Kenya

The diminutive 58-year-old said rapacious elephants would often destroy months of work in her farmland that sits between two parts of Kenya's world-renowned Tsavo National Park.

Brilliant Kipyegon wins third straight women's 1,500m gold

Kenya's Faith Kipyegon made history on Saturday after becoming the first woman to win three consecutive Olympic 1,500m gold medals with a superb display of middle distance running.

'Shaken to the core': Kenya shocked as protests turn deadly

The mainly youth-led rallies began mostly peacefully last week, with thousands of demonstrators marching in the capital Nairobi and across the country against the tax increases.

Kenya legend calls time on 23-year career

Kenya all-rounder Collins Obuya, who played a starring role in their dream ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2003 campaign, has retired.

A fellowship of humanity and the wild

Martell’s narrative journalism is a lesson for those in the field as to how a writer can instil empathy for the others around. The reader can taste affection for both the animals and humans in his storytelling.

Kenya launches first breast milk bank to help newborns

The five mothers sat in a bright blue room in Kenya’s largest maternity hospital waiting to pump breast milk - but not for their own newborns.

15 killed in Nairobi market fire

A fire at Nairobi's Gikomba market kills 15 people less than a year after a blaze destroyed much of the Kenyan capital's largest open-air market.

The fall of Kenya

Kenya were once Bangladesh's chief cricketing rival. Some decorated names of Kenyan cricket like Maurice Odumbe, Steve Tikolo and

Bus-truck collision kills 36 in Kenya

A police official says a collision between a truck and a bus in western Kenya has killed at least 36 people.

April 12, 2016
April 12, 2016

Taiwanese 'forced on to plane to China' by police in Kenya

The authorities in Taiwan have accused Kenya of using guns and tear gas to force 37 Taiwanese on to a plane bound for mainland China.

March 26, 2016
March 26, 2016

Kenyan woman edits herself into holiday photos with hilarious consequences

A woman from Kenya has edited herself into a series of other people's holiday photographs on her Facebook page.

March 18, 2016
March 18, 2016

Kenya escaped lion attacks elderly man in Nairobi

A lion has attacked an elderly man in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, after straying from a nearby national park.

February 25, 2016
February 25, 2016

Somalia's al-Shabab killed '180 Kenyan troops' in el-Ade

At least 180 Kenyan troops are killed when al-Shabab attacked their base last month, Somalia's president says.

February 19, 2016
February 19, 2016

Kenya hunts for escaped Nairobi lions

The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) is hunting for at least four lions which have escaped from Nairobi National Park bordering the capital, Nairobi.

December 22, 2015
December 22, 2015

Kenyan Muslims shield Christians in bus attack

A group of Kenyan Muslims travelling on a bus ambushed by Islamist gunmen protected Christian passengers by refusing to be split into groups, according to eyewitnesses.

December 20, 2015
December 20, 2015

Fake bomb forces Air France flight to make emergency landing in Kenya

An emergency landing of an Air France flight from Mauritius to Paris in Kenya was caused by a false bomb alert, the airline's chief says.

November 28, 2015
November 28, 2015

Pope urges Kenyans to end tribalism, corruption

Pope Francis has urged Kenyans to unite and take a stand against the destructive effects of tribalism.

October 30, 2015
October 30, 2015

Baby elephant, baby Giraffe are the cutest 2 peas in a pod

Besties don't have to be the same height or speak the same language. Heck, they don't even have to be the same species.

July 29, 2015
July 29, 2015

Death of rare Northern White Rhino leaves four alive

One of the last five Northern White Rhino left in the world dies.