Sources: IOL
Somali-Dutch distance runner Abdi Nageeye wins the 53rd New York City Marathon men's race with a time of 2:07:39. Kenyan distance runner Sheila Chepkirui wins the women's race with a time of 2:24:35. 2024-11-3
The death toll from ongoing flooding in Kenya increases to 169, with 91 people reported missing. 2024-04-30
A vehicle travelling from Hayley Lapsset camp to Garissa, Kenya, hits a roadside bomb planted by Al-Shabaab militants, who then engage in a shootout with the car's occupants, killing two police officers and a civilian, and injuring several others. 2022-12-21
It is announced that Moderna will build a vaccine manufacturing facility in Kenya to produce mRNA vaccines, including its COVID-19 vaccine. 2022-03-7
12 Kenyan police officers are killed when their vehicle hits a roadside bomb in east Wajir County, near the Somali border. No one has claimed responsibility, though the police had been pursuing suspected al-Shabab militants fighting Somalia's government and its backers. 2019-06-15
Erin Energy, a Texas company specialising in African offshore oil deposits with licences to explore off Nigeria, The Gambia, Ghana, and Kenya, files for bankruptcy protection. 2018-04-26
Al-Shabaab militants attack a remote AMISOM base in southern Somalia, claiming to have killed dozens of Kenyan troops. 2017-01-27
Two mass graves are discovered in the Tana Delta region of Kenya. 2012-09-18
At least 17 people are killed and 45 injured in an attack on two churches in the eastern Kenyan town of Garissa. 2012-07-1
Seven people are killed at Nyayo National Stadium in the Kenyan capital Nairobi as fans try to enter a Kenyan Premier League football match between Gor Mahia and AFC Leopards. [http:--english.aljazeera.net-news-africa-2010-10-2010102318591713110.html (Al Jazeera)] (BBC)2010-10-23