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Floods caused by weeks of heavy rains in Kenya have killed at least 38 people, according to the Red Cross.
2024-04-25

Widespread flooding occurs in Nairobi, Kenya, with tens of thousands of people affected.
2024-04-24

Five people are killed, some by decapitation, by al-Shabaab jihadists across two villages in Lamu County, Kenya. [https:--english.alarabiya.net-News-world-2023-06-25-Al-Shabaab-extremists-kill-five-civilians-in-Kenya-some-by-beheading-Police-source (AFP via Al Arabiya)]Terrorism in Kenya
2023-06-25

Al-Shabaab militants ambush a patrol in Lamu County, Kenya, killing seven soldiers.
2021-05-19

Air France Flight 463 en route to Paris from Mauritius makes an emergency landing in Mombasa, Kenya, after a package, suspected to be a bomb is found in the toilet. Later, Air France CEO Frédéric Gagey says it was a false alarm; the package contained a mixture of cardboard, sheets of paper, and a timer.
2015-12-20

Two prisoners die and 30 are hospitalised following a cholera outbreak at the Shimo la Tewa facility in Mombasa, Kenya.
2015-05-21

Voters in Kenya go to the polls for a general election with police issuing reports warning of possible violence.
2013-03-4

At least 48 people are killed during clashes, over grazing rights for cattle, between the Pokomo and Orma tribes in Kenya.
2012-08-22

The case of a group of elderly Kenyans - 3 men and 1 woman in their 70s and 80s - reaches London's High Court, with the group seeking compensation and apology for their torture by British officers during the 1950s Mau Mau Uprising, including castration, sexual abuse, forced labour and beatings.
2011-04-7

Kenya's foreign minister Moses Wetangula arrives in the United Arab Emirates to resolve a diplomatic row after Kenya interrogated and deported members of the UAE's ruling family on terrorism charges.
2010-04-27