Sources: BBC
Six people are killed during protests in Nairobi, Kenya, against tax increases imposed by President William Ruto's government, in which the police have employed tear gas and heightened security measures. 2023-07-12
At least three people are killed and six others are injured after a multi-storey building collapses in Nairobi, Kenya. 2022-11-15
Three people are killed in a building collapse in Nairobi, Kenya. 2022-09-26
Masten Wanjala, who was imprisoned for murdering 14 boys in Kenya escapes from his prison cell in Nairobi and is on the run. He is described as "extremely dangerous". 2021-10-13
The President of Tanzania John Magufuli has not been seen in public since February 27. Opposition leaders call for the release of information as rumors grow that he is on a ventilator at a hospital in Nairobi, Kenya. 2021-03-10
Kenyan authorities say the death toll from Friday's collapsed "eight-story" residential building in Nairobi has risen to 20, with 73 people missing. Rescuers continue searching for survivors. The building had been declared unfit for human habitation by the country's National Construction Authority, but remained standing. "Note": the building was originally reported as six stories; flooding had sunk the ground and first floors. 2016-05-1
A car bomb detonates outside a police station in Nairobi, Kenya, killing 4 people. 2014-04-23
A three-day national mourning period begins in Kenya for the victims of a four-day siege that began on September 21 when heavily armed Al-Shabaab militants stormed the Westgate shopping mall in the capital, Nairobi, killing 61 civilians and 6 soldiers. 2013-09-25
A bomb exploded at a downtown bus station in Kenya's capital as passengers boarded a bus, killing at least one person and wounding up to 39 others, police said. Suspicions centered on a Somali militant group. 2010-12-20
An explosion injures 24 people at a rally opposed to a new draft constitution in the Kenyan capital Nairobi. 2010-06-13