Sources: IOL
Kenyan president William Ruto announces the reopening of the country's Mandera border post with Somalia in April, ending a 15-year closure imposed in 2011 following attacks attributed to al-Shabaab, after earlier reopening plans were delayed due to renewed violence near the border. 2026-02-12
A landslide triggered by heavy rain kills at least 21 people and leaves 30 others missing in Rift Valley Province, Kenya. 2025-11-1
Kenyan police constable James Mukhwana is arrested over the death of blogger Albert Ojwang, which prompted protests and clashes with police this week. 2025-06-13
In athletics, Faith Kipyegon of Kenya sets a new women's mile record, finishing the Herculis at Stade Louis-II in Fontvieille, Monaco, in 4:07.64 and surpassing the previous 2019 record held by Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands. 2023-07-21
Romania recalls its ambassador to Kenya after he used a racist slur during a meeting with African Group representatives in Nairobi in April. 2023-06-10
Four children are killed in an al-Shabaab attack at a primary school in Garissa County, Kenya. 2020-01-7
A high court in Kenya blocks a government bid to close the Dadaab refugee camp and repatriate over 260,000 Somali refugees back to Somalia. The government said it will appeal against the ruling. 2017-02-9
Voters in Kenya go to the polls for a general election with police issuing reports warning of possible violence. 2013-03-4
Officials in Kenya say that two Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards arrested with explosives planned to attack Israeli, American, British and Saudi Arabian targets inside Kenya. 2012-07-2
Three suspected ivory poachers are shot dead by rangers in Kenya in separate incidents. 2010-11-1