Sources: IOL
The Somalian government and the African Union finalize the troop distribution for the new peacekeeping mission AUSSOM, resolving prior disputes with Ethiopia and later Burundi. The mission will deploy 11,900 personnel, including soldiers, police, and civilian staff. Under the agreement, Uganda will contribute 4,500 troops, followed by Ethiopia with 2,500, Djibouti with 1,520, Kenya with 1,410, and Egypt with 1,091. 2025-02-26
Ninety-five people are charged in Kenya over the deaths by 429 followers of a religious cult in 2023. 2024-01-18
At least 51 people are killed when a bus traveling from the Kenyan capital Nairobi to Kisumu veers off the road and overturns. 2018-10-10
Twin explosions are reported in the city of Mombasa, Kenya, with at least three people killed and several injured. 2014-05-3
Interpol issues a "red notice" arrest warrant for Briton Samantha Lewthwaite at Kenya's request. 2013-09-26
The death toll from the Westgate centre shooting in Nairobi, Kenya, reaches 59 with 175 injured. 2013-09-22
At least 17 people are killed in the port city of Mombasa, Kenya, and surrounding areas. 2013-03-4
A remote-controlled bomb explodes in a predominantly Somali neighborhood in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, injuring nine people. 2012-12-5
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
Three suspected ivory poachers are shot dead by rangers in Kenya in separate incidents. 2010-11-1