Sources: IOL
A joint INTERPOL and AFRIPOL operation including eight East African nations leads to the arrest of 37 people and the seizure of small and heavy weapons in Kenya, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Somalia, and Tanzania. 2025-01-27
The death toll from the floods in Kenya, Somalia, and Ethiopia, increases to 130 people. The Somali town of Beledweyne has been completely submerged after the Shebelle River burst its banks, forcing 90% of the population out of their homes, while 30,000 people are displaced in Kenya as hundreds of homes have been destroyed. 2023-11-19
At least 25 people in Somalia and 15 more in Kenya are killed during floods caused by significant rainfall. Approximately 241 acres of farmland have been destroyed and 1,067 livestock killed in Kenya, while several homes, bridges and roads are destroyed in Somalia. 2023-11-6
Kenya reports a record 28 deaths in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 1,982. 2021-03-19
Ethiopia admits shooting down a Kenyan private aircraft, killing all six on board. The Ethiopian National Defense Force says it believed the plane was on a "potential suicide mission". 2020-05-9
Kenya confirms its first case of COVID-19, a 27-year-old Kenyan woman travelling from the United States through London. 2020-03-13
Multiple explosions and gunfire are reported after four armed men stormed the Dusit hotel in Nairobi, Kenya. The Somalia-based militant group Al-Shabaab claims responsibility. 2019-01-15
Six people are killed in an attack by Somali militants in police posts over the Kenyan border. 2013-05-26
Kenyan Cabinet Minister George Saitoti and five other people are killed in a helicopter crash in the Ngong Hills near Nairobi. 2012-06-10
Three suspected ivory poachers are shot dead by rangers in Kenya in separate incidents. 2010-11-1