Sources: BBC
Kenya admits that it assisted Uganda in the kidnapping of opposition politician Kizza Besigye in Nairobi in November 2024. Besigye was later taken to Uganda, where he is currently on trial. 2025-05-21
A gas truck explodes in a residential area of Nairobi, Kenya, killing three people and injuring 297 others. 2024-02-1
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta lifts the lockdown imposed in Nairobi and surrounding counties, allowing bars, restaurants, schools, and religious services to reopen and revising the evening curfew to 10:00 p.m. 2021-05-1
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
An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with 149 passengers and eight crew members onboard crashes en route to Nairobi, Kenya, killing all 157 persons on board. 2019-03-10
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
A grenade is thrown onto a bus in Nairobi, Kenya, killing at least four people and injuring 15 others. 2013-12-14
Four people are killed and dozens injured in a grenade attack in Nairobi, Kenya 2012-03-10
At least two people die as a building collapses in Nairobi, Kenya. 2011-06-14
At least five people die and dozens are injured in Nairobi, Kenya, when police clash with protesters demanding the release of Jamaican Muslim cleric Abdullah al-Faisal. 2010-01-15