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Kenya's National Assembly unanimously approves Interior Secretary Kithure Kindiki as the new Deputy President following his nomination by President William Ruto. However, the High Court temporarily suspends the impeachment of former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua in order to hear challenges.
2024-10-18

Ugandan marathoner Rebecca Cheptegei dies at a hospital in Eldoret, Kenya, after sustaining burns from a gasoline attack by her former partner almost a month after participating in the women's marathon at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
2024-09-5

Yalemzerf Yehualaw of Ethiopia becomes the youngest woman to win the London Marathon while Amos Kipruto of Kenya wins the men's race.
2022-10-2

Ethiopia officially opens the Omo River Gibe III hydroelectric dam, one of the biggest in Africa, that is predicted to double the country’s electricity output. Critics are concerned about this dam's impact on locals, on the environment, including Kenya's Lake Turkana, and on neighboring countries.
2016-12-17

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake occurs in northern Tanzania, near Lake Victoria, killing at least 13 people and injuring 200 others. Tanzanian authorities report significant damage in the town of Bukoba. The governments of Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda report tremors.
2016-09-10

A car bomb detonates outside a police station in Nairobi, Kenya, killing 4 people.
2014-04-23

Kenya officially swears in their new president, Uhuru Kenyatta.
2013-04-9

The son of convicted Romanian former Minister of Agriculture :ro:Ioan Avram Mureșan, Dan Mureșan, is found dead in a Kenyan hotel room. The 32-year-old political manager worked in Kenya for a British company.
2012-09-9

Rangers in Kenya shoot dead five poachers in a clash in the Great Rift Valley.
2012-04-21

Kenya's Prime Minister Raila Odinga accuses the President Mwai Kibaki of "overstepping" his powers after the latter re-appointed two ministers sacked by Odinga over a corruption scandal.
2010-02-15