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The World Athletics Championships in 2029 and 2031 are awarded to Nairobi, Kenya, and Munich, Germany, respectively. 2029 will mark the first time the event is held on the continent of Africa.
2026-09-15

According to witnesses, one person is killed and two others are injured when Kenyan police open fire during a protest in Mathare, Nairobi against reported abductions, amid concerns over security abuses.
2026-06-30

Four people are killed when police open fire to crowd control tens of thousands of people mourning opposition leader and former prime minister Raila Odinga, as his body arrives at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya.
2025-10-16

The prime suspect arrested over the discovery of nine mutilated female bodies in a rubbish dump in the Mukuru slums of Nairobi, Kenya, confesses to killing 42 women. Another man is also arrested.
2024-07-15

A gas truck explodes in a residential area of Nairobi, Kenya, killing three people and injuring 297 others.
2024-02-1

Thirty-four people are killed when a bus traveling from Meru plunges into a river in Nairobi, Kenya.
2022-07-24

Masten Wanjala, who was imprisoned for murdering 14 boys in Kenya escapes from his prison cell in Nairobi and is on the run. He is described as "extremely dangerous".
2021-10-13

Kenyan authorities say the death toll from Friday's collapsed "eight-story" residential building in Nairobi has risen to 20, with 73 people missing. Rescuers continue searching for survivors. The building had been declared unfit for human habitation by the country's National Construction Authority, but remained standing. "Note": the building was originally reported as six stories; flooding had sunk the ground and first floors.
2016-05-1

An explosion in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi kills at least one person.
2012-08-3

Several European countries summon their Kenyan ambassadors in a bid to determine why Kenya did not arrest President of Sudan Omar al-Bashir when he came to Nairobi for the new constitution ceremony.
2010-09-1