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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

Thirteen Kenyan police officers are missing after an Al-Shabaab ambush in Garissa County.
2015-05-26

Kenyan Cabinet Minister George Saitoti and five other people are killed in a helicopter crash in the Ngong Hills near Nairobi.
2012-06-10

Four people are killed and dozens injured in a grenade attack in Nairobi, Kenya
2012-03-10

At least 10 people are killed in clashes in northern Kenya amid a severe drought affecting East Africa.
2011-06-25

At least two people die as a building collapses in Nairobi, Kenya.
2011-06-14

Kenya calls on African nations to oust Ivory Coast incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo from office, by force if necessary, if he does not step down.
2010-12-18

The Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Kenya's David Kuria criticises Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga after he announces the imminent arrest of the country's homosexuals.
2010-11-29

Al-Shabaab militants take control of a town on the border between Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya from pro-government forces, following fighting that displaced 60,000 people.
2010-10-29

Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot of Kenya wins the 2010 Boston Marathon, setting a new course record.
2010-04-19