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At least 45 people are killed and dozens of others are missing following a dam burst in Mai Mahiu, Kenya, amid ongoing heavy rains and flash floods in the country, which have killed more than 120 people.
2024-04-29

The World Health Organization endorses the mass rollout of the malaria vaccine RTS,S across Sub-Saharan Africa and other countries affected by the disease after pilot programs with the vaccine in Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi reduced malaria-related hospitalization and death rates among children by 70%.
2021-10-6

Kenya confirms its first case of COVID-19, a 27-year-old Kenyan woman travelling from the United States through London.
2020-03-13

The Kenya Film Classification Board bans the lesbian romance film "Rafiki" saying it intends to "promote lesbianism".
2018-04-27

Along with the Solomon Islands, the State of Palestine joins Interpol despite objections from Israel.
2017-09-27

One person dies and at least 31 are injured when students and staff at Strathmore University in Nairobi, Kenya, frantically try to escape after hearing nearby gunshots during an “approved safety and security simulation drill.” The Strathmore campus did not hear, before or during the test, that this was a drill. Tensions have been high at Kenyan schools since April when 139 were killed during a terrorist attack at Garissa University College. Many Kenyan universities have held security drills; six were hospitalized at the latest at Kenyatta University.
2015-11-30

At least 17 people are killed in the port city of Mombasa, Kenya, and surrounding areas.
2013-03-4

Iran and Kenya signed an agreement in the field of tourism. [http:--www.irna.ir-ENNewsShow.aspx?NID=30038845&SRCH=1 (irna)]date=August 2019
2010-10-25

Police in Tanzania arrest a Kenyan national who was attempting to sell an albino man.
2010-08-17

Preliminary results of the referendum on the new Constitution of Kenya show it has passed with 67 per cent of the vote following a peaceful election.
2010-08-5