Missing Kenya election official found dead before vote: Colleague
In 2007, he called for street protests after tallying was abruptly stopped and a winner announced. Political protests and ethnic violence killed more than 1,200 people.
Jul 31, 2017, 18:21 PM IST
Gunmen storm Kenyan Deputy President Ruto's residence, gunshots heard
Unknown gunmen attacked the home of Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto on Saturday, less than two weeks before the country votes in high-stakes polls, two security sources said.
Jul 29, 2017, 20:18 PM IST
19 killed in collision between bus, trucks in Kenya
At least 19 people were killed in a crash between a bus and two trucks on Saturday in Kenya
May 13, 2017, 16:01 PM IST
United States warns citizens to avoid Kenya-Somalia border
The United Sates has warned its citizens living in Kenya to avoid travelling to the border area between Somalia and Kenya because of threats by the terrorist group Al-Shabaab.
Jan 15, 2017, 10:34 AM IST
Six killed in suspected Islamist attack in Kenya: Regional governor
Suspected Islamist militants from the Somali group al Shabaab killed six people in an attack in northeast Kenya on Thursday, a regional governor said.
Oct 06, 2016, 12:24 PM IST
WTO's future bright; ready to up engagement with India: US
Confident of greater bilateral trade and enhanced cooperation at global economic platforms, the US Sunday said it is ready to increase engagement with India to find new common ground at WTO and asserted that the future looks "bright" for this global trade body.
Aug 28, 2016, 16:29 PM IST
Kenya security accused of murder and abduction: Report
Security agencies are killing and abducting men in north-east Kenya suspected of links to Islamist extremists, a rights group said Wednesday, as police challenged them to provide evidence to an independent body.
Jul 20, 2016, 19:31 PM IST
Flight from Mumbai makes emergency landing in Nairobi
A Kenyan Airways flight from Mumbai carrying nearly 150 passengers besides crew made an emergency landing at Nairobi on Tuesday following rupture in a tyre in the main landing gear.
Jul 19, 2016, 19:05 PM IST
India, Kenya bolster cooperation in defence and health
India and Kenya on Monday bolstered their cooperation in the field of defence and health with India handing over 30 field ambulances to Kenya, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the gift of a telecobalt cancer therapy machine and the setting up of a 100-bed cancer hospital in Kenya.
Jul 11, 2016, 21:08 PM IST
Modi holds talks with Kenyan President
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday held talks with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on a wide range of issues aimed at boosting ties in the African continent, particularly in the economic sphere.
Jul 11, 2016, 13:31 PM IST
India transforming because of its 125 cr people and their resolve: PM Modi to Indian diaspora in Kenya
PM Modi, while addressing the Indian diaspora in Kenya, spoke on a number of issues, including the initiatives taken by his two-year old govt for transforming the lives of common people in India.
Jul 11, 2016, 00:09 AM IST
PM Modi addresses Indian diaspora in Kenya's Nairobi: As it happened
Here are the live updates of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech at Kasarani Stadium in Kenya.
Jul 10, 2016, 21:54 PM IST
Kenya launches programme to curb rising cancer cases
Principal Secretary in the Health Ministry, Nicholas Muraguri, told a forum on cervical cancer screening in the capital Nairobi that the agency will be operational from July.
Jun 11, 2016, 03:28 AM IST
Kenya fires 302 police officers as it fights corruption
A national commission in Kenya has announced it has fired 302 police officers who refused to be vetted as part of reforms of the police force.
Jun 10, 2016, 03:09 AM IST
Kenyan government urges end to protests, opposition defiant
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy urged the opposition on Wednesday to end unrest over alleged bias in the electoral commission, but opposition leaders said protests would continue if their demands for dialogue were not met.
Jun 02, 2016, 00:01 AM IST
Kenya says arrests key member of militant group plotting attacks
Kenyan police have arrested a suspected key member of an Islamist militant group that was plotting attacks similar to one in 2013 on the Westgate shopping mall that killed at least 67 people, authorities said on Tuesday.
May 03, 2016, 23:37 PM IST
Death toll from collapsed building in Kenya rises to 22
Death toll from a residential building which collapsed in Kenya`s capital, Nairobi last Friday has risen to 22 after two more bodies were retrieved on Monday.
May 03, 2016, 05:22 AM IST
Building collapse, floods kill 19 in Kenyan capital
President Uhuru Kenyatta visited the ruins of the six-storey building, where residents perished after concrete floors collapsed down on top of each other during heavy rainstorms on Friday.
Apr 30, 2016, 23:09 PM IST
Seventeen killed in Nairobi floods and building collapse
Rescuers in the Kenyan capital made desperate efforts on Saturday to free survivors including a woman and child trapped in a building that collapsed in storms that have left a total of 17 people dead.
Apr 30, 2016, 18:17 PM IST
Fourteen killed in Nairobi floods and building collapse
One survivor was pulled from the huge pile of debris shortly after dawn, Kenya Red Cross said, some 10 hours after the building collapsed Friday night and as skies cleared after a night of ferocious storms.
Apr 30, 2016, 12:02 PM IST
