Kenya News

Nairobi - A court in Kenya on Tuesday slapped a record sentence on a Chinese ivory smuggler, the first person to be convicted under tough new laws designed to stem a surge in poaching.

Nairobi - Warnings by Kenyan security forces of an impending attack just days before Somalia's Shebab gunmen stormed a Nairobi mall killing at least 67 people last year were ignored, parliamentary investigations have found, according to reports.

Juba - Regional nations back the sending of troops as part of a 5,500-strong increase in the UN peacekeeping force in South Sudan to end conflict in the young nation, Kenya's foreign minister said Wednesday.

Nairobi - Fresh oil finds were announced Wednesday in Kenya's arid and under-developed north, further raising the prospect of a potential major boost to the country's economy, Tullow Oil said.

Nairobi - The trial opened Wednesday of four men charged in connection with the massacre at Kenya's Westgate mall, an attack claimed by Somalia's Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab insurgents.

Nairobi - Morgue workers in Kenya were shocked and horrified when a 'corpse' "stirred" and started breathing a day after being declared dead.

Boston - On Tuesday, a Boston immigration judge ruled that U.S. President Barack Obama's Kenya-born uncle, who had disobeyed a deportation order 20 years ago, can remain in the United States.

Agricultural experts and farmers attending a three-day workshop in Kenya have hailed the giant farmers body for being effective and people-driven in the promotion of regional integration.

Nairobi - Military authorities in Kenya have named four of the alleged terrorists who attacked the upscale Westgate Mall in the capital Nairobi two weeks ago.

Nairobi - The answers to some questions about the Sept. 21 terrorist attack on the Westgate Mall in Nairobi have changed over time. Others still remain to be answered and others are yet to be fully answered.