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The Kenya Medical Research Institute recently detected an invasive mosquito species in Laisamis and Saku subcounties of Marsabit county in Kenya’s northern region.

Supreme court rules for freedom of association but landmark decision sparks backlash from government and churches

For more than 30 years, the village of Umoja has provided a refuge for women fleeing from female genital mutilation, domestic abuse or child marriage.

U.S. first lady Jill Biden is close to wrapping up her five-day visit to two African countries

US First Lady Jill Biden arrived in Kenya on Friday, kicking off a visit aimed at focusing attention on the worst drought to hit the Horn of Africa in decades.

Ugandan coffee farmers are not yet competing with established coffee-producers Brazil and Columbia, but rather neighbor Kenya.

Egypt is mobilizing efforts to support water and food security in Africa, calling on the international community to finance "climate adaptation" in the continent. The Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, Hani Swailem, met in Kenya with the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Inger Andersen, to…

Election observers keep watch over polls throughout the world. Their job is to support efforts to improve electoral quality and to provide transparency. In African countries, both local citizen and international observers have been deployed regularly since the 1990s.

Below-normal rainfall is expected over the next three months in parts of Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia.