The Latest Breaking News from Kenya

Michael Omidire has no personal connection to Kenya, which he was visiting for a week with friends, and now may miss Christmas due to Home Office delays with his passport

Al Shabaab fighters have attacked a police vehicle in eastern Kenya, killing two officers and one civilian, police and the armed group said.

Several soldiers are arrested in Gambia over a foiled alleged coup plot. Authorities say they're in pursuit of three other suspected accomplices. Also in Gambia, a parliamentary committee recommends that the government ban and prosecute an Indian pharmaceutical company accused of causing the deaths of at least 70 children. And…

Kenyan Minister of Trade and Industry Moses Kiarie and an accompanying delegation of Kenyan institutions and companies have met with representatives of the Saudi business sector at the headquarters of the Federation of Saudi Chambers. During the meeting, the minister proposed a 23-point plan to strengthen and advance Kenya's economic…

Female genital mutilation is a practice deeply rooted in cultural traditions around the world. The World Health Organisation defines it as comprising all procedures that involve removal of parts of the external female genital organs for non-medical reasons.

In tonight's edition: In a landmark ruling, Kenya's High Court recognises that the forced sterilisation of women living with HIV is a violation of their human rights. Also, the ceasefire struck in November between TPLF leaders and the Ethiopian government has seen aid start to trickle back in to the…

Mounting outgoings of £19.6million have contributed to the post-tax losses.

Mounting outgoings of £19.6million have contributed to the post-tax losses

In March 2017, Ahmed Rashid, a Kenyan police officer, shot and killed two unarmed teenagers accused of theft. They had surrendered and were lying on the ground in a Nairobi neighbourhood. Rashid executed them in full view of the public. This was caught on camera.

A move away from public ceremonies to ‘medicalised’ cutting is one of the greatest threats to eliminating the abusive practice, say campaigners

(This Dec.15 story has been corrected to remove reference to GMO crops being seedless in paragraph 5 and to fix the timing of the lifting of the ban in paragraph 2)