At least 40 people were killed when a dam in Kenya’s Rift Valley burst late Wednesday following days of heavy rains. Water swept away numerous homes, farms, and businesses after breaking through the Patel Dam…
NAIROBI — Uhuru Kenyatta has won Kenya’s re-run presidential election, according to the country’s electoral commission. “I hereby declare Mr. Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta and Mr. William Samoei Ruto as president-elect and deputy president-elect, respectively,” said…
Kenya’s electoral commission has announced changes in its top personnel to oversee the new presidential election next month while campaigning officially began Wednesday. Six officials have been appointed to run the new vote ordered by…
NAIROBI — After Kenya’s Supreme Court annulled last month’s presidential election results, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) announced late Monday the new election will be held October 17. But opposition leader Raila Odinga…
At least eight students have been killed and 10 others taken to hospital after a fire broke out at a girls’ school in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. The blaze, which broke out early on Saturday,…
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenyan officials are inking the tiny fingers of babies who accompany their mothers in Tuesday’s elections, cracking down on queue-jumpers who rent an infant to exploit a rule letting parents with young…
NAIROBI — Kenyans stood in line for hours Tuesday to cast ballots in hotly contested nationwide polls, including a presidential vote, facing rain and both cold and hot weather throughout the day. The race for the…
NAIROBI — Kenyan opposition presidential candidate Raila Odinga on Monday fielded questions alone on stage after his rival, President Uhuru Kenyatta, failed to show up for a debate between the two. Odinga, who is the…
NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Animated chatter spills out from a corner of tech giant Google’s Nairobi offices as five Kenyan schoolgirls discuss their upcoming trip to California where they hope to win $15,000 for…
The death toll from the collapsed Kware building has risen to two after a woman rescued from the rubble succumbed and the body of a child was recovered last night. Officials said they had evacuated…