World news about “Kenya” published by euronews.
Kenyan court gives two Iranians life sentences for attack plots Two Iranians have received life sentences in Kenya after being found guilty of plotting attacks against Western interests. They were arrested in Nairobi… 06/05/2013
Kenyatta swears oath of office as Kenya’s new president Uhuru Kenyatta has been sworn in as Kenya’s fourth president. Thousands attended the ceremony in Nairobi. The new president is the son of Kenya’s first… 09/04/2013
Kenyatta thanks Kenyans for peace Kenya’s president-elect has used an Easter Day mass in the capital Nairobi to thank his compatriots for remaining calm throughout the country’s disputed… 31/03/2013
Kenya Supreme Court confirms election result The Supreme Court in Kenya has decided that the country’s presidential election earlier this month was free and fair, and judges upheld the result which gave… 30/03/2013
Seven die in attack on Kenyan tourist resort At least seven people, including a police officer, have died, after a casino popular with tourists was attacked in Malindi on Kenya’s Indian Ocean… 28/03/2013
Kenya: defeated Odinga disputes election result Defeated Kenyan presidential contender Raila Odinga is challenging the result of the March 4 election. Odinga, who is Kenya’s current prime minister… 16/03/2013
Kenyan election result disputed Uhuru Kenyatta has been announced as the winner of the presidential election in Kenya by a slim margin. Results show that he had over 50% of the vote, which… 09/03/2013
Kenya Election winner announced Uhuru Kenyatta, the son of Kenya’s founding president, has been announced as the winner of the presidential election by a slim margin. Results show that he… 09/03/2013
100 years after launch of International Women’s day the struggle continues In many ways the world is a better place for women than it was a century ago when International Women’s Day was first held. But UNESCO estimates that 64% of… 08/03/2013
Kenyans turn out in their millions to vote Kenyans have turned out in their millions to vote in the country’s presidential election. It has been relatively peaceful so far, with many saying memories… 05/03/2013
Sunset in Nairobi’s Kibera slumsChildren walk to school during the early morning in the Kibera slums in Kenya’s capital Nairobi. A looming countrywide strike by teachers next week has been… 15/02/2013
Micronutrients against malnutrition In a part of southern Kenya where malnutrition is rife, Stanley is an active three year old boy. Along with hundreds of other Kenyan youngsters, he is part… 03/10/2012
After calamity strikes In some disaster areas teachers are drawing useful lessons from traumatic events; raising awareness of disaster management, teaching students to understand… 12/04/2012
Cricket in traditional Maasai dress – nocomment For the first time in the game’s history, a Maasai team is being allowed to play cricket in their traditional regalia. 28/03/2012
Farah trains at ‘Home of Champions’On the dusty tracks of Kenya’s north western highlands Britain’s reigning 5,000m world champion, Mo Farah is training alongside the country’s finest. Farah… 25/01/2012
Kenya bids farewell to Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai – nocomment The body of Wangari Maathai who died on September 25 and who won the Nobel Peace Prize for her campaigns to save Kenyan forests has been cremated. 09/10/2011
Kenya: Red Cross calls off search operation – nocomment More charred bodies recovered at the scene of a devastating shanty town fire as the Red Cross calls off search operation. 14/09/2011
Kenya’s Dadaab refugee campA girl covers her eyes as she stands with her mother at the Hagadera refugee settlement in Kenya’s Dadaab Refugee Camp, situated northeast of the capital… 23/08/2011
Refugee camp in Kenya – nocomment Many Somalis, starving and searching for safety, are risking their lives, crossing into Kenya and taking up residence in Dadaab, the world’s largest refugee… 06/08/2011
Somali refugees flee to Kenya – nocomment As more refugees arrive into Kenya fleeing from a drought that has ben said to be the worst to hit the region of Africa in the last 60 years, relief… 01/08/2011
Drought in the Horn of AfricaAn aid worker using an iPad films the rotting carcass of a cow in Wajir near the Kenya-Somalia border. REUTERS/STR New 26/07/2011
Malnourished children near Somali border – nocomment As the famine in southern Somalia continues, another malnourished child arrived at the German International Cooperation hospital at a refugee camp in Dadaab… 24/07/2011
Drought causes thousands to flee Somalia – nocomment Tens of thousands of Somali refugees are flooding camps in Ethiopia and Kenya in search of food after several seasons without rain decimated livestock and… 18/07/2011
Horn of Africa region faces famine risk – nocomment Save the Children are appealing for emergency aid as they say more than ten million people are at risk of starvation in Kenya and other East-African… 06/07/2011
Explosion rips through Kenya’s Nairobi – nocomment An explosion in a densely populated area of central Nairobi on Sunday injured at least 29 people, and officials said an investigation was under way to… 06/06/2011
The golden age of learning in ‘The First Grader’ It is never too old to learn according to “The First Grader,” a movie based on the true story of a tribesman in Kenya who went to primary school at the age of… 31/05/2011
Kenyans sue UK government over colonial tortureFour Kenyan nationals have started legal proceedings against the UK, asking for compensation over the behaviour of colonial British officials half a century… 07/04/2011
Rare baby hyenas to be kept in Kenya orphanage Three rare abandoned hyena cubs are being cared for at the animal orphanage in Nairobi National Park. They belong to the endangered striped hyena species… 21/03/2011
WTM – an insider’s view – Muriithi Ndegwa Interview with Muriithi Ndegwa, Managing Director, Kenya Tourist Board. Every year euronews heads to the World Travel Market in London, one of the world’s… 11/11/2010
Kenya votes on constitutional change Kenyans have voted for a new constitution that could reshape the political landscape in east Africa’s largest economy. The new constitution replaces the… 30/07/2010
Kenya presidential election result due on Saturday morningThe Kenyan election commission says it will announce the result of last Monday’s presidential poll on Saturday morning. With most votes counted, frontrunner… 08/03/2013
Kenya presidential election on a knife-edge as counting nears endCounting in Kenya’s presidential election looks set to go down to the wire, with the prospect of a run-off in April becoming a distinct possibility. Four… 08/03/2013
Kenyatta opens early lead in Kenyan presidential electionUhuru Kenyatta has emerged as the early frontrunner in Kenya’s presidential poll. The deputy prime minister has a slight lead with a third of votes counted… 05/03/2013
Vote count begins in tight presidential race in KenyaAs the polls close in Kenya, officials say it is too early to tell the outcome of the hotly-contested presidential election. Voting passed off peacefully… 04/03/2013
Machete killings during Kenyan electionAt least a dozen people were killed in election violence in Kenya on Monday according to police sources. Just before the polls opened it was reported that… 04/03/2013
Kenya on tenterhooks ahead of presidential voteKenya will vote for a new president on Monday, in a fraught election overshadowed by rampant corruption, divisive tribal politics and the threat of… 04/03/2013
Kenya elections haunted by the pastKenya is bracing itself for a presidential vote on March 4 that is a tight two-way contest between bitter rivals. One of the top contenders is outgoing… 02/03/2013
Italian tourists targeted at Kenya resortIn Kenya, masked men carrying guns and machetes attacked a group of Italian tourists on Wednesday. Witnesses said one man was taken to hospital after being… 20/02/2013
Dozens of police killed in Kenya cattle raidAt least 42 Kenyan police officers have been killed by thieves stealing cattle. Officials claim the robbers used sophisticated weapons such as… 12/11/2012
Fatal grenade attack on Kenyan churchReports say a grenade attack on a church in Kenya has left one person dead and injured at least 11. The man who died was thought to have been acting as… 04/11/2012
Port workers call off strike in MombasaWorkers at Kenya’s main port Mombasa have called off a strike that had brought the principal east African gateway to a standstill. They were demanding… 02/11/2012
Obamamania over in sub Saharan AfricaKenya rejoiced as “Africa’s son” became the president of the United States in 2008. Yet it is unclear whether Africans will take to the streets and beat the… 02/11/2012
Kenyans win torture case against British governmentAt the High Court in London supporters of three elderly Kenyans celebrated after a ruling which says they can sue Britain. The Kenyans were tortured during… 05/10/2012
Somali forces appeal for order after rebel retreatThe Somali government in Mogadishu has called on residents in Kismayu to co-operate with security forces after al-Shabaab rebels were ousted from the southern… 30/09/2012
Somalia’s al Shabaab rebels withdraw from final strongholdSomalia’s al Shabaab rebels have lost their last bastion, after being forced out by Somali and Kenyan government forces. The rebels withdrew from the… 29/09/2012
Two dead as Mombasa Muslims riots continueA police officer and civilian have been killed after a grenade was thrown at a police vehicle during a second day of rioting in the Kenyan port city of… 28/08/2012
Muslims riot in Mombasa over shooting of radical clericMuslim youths in the Kenyan port city of Mombasa have gone on the rampage after unknown gunmen shot dead a radical Islamist cleric. Protesters attempted to… 27/08/2012
Tourists and pilots killed in Kenyan plane crashTwo German tourists and two Kenyan pilots have been killed in a plane crash. The twin-engine aircraft carrying 11 holidaymakers came down in Kenya’s Maasai… 23/08/2012
Dozens slaughtered in Kenyan villageAttackers armed with machetes and spears have killed at least 48 people in ethnic clashes in south-eastern Kenya. Most of those who died were women and… 23/08/2012
Clinton urges Kenya to hold free, fair electionsOn the latest stage of her African tour, Hillary Clinton has urged Kenya to hold free and fair elections and to be a role model for the continent. The … 05/08/2012
‘Suicide attack’ in Kenya ahead of Clinton visitA suspected suicide bomber has killed himself and wounded nine people in Nairobi, hours before a visit by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. He… 04/08/2012
Kenya church attacks leave 17 dead, 40 woundedAt least 17 people have been killed in attacks on two churches in eastern Kenya. Local police say several men, wearing balaclavas, threw grenades and opened… 01/07/2012
Grenade attacks in Kenya kill at least 10In Kenya in the eastern town of Garissa police have confirmed at least 10 people have been killed and up to 40 wounded in two separate attacks. They… 01/07/2012
Blast rips through Kenyan night clubAt least one person has been killed and eight others seriously injured in a blast at a Kenyan night club in Mombasa. It comes hours after the US embassy… 25/06/2012
Kenyan minister and deputy killed in helicopter crashA senior Kenyan cabinet minister and his deputy have been killed in a helicopter crash near the capital, Nairobi. George Saitoti was Internal Security… 10/06/2012
Kenyan capital Nairobi rocked by large explosionThe Kenyan capital of Nairobi has been hit by a large explosion, wounding at least 30 people. There were conflicting reports as to what caused the… 28/05/2012
Grenade attack leaves one dead in MombasaA grenade attack outside a night club in the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa has left one person dead and five others wounded. Witnesses said gunmen tried… 16/05/2012
Kenya: Deadly blasts hit bus terminalAt least five people have been killed and around 60 injured in a grenade attack on a bus station in Kenya’s capital Nairobi. There was no immediate claim of… 10/03/2012
ICC indicts four over Kenyan 2007 violenceKenyan survivors of the 2007 post election violence which left over a thousand people dead watched in ernest the televised announcement that someone at… 24/01/2012
Global economic crisis threatens AIDS fundingTabitha Kioko was diagnosed as HIV postive five years ago. She gets her monthly dose of free anti-retroviral drugs at a clinic in Nairobi, Kenya. But… 01/12/2011
Kenya and Somalia join forces to fight Islamic militantsThe leaders of Somalia and Kenya have vowed to fight together to defeat the Islamic militant group al Shabab. The East African neighbours will coordinate… 31/10/2011
Grenade attack on Nairobi nightclub injures 12Kenyan police say an Islamist militant group may be behind a grenade attack on a nightclub in the capital, Nairobi. At least a dozen people were hurt… 24/10/2011
French hostage kidnapped in Kenya is deadMarie Dedieu the French woman kidnapped in Kenya has died. A statement from the French Foreign Ministry confirmed the death of the 66-year-old who was… 19/10/2011
Al Shabaab advancing for combat in SomaliaSomalia’s al Shabaab rebels are advancing for a confrontation with Somali and Kenyan government troops. The troops began a huge offensive by land and air… 17/10/2011
Kenya sends in army to go after militants in SomaliaKenyan troops have crossed into Somalia to pursue islamist rebel group Al Shabaab who are believed have kidnapped foreign aid workers in Kenya. Witnesses… 16/10/2011
Kenya to hunt down abductors in SomaliaKenya says its army will cross into Somalia to pursue suspected islamist insurgents believed to have kidnapped westerners including aid workers. It is also… 15/10/2011
Aid workers kidnapped near Somali borderGunmen have kidnapped two aid workers at a refugee camp in Kenya. The Spanish doctors, working for the medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres, were seized… 13/10/2011
Kenya fears for future of Lamu tourismAmid the calm and the gently lapping waters of the Indian ocean there is a disquiet running through the tourist havens along the northern Kenyan coast. With… 02/10/2011
Details of kidnap ordeal in Kenya revealedThe partner of an elderly, disabled French woman kidnapped in Kenya has told how six masked men brandishing assault rifles stormed their beach house. John… 02/10/2011
French tourist kidnapped in KenyaMore security worries for Kenya with the news that an elderly disabled French woman has been kidnapped from her luxury tourist resort in the north of the… 01/10/2011
Suspected Somali gunmen kidnap tourist in KenyaMore security worries for Kenya with the news that an elderly disabled French woman has been kidnapped from her luxury tourist resort in the north of the… 01/10/2011
First female African Nobel Prize winner diesKenyan Nobel Peace Prize recipient Wangari Maathai has died. The award-winning environmentalist became the first African woman to receive the honour in… 26/09/2011
Kenya promises inquiry into shanty town infernoMore than 100 people are now known to have died after a petrol spill from a fuel depot ignited a fire in a densely populated shanty town in Kenya. The… 12/09/2011
Scores die in Kenyan pipeline fireThere have been some shocking scenes in Kenya, where more than a hundred people have died after fire swept through a densely populated slum in Nairobi. The… 12/09/2011
Aid workers struggle with Somali refugee influxAid agencies at the Dadaab refugee camp on Kenya’s border with Somalia said on Saturday they were scrambling to provide medical help to the thousands of… 30/07/2011
Horn of Africa: “The children’s famine”It has been called the “children’s famine.” The young are most vulnerable but men, women and children are dying in Africa’s worst famine in decades. “We… 26/07/2011
Doubts surround death of Kenyan Olympic championKenyan Olympic marathon champion, Sammy Wanjiru has died after falling from a balcony at his home in the Rift Valley town of Nyahururu. Initial information… 16/05/2011
WTM – an insider’s view – Muriithi NdegwaInterview with Muriithi Ndegwa, Managing Director, Kenya Tourist Board. Every year euronews heads to the World Travel Market in London, one of the world’s… 11/11/2010
Bashir Kenya visit risks rift with ICCThe signing of Kenya’s new constitution on Friday has been overshadowed by the attendance of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted by the… 27/08/2010
Kenya ratifies constitutionKenya has adopted a new constitution supporters say marks the rebirth of the country. It aims to bring about significant political change including greater… 27/08/2010
Kenyans say “yes” to new constitutionVoting for change, Kenyans have said yes to a new constitution in a peaceful referendum. The reforms have been promoted as a way of making sure there is no… 05/08/2010
Kenyans vote for constitutional reformVoters in Kenya look set to adopt a new constitution, according to partial results. An estimated two-thirds of ballots cast in a referendum appear to be in… 05/08/2010
Crucial vote on Kenyan constitutionIt is Kenya’s first national vote since 1,300 people were killed in post-election violence in 2008. Political leaders are hoping a ballot today on a new… 04/08/2010
Five die in explosions at a rally in KenyaFive people have been killed and 75 others injured in two explosions at a prayer meeting in Kenya. The blasts went off 15 minutes apart. Some of the injured… 14/06/2010
Ivory ban in danger, EU urged to defend elephantsA desperate call to save elephants in Africa… While Tanzania and Zambia want an international ban against selling ivory to be lifted, representatives of 17… 25/01/2010
Crisis in KenyaA drought in Kenya has become so severe that the riverbeds have dried up, the grassland is nothing but dust, and so far, nearly 100 elephants have died… 15/09/2009
Yes to reforms, No to sex in Kenya protestWomen in Kenya are turning up the heat on the government with an unusual form of protest. Women’s rights activists are urging females to join them in a… 01/05/2009
The fight against AIDS in KenyaAfrica is the continent hit hardest by the AIDS virus. Prevention efforts are bearing fruit, but it is not enough, experts say. Often pushed aside… 09/04/2009
Kenya petrol tanker blaze kills more than 100At least 111 people have been confirmed dead from an oil spill blaze in central Kenya. The fire broke out when a lorry crashed, spilling petrol that burst… 01/02/2009
Africa celebrates Obama’s inaugurationNever before has the inauguration of an American President been met with such elation in Africa. Barack Obama’s father hailed from a village in Western… 20/01/2009
