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On Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026, journalist Nalova Akua walked through the gate of an unmarked building in Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon.

Bereaved families and politicians have raised alarm about continued killings on Del Monte’s pineapple farm in Kenya despite the company hiring G4S to replace its in-house security team after previous deaths were exposed by the Guardian.

Kenya has signed a $1.2 billion agreement with a Chinese state-owned construction company to expand and modernize the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), a major infrastructure project aimed at strengthening the country’s position as East Africa’s leading aviation gateway.

Robert James Purkiss is facing extradition for the alleged septic tank murder of Agnes Wanjiru near an army training base.

More than 1,000 homes have been destroyed as heavy rains triggered mudslides. Authorities say search and rescue efforts are ongoing.

Raila Odinga, Kenya’s former prime minister and serial presidential contender whose populist campaigns unsettled authorities and gave him outsized sway over his country’s politics, died Wednesday of a heart attack while visiting India.

Tears in his eyes, a young Kenyan athlete now held in Ukraine pleads not to be sent back to Russia.

An arrest warrant has been issued for a citizen of the United Kingdom over the murder of a woman near a British army base.

How women, referred to as "madams," have engaged children as young as 13 in prostitution in Kenya.

A British soldier based at the army barracks in Kenya has been arrested following accusations of rape.

At least 82 people have been abducted since June, according to an official tally. But rights groups estimate the real number could be three times that.

Villagers were shocked to see a 500kg ring of partially burnt metal fall from the sky in Kenya.

Defence secretary to meet family of woman allegedly killed by soldier, as ITV airs documentary alleging fresh abuses

Leaked documents from the Pandora Papers reveal that Sri Lankan-Irish businessman Anura Perera, named by the Kenyan Anti-Corruption Commission as a suspect in the Anglo Leasing procurement scandal, was the owner, director or signatory of at least six offshore firms implicated in the case.

Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei is in critical condition in hospital after being set on fire by her boyfriend.

The Kenya Aviation Workers Union is threatening to strike if the proposal for India’s scandal-ridden Adani Group to lease Kenya’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) is not dropped.

Kenyan President William Ruto said on Sunday that reports about the government’s intention to lease the country’s main international airport to India’s Adani Group are “fake news.” But he admitted there would be a private-public agreement for its extension.

Last week, a whistleblower sparked outrage in Kenya after he claimed in a social media post that the country’s main airport would be leased to one of India’s largest conglomerates, Adani Group.

Macharia Gaitho, a veteran Kenyan journalist, is still confused by his abduction. After men in a white car followed him from his house in Nairobi, and then tried to pull him out of his vehicle, he went to the police station to report it.

Kenya’s National Police said Monday they had arrested a 33-year-old man whom they called a "psychopathic serial killer with no respect for human life."

Police have been scouring site in Mukuru since mutilated corpses of at least six women were found on Friday

Kenyan President William Ruto said on Tuesday security was his "utmost priority" after protests against a bill to raise taxes descended into violence, with police firing on demonstrators trying to storm the legislature, killing at least five.