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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.

Sickness and death befell the former employees of a British farm who allegedly worked with pesticides. Now, they want justice.

Amina Noor, from Harrow, north-west London, was last year convicted of assisting a non-UK person to carry out the shocking procedure in 2006 on a then three year-old girl

World marathon record holder Kelvin Kiptum and his coach have died in a traffic accident, with tributes now pouring in for the Kenyan, who was just 24-years-old

Paul Mackenzie was arrested in April 2023 after 429 bodies were discovered in shallow graves in Shakahola forest, Malindi, with dozens of followers set to be charged

King Charles addressed a banquet on his visit to Kenya where he acknowledged the pain inflicted upon the country by Britain's colonial past which he called a cause of 'deepest regret'

Mum-of-one Shilpa Shah died while descending from Mount Kenya on Thursday as guide Kelvin Muriuki Mwithi rushed to save her, but was tragically pulled down a rock face as well

A Kenya Airways Boeing 787 - en route to London Heathrow from Nairobi - was diverted into Stansted, reportedly escorted by RAF jets - with witnesses claiming they had seen bomb disposal teams at the airport

Three people at a Kenyan cheese factory have been arrested on indecent assault charges after they forced female employees to strip when a sanitary towel was found in "the wrong bin"

A study suggests that at least 1.45 million years ago, our ancestors engaged in cannibalistic behaviour as evidenced by cut marks on a fossilized leg bone, indicating the use of stone tools for butchering each other

The partial remains of 133 parishioners were discovered in burial pits dotted around the Shakahola Forest in Kilifi, eastern Kenya - but several hundred are still missing with police finding new sites every day

Police in Kenya have arrested a woman suspected of being the spiritual leader of a second starvation cult in Kihingo with 31 followers including children as young as two

Rivers in the Horn of Africa are usually in full flow, but a devastating drought caused primarily by climate change has left villagers without water for drinking, cooking and washing - and killed off crops and livestock

The Daily Mirror's chief reporter Andy Lines has visited Kenya with the British and Kenyan Red Cross where he witnessed first-hand the impact of drought across East Africa as adults and babies die

Around 120 million people in northern Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia, South Sudan and Sudan are struggling without the food they need to survive

The Mirror spoke to families desperately trying to survive the sixth year without a rainy season - watching beloved children, siblings and parents die of starvation

Beatrice Ajenta Charles quit her air hostess job, sold property and abandoned her family to join pastor Paul Mackenzie Nthenge's cult in the forest of Kilifi, east Kenya

Dead children were among those found and police anticipate finding even more bodies in the Shakahola forest outside the coastal town of Malindi

Keen player Stanley Omondi thought he could get away with pretending to be a woman in the Kenya Open, but he was eventually rumbled and kicked out

Police in Kenya are looking for suspect Makenzie Nthenge, a pastor of Good News International Church, after four people died and 11 were taken to the hospital when they were found starving in a forest

If life isn’t harsh enough for the animals of Kenya, their plight has been worsened by the longest drought in the country for 20 years

Twitter threads are often used to share stories or longer messages but water charity Just A Drop has pushed this to its limit with a new campaign featuring a thread made of over 2,000 tweets

Kenyan Gloria Orwoba said she was aware of the stain before she entered the building, but as a proud advocate against period shame, she decided she would "go ahead and walk the talk"