All news on the topic: 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.

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