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Kenyan policemen to face murder trial over UK aristocrat’s death: judge

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Four Kenyan policemen will stand trial for murder after a judge ruled on Monday they have a case to answer in the death of...

Kenyan court says police to blame for death of girl after...

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A Kenyan inquest has ruled that police are to blame for the death of a 9-year-old girl during violence after the 2017 elections, saying...

Kenya-Somalia dispute threatens an embattled Horn of Africa

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Joint IGAD–AU action is urgently needed to avoid further destabilisation of a region already wracked by violence. Relations between Kenya and Somalia have been strained...

Kenya a beacon in fighting transnational wildlife crime

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Globally the situation of many endangered species is dire but Interpol has found a bright light in Kenya where elephant numbers doubled over the...

United States and Kenya strengthen security partnership

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Major General Andrew M Rohling, the US Army Southern European Task Force, Africa commander, visited Kenya between 2 and 5 March on an official...

LGBT+ refugees call on UN for safe space after Kenya camp...

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LGBT+ people living in a refugee camp in northwestern Kenya urged UN officials on Friday to move them to a safer area following a...

Kenyan AW139s delivered

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The Kenya Air Force has taken delivery of three new AW139 helicopters from Leonardo Helicopters after a 2018 order. The aircraft (KAF-1802, KAF-1804, KAF-1806) were...

Kenya receives first C-145 transport aircraft

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The Kenya Air Force appears to have taken delivery of its first C-145 Skytruck twin transport aircraft from the United States. A C-145 was spotted...

USS Hershel Williams becomes first US Navy ship to visit Mombasa...

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The US Navy’s Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams arrived in Mombasa, Kenya, for a port visit on 8 February in support of...

UK Defence Secretary visits Kenya and Somalia to discuss Al Shabaab

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UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has travelled to the two East African nations to enhance security cooperation in the battle against terror group Al...

Kenya looking to order 118 Hizir armoured vehicles from Turkey

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Kenya’s Department of Defence is looking to order 118 Hizir armoured personnel carriers (APCs) from Turkey’s Katmerciler. A Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) spokesperson, Colonel Zipporah...

Kenya Police Air Wing dissolved, merged into new department

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The Kenya Police Air Wing has been dissolved, incorporated into the Kenya Air Force, and subsequently become part of a new National Air Support...

Africom commander conducts visit to Manda Bay

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US Army General Stephen Townsend, commander, US Africa Command, conducted a visit to Cooperative Security Location, Manda Bay, Kenya, on 16 January, to meet...

Africom Commander visits Kenya, Djibouti

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US Army General Stephen Townsend, commander, US Africa Command, completed a four-day trip to Kenya and Djibouti in December to conduct strategic engagements with...

Somalia severs diplomatic relations with Kenya

Somalia cut diplomatic relations with neighbouring Kenya on Tuesday, accusing it of meddling in politics as protests and gunfire erupted in Mogadishu over delayed...

Somalia expels Kenyan ambassador over ‘interference’

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Somalia expelled Kenya’s ambassador and recalled its own envoy from Nairobi after accusing its neighbour of interfering in the electoral process in Jubbaland, one...

Africom donates field hospital, vehicles to Kenya Border Police

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United States Africa Command donated a 40-bed, negative air pressure mobile field hospital (MFH) to the Kenya Border Police as well as 35 Toyota...

Kenya finally receive all three C-27J Spartans

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The Kenya Air Force is now operating all three of its C-27J Spartan transport aircraft it had ordered, after the third was held back...

Kenyan court jails two men for 2013 Westgate mall attack

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A Kenyan court sentenced two men on Friday to 18 years in prison for helping gunmen from Islamist group al Shabaab storm Nairobi’s Westgate...

Trump: US to remove Sudan from state terrorism sponsors list after...

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President Donald Trump announced on Monday the United States would remove Sudan from its list of state sponsors of terrorism. as soon as Khartoum sets...

Gunmen abduct Kenyan just acquitted in shopping mall attack trial, relative...

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Gunmen abducted a man moments after he was released from state custody in the Kenyan capital a day after he was acquitted in one...

Kenya court convicts two for helping deadly jihadist attack on shopping...

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A Kenyan court convicted two men on Wednesday for helping al Qaeda-linked gunmen storm Nairobi’s Westgate shopping mall and kill at least 67 people...

ISS: Violent extremists find fertile ground in Kenya’s Isiolo County

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Violent extremism is taking hold in Kenya’s Isiolo County, positioning the vast area as the centre of youth radicalisation in the country. In Isiolo,...

Kenya court convicts two for aiding Islamist assault on shopping mall

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A Kenyan court convicted two men on Wednesday for helping al Qaeda-linked gunmen storm Nairobi’s Westgate shopping mall, killing at least 67 people in...

US donates vehicles to Ethiopia, Kenya

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The United States has donated vehicles to Ethiopia and Kenya to strengthen their respective militaries against al Shabaab. The US Embassy in Ethiopia on 29...

ISS: Gangs still drive Mombasa’s narco-city image

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Criminal gangs in Mombasa, Kenya’s second largest city, continue to operate with impunity despite having a law passed against them and being banned twice within a...

ISS: Ethiopia can learn from its neighbours about national dialogue

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The optimism initially generated by Ethiopia’s much-praised political transition that started in 2018 has waned. Rivalry has grown between the federal government and some...

Two Kenya police officers charged with murder after Garissa shooting

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Two Kenyan police officers were charged on Thursday with murder after they allegedly shot dead two people in the eastern county of Garissa last month,...

Human trafficking in Kenya

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Migrant workers lured by jobs in the Middle East are trafficked into forced labour and modern-day slavery by organised criminal networks. Illicit human movement networks...

Kenyan police arrest fugitive indicted in US for ivory, rhino horn...

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Kenyan police arrested a fugitive wanted in the United States on charges of trafficking ivory and rhino horn, who arrived in the coastal city...

Kenya arrests two police after ‘shooting incident’, launches enquiry

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Kenya’s national police service has arrested two police officers and opened an investigation after “a shooting incident” in the eastern county of Garissa, the...

Two dead in Kenya MD500 crash

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Both pilots were killed when their MD500 helicopter crashed in Kenya on 13 July. “Today 13th July, 2020, at around 11:30, a Kenya Army helicopter...

Kenyan police fire teargas, arrest marchers protesting at brutality

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Kenyan police on Tuesday fired teargas and arrested activists gathering for a march against perceived government injustice that has been given extra impetus this...

Kenya Airways to lay off staff, reduce network and assets –...

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Kenya Airways will lay off an unspecified number of workers, reduce its network and also get rid of some assets due to the coronavirus...

Kenya Airways estimates coronavirus revenue loss at $100 million – CEO

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Kenya Airways has lost an estimated $100 million in revenue as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and related lockdowns, CEO Allan Kilavuka told...

ISS: SA passes Kenya the baton in the Security Council relay

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In January 2021, Kenya will replace South Africa as one of the three elected African members (A3) on the United Nations Security Council, joining...

After second round of voting, Kenya wins spot on UN Security...

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Kenya was elected to the UN Security Council on Thursday, defeating Djibouti in a second-round of voting by the 193-member General Assembly after an...

UN Security Council seat for Kenya

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Kenya was elected a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, defeating Djibouti for an African country designated seat. UN member states chose the country...

Police officer, two militants killed in Kenya, says security official

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A police reservist and two armed attackers were killed in a gunfight on Sunday in Kenya’s northeast Mandera county near the border with Somalia,...

Kenya arrests three policemen for dragging woman behind motorbike

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Kenyan detectives have arrested three police officers for allegedly whipping a woman and dragging her along behind a motorbike, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations...

US donates vehicles to Kenya to combat corruption, drug trafficking

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The United States has donated ten Toyota Hilux pickups to Kenya’s Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) for...

ISS: Robbery continues on Kenya’s treacherous Isiolo-Moyale highway

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Highway robbers continue to terrorise motorists along Kenya’s Isiolo-Moyale highway, a section of the Great North Road that connects Cairo to Cape Town. Although...

Kenya closes borders to Tanzania and Somalia over coronavirus

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Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday banned movement across the country’s borders with Tanzania and Somalia to help curb the spread of the coronavirus. He...

Kenya wants urgent investigation of aircraft crash in Somalia

Kenya called for an urgent investigation into the fatal crash of a private cargo aircraft in Somalia amid unconfirmed reports it may have been...

ISS: Kenya’s counter-terrorism trade-off

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Kenya’s security services have a long history of questionable conduct, and despite a period of apparent reform, it seems old habits die hard. As...

ISS: Why is the US ramping up anti-terrorism efforts in Kenya?

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In the aftermath of the deadly al-Shabaab attack on the Dusit 2 hotel complex in Nairobi in January 2019, urgent discussions began about how...

No water, no fear as community leaders in Kenya step up...

Few residents of Nairobi’s sprawling informal settlement Kibera have access to running water to wash hands - but most know of a deadly disease...

British Army tests evacuation of 400 in Parachute Battlegroup exercise

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The British Army’s global response force has been proving its skills at protecting the UK’s citizens in emergency overseas evacuations. A planned exercise in Kenya,...

Kenya/Somalia feud

Kenya accused Somalia of violating its territorial integrity and demanded it cease in an escalating feud Washington says undermines the fight against Islamist militant...

Ravenswood Solutions displaces Saab for UK military’s Kenya training contract

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Ravenswood Solutions has won a five-year contract to provide the British Army with training services in Kenya, replacing Saab, which had the contract since...