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“Reckless rape” comment causes public offence in Kenya

A top Kenyan university caused widespread public offence accusing a gang-raped student of “recklessness” for walking back to campus after a night out. The...

Police killings in Kenya continue

Kenyan police shot dead at least eight people in Nairobi slums over the past two months, violating laws on the use of excessive force,...

Kenya officially takes new C-27J Spartans into service

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The Kenya Air Force (KAF) on 14 February commissioned into service its two new C-27J Spartan transport aircraft acquired from Italy’s Leonardo in a...

AFRICOM commander visits Kenya, Somalia, to emphasize partnership, security

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General Stephen Townsend, commander, U.S. Africa Command, completed a two-day trip to East Africa to personally assess the security situation at the Kenyan Defense...

Kenya buries its longest serving president

Kenya’s deputy president pledged to unite the country in honour of Daniel Arap Moi, its longest ruling president, who was buried at his sprawling...

US, Kenya launch first overseas Joint Terrorism Task Force

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The United States Department of State and Federal Bureau of Investigation have partnered together to assist Kenya in creating the first Joint Terrorism Task...

ISS: Malawi’s court gives electoral justice in Africa a much-needed boost

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Will this week’s Malawi Constitutional Court ruling to annul last year’s presidential election set a precedent for more bravely independent judicial rulings on other...

Former Kenyan president Moi dies

Former Kenyan President Daniel Arap Moi died aged 95, leaving a country still riddled by corruption that became rampant during his rule from...

Kenyan C-27Js delivered

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The Kenya Air Force has received its first two C-27J Spartan transport aircraft from Italy’s Leonardo, with a third still to be delivered. The two...

Safeguards ordered for Kenyan digital ID

Kenya’s high court said government could go ahead with a new digital ID scheme, as long as stronger regulations were in place and did...

Kenya commissions MD 530F helicopters

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The Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) have commissioned into service the six new MD 530F helicopters recently delivered from the United States. Chief of the Defence...

“Enemy achieved a degree of success in its attack” – Africom...

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In the early hours of 5 January, al-Shabaab attacked a Kenyan Defence Force Military Base (Camp Simba) in Manda Bay, Kenya, killing US Army...

ISS: Somalia, terrorism and Kenya’s security dilemma

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Barely two weeks into 2020, al-Shabaab has attacked Kenya five times, leaving scores of Kenyans and foreigners dead. For the first time, one of...

Teachers die in Kenya attack

Three teachers were killed near Kenya’s Somalian border in a suspected attack by al Shabaab militants police said, in what appeared to be the...

Akasha man jailed in US

A US judge sentenced Ibrahim Akasha, once a member of Kenya’s Akasha drug trafficking organisation, to 23 years in prison after he pleaded guilty...

Secretive US spyplane destroyed in Kenyan air base attack

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Amongst the six aircraft destroyed during al Shabaab’s attack on Camp Simba at the weekend was a highly modified Bombardier STAMP surveillance aircraft, which...

East Africa Response Force deploys to provide airfield security at Manda...

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Following the 5 January terrorist attack at Manda Bay Airfield, Kenya, U.S. service members comprising part of U.S. Africa Command’s East Africa Response Force...

Suspects arrested after break-in at British army camp in Kenya

Kenyan police arrested three men suspected of breaking into a British army camp in central Kenya on the same day Islamist insurgents attacked a...

US ups security in Kenya

The US military deployed additional forces to Kenya on Monday to bolster security at a key airfield after an attack by al Shabaab militants...

Kenyans killed in al Shabaab gunfight

Four Kenyan civilians were killed in a gunfight when police engaged al Shabaab militants from Somalia who targeted a telecommunications transmission mast, police said...

Kenyan MD 530Fs delivered

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MD Helicopters has delivered all six new MD 530F Cayuse Warrior helicopters to Kenya, on schedule as per the September 2018 contract. The six helicopters...

Americans killed in Kenya attack

Three Americans - a US military service member and two contractors - were killed by Somalia’s al Shabaab militant group during an attack on...

Three killed in Kenya’s Lamu county

Armed assailants killed three people and injured two in Kenya’s Lamu county, a coastal region near the Somali border, police said. The county is...

Weifang arrives in Kenya

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The People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) missile frigate Weifang has arrived in Mombasa, Kenya, after taking part in Exercise Mosi in South Africa with...

10 dead in Kenya bus attack

Kenyan police officers were among those killed when gunmen suspected to be from Islamist militant group al Shabaab attacked a bus near the border...

Kenya looking to halt election violence

Kenya should create more senior political posts including a prime minister and increase payments to regional governments to end cyclical election violence, a government...

Global Aerospace Logistics to support Kenya Air Force aircraft

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The United Arab Emirates’ Global Aerospace Logistics (GAL) has signed an agreement with the Kenya Air Force to provide maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO)...

ISS: Cross-border arms trafficking inflames northern Kenya’s conflict

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Arms trafficking and cattle rustling are driving local conflict in Kenya’s northern border county of Marsabit. Scores have been killed in the politically motivated...

Ties restored between Kenya and Somalia

Kenya and Somalia agreed to restore ties after a months-long spat over oil rights that led the neighbours to halt visa issues on arrival...

Police abuse rife in Kenya

Nearly half the Kenyans surveyed by government’s police watchdog said they suffered police abuse of power, according to a survey, underscoring the scale of...

Japan donates patrol boats to Kenya

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Japan has donated 17 patrol boats to Kenya to help the East African country improve maritime security. The boats were handed over to the Maritime...

IED kills Kenyan police

At least ten Kenyan police were killed when their vehicle struck a homemade bomb near the border with Somalia a police report seen by...

Kenya-South African defence pact still to be ratified

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Kenya’s parliament has yet to ratify a defence cooperation agreement with South Africa, which has been years in the making. In October 2016, then-South African...

Suspected militants killed in Mombasa

Kenyan police shot and killed three men suspected of planning militant attacks in Mombasa, ahead of national day celebrations in the city this month,...

Kenyan C-27J deliveries imminent

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The Kenya Air Force is expected to soon take delivery of its three new C-27J Spartan transport aircraft, with Kenyan aircraft seen flying in...

ISS: Global war against drugs reaches Kenya

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The first sentencing of a Kenyan on drug trafficking charges took place in New York on 16 August. Baktash Akasha, son of Akasha Abdalla,...

Kenyan MD530Fs to be delivered by year-end

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The Kenyan military will receive six MD530F Cayuse Warrior helicopters by the end of this year, with training and support contracts having just been...

US Air Forces Africa builds partnerships through African Partnership Flight Kenya

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Approximately 120 air force delegates from the U.S., Kenya, Burundi, Tanzania and Uganda came together for a week of knowledge sharing on personnel recovery...

Kenya mulls acquiring laser-based training system

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Kenya’s military is looking at acquiring multiple integrated laser engagement systems (MILES) for training purposes. The US Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website on 21 August...

Kenyan drug trafficker jailed in US

A US judge sentenced Kenyan drug trafficker Baktash Akasha to 25 years in prison after he pleaded guilty last year to conspiracy to import...

DCD holds successful route clearance demonstration

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DCD Protected Mobility held a route clearance demonstration day at Gerotek outside Pretoria, where it put its Husky and Springbuck vehicles through their paces...

Kenya using Rohde & Scharz spectrum monitoring stations

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The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has placed an order with Rohde & Schwarz for additional mobile and spectrum monitoring equipment, after an initial...

IED training for Africa

A US-trained Kenyan bomb disposal technician showed colleagues from more than 20 countries how to collect evidence after detonation of a roadside explosive. Security experts...

Al Shabaab fighters killed in Kenya

Security forces in Kenya killed three suspected militants from Somalia’s Islamist group al Shabaab after they attacked a police outpost in Garissa county, police...

Three convicted for aiding terror attack on Kenyan university

A Kenyan court convicted three people of terrorism-related offences for helping Somali Islamist militants carry out a 2015 attack on a university that killed 148...

Al Shabaab blasts kill 16 in Kenya and Somalia

Somali militants killed eight Kenyan police with a roadside bomb near the border between the countries, officials said, with another eight dead in a...

Kenyan Navy visits Mozambique

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The Kenyan Navy vessel KNS Jasiri has stopped in Maputo, Mozambique, whilst on a training cruise and delivered nearly 6 tons of medical supplies...

Somali Islamists target Kenyan recruits

A youth recruited while watching football. A Catholic school graduate. Girls desperate for cash and jobs. The al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab insurgency is using unconventional...

Four years for British man guilty of terror charges

A Kenyan court sentenced a British man to four years in prison on charges of helping to plan attacks in Kenya and possessing bomb-making...

Delivery of Kenyan AW139s imminent

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Kenya will soon be taking delivery of new AW139 helicopters from Leonardo Helicopters, with the aircraft being seen conducting test flights in Italy. Photos emerged...