Tag: Nairobi
Kenyan drone academy founder hopes to help aspiring pilots soar
In 2017, Nairobi-based producer Tony Mwangi headed to South Africa to retrain as a drone pilot instructor, hoping to get a head start in...
Kenyan court jails two men for 2013 Westgate mall attack
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...
Nairobi hotel attackers “eliminated”
Kenyan security forces "eliminated" militants who stormed an upscale hotel compound and killed at least 14 people in an attack claimed by Somali Islamist...
Opposition politician detained at Nairobi airport
The lawyer of an opposition politician of dual Kenyan and Canadian citizenship said his client was detained by police at Nairobi airport...
University of Nairobi closed
Administrators closed Kenya's oldest university on Tuesday, citing fears for student safety in a planned protest over police beatings at a campus...
Kenyan Chinese-built railway inaugurated
Kenya inaugurated a $3.2 billion railway funded by China linking the capital Nairobi to Mombasa port on Wednesday, the country's biggest infrastructure...
IS claims responsibility for attack outside Nairobi US Embassy
A follower of Islamic State was responsible for an attack last week on a Kenyan police officer outside the US embassy in...
Pope in Africa will seek to bridge Christian-Muslim fault lines
Pope Francis stepped onto African soil for the first time on Wednesday to address the continent's fast-growing Catholic congregation during a trip...
Kenya hits out at Britain’s tougher travel warning
Kenya's government said on Saturday it was "shocked and concerned" over the latest travel warnings issued by Britain and others and said...
Australia warns of possible attacks in Kenyan capital
Militants may be planning attacks against crowded places in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, the Australian government said in a travel alert on...
Suspects in Kenya mall attack say tortured in prison: lawyer
Four men accused of helping al Qaeda-linked militants launch a deadly attack on a Nairobi shopping mall last year have said they...
US Marines deployed at US embassy in Nairobi as regional terror...
The US Marine Corps has re-deployed a number of marines to the US Embassy in the Kenyan capital Nairobi following US and...
Back-to-back blasts kill at least 10 in Kenyan capital
Back-to-back explosions killed at least 10 people in a packed Nairobi market on Friday, extending a spate of attacks that have piled...
At least four killed in two explosions in Kenya
At least four people were killed on Friday in two explosions in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, the country's National Disaster Operations Centre...
Nairobi car bomb kills four
Four people were killed when a car bomb exploded outside a police station in a poor neighbourhood of the Kenyan capital Nairobi...
Kenyan admits grenade attack, al Shabaab membership
A Kenyan man pleaded guilty to a grenade attack on a Nairobi bus station and being a member of the Somali rebel...
One killed, 8 wounded in Nairobi blast: Red Cross
An explosion in the centre of Kenya's capital Nairobi evening killed one person and wounded eight, the Kenyan Red Cross said.
"Eight casualties...
Grenade attack at Nairobi bar wounds 12 – police
A grenade attack on a bar in the centre of Nairobi early wounded 12 people, Kenyan police said, an incident that comes...
Kenya’s slum women risk health to avoid violence
Kenya's poorest women risk the deadly diseases related to poor sanitation because "endemic" sexual violence in the capital's sprawling slums keeps them...
