Kenya

Israel recognized Somaliland – African nations like Ethiopia, Kenya should be next - opinion

Israel recognized Somaliland after decades of patience and Africa can no longer afford to look away.

|ByISMAIL SHIRWAC
Ismail Shirwac is seen holding a Somaliland flag and a Israeli flag.
Cholo Abdi Abdullah training as a pilot as part of an al-Shabaab plot to attack on US soil.

Justice Dept. sentences al-Shabaab terrorist for planning 9/11-inspired plane hijacking, crash plot

A Kenyan al-Shabaab operative was sentenced to two life terms after plotting a 9/11-style aircraft attack on US soil, including training as a pilot to hijack a commercial plane.

|ByJAMES GENN
People enter the Federal High Court, as the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous people of Biafra continues, in Abuja, Nigeria December 2, 2021.

Nigerian court convicts separatist leader Kanu for terrorism

Nigerian court convicts separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu on terrorism charges, raising fears of renewed social unrest.

|ByREUTERS
gold deposit. Illustration.

Shanta Gold confirms largest gold deposit found in Kenya in a decades

The Isulu-Bushiangala underground project will need about 337 acres of mostly private land and could displace nearly 800 households, its environmental impact assessment warns.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Kenyan plane carrying Hungarian and German tourists crashes, 11 killed

The plane was carrying eight Hungarians and two Germans. "Sadly, there are no survivors," Mombasa Air Safari said in a statement.

OCTOBER 28, 2025ByREUTERS
Security officials secure the wreckage of the aircraft 5Y-CCA operated by Mombasa Air Services, which crashed on its way from Diani to Kichwa Tembo, at the Tsimba Golini area in Kwale County, Kenya, October 28, 2025

Kenyan find narrows Australopithecus-Neanderthal gap, reshaping 2M years of hand evolution

Dated to about 1.5 million years ago, the bones display a long robust thumb, short fingers and a mobile little finger, hinting at tool use and precision grips beyond the genus Homo.

OCTOBER 16, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Australopithecus-to-Neanderthal gap narrows as Kenyan discovery.

Kenya issues arrest warrant for UK citizen in murder case blamed on soldiers

Agnes Wanjiru was found in a septic tank at the Lion's Court Hotel in the Kenyan town of Nanyuki in 2012, having last been seen at the hotel with a group of British soldiers.

SEPTEMBER 16, 2025ByREUTERS
Family members of the late Agnes Wanjiru who was allegedly murdered by a British soldier in 2012, react after a court session at the Milimani Law Courts in Nairobi, Kenya, November 29, 2023.

Kenya exhumes 32 bodies as outcry grows over starvation cult deaths

Kenya linked the bodies discovered in to the same Christian sect blamed for the deaths of over 400 people in the nearby Shakahola Forest in 2023.

AUGUST 29, 2025ByREUTERS
Forensic experts and homicide detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), collect samples from exhumed bodies of suspected followers of a religious cult buried in shallow graves in Kwa Binzaro village, located on the outskirts of Malindi, in Kenya, August 28, 2025.

Kenya's president says blogger died 'at the hands of the police'

Police say Albert Ojwang, 31, was arrested in western Kenya on Friday for allegedly defaming the country's deputy police chief online.

JUNE 11, 2025ByREUTERS
People react during a protest following Albert Ojwang's death in police custody at the Central Police Station, in Nairobi, Kenya, June 9, 2025

Missing Africa’s innovation moment? Geopolitical shifts could push Israel away - opinion

As global innovation hubs shift and new markets emerge, Sub-Saharan Africa is becoming a critical arena of opportunity.

JUNE 1, 2025ByHAGIT FREUD
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and then-Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta deliver joint statements in Jerusalem in 2016. Israel’s trade with Kenya, one of Africa’s most vibrant economies, totals only tens of millions of dollars, says the writer.

Two bodies recovered from Kenya church in case with echoes of starvation cult

Police retrieved the two bodies from the premises of St. Joseph Missions of Africa Church in Migori County on Monday, according to a police report seen by Reuters.

APRIL 22, 2025ByREUTERS
Relatives prepare to bury the exhumed remains of Esther Biriya Masha and her family members, who were followers of the Christian cult named as Good News International Church and believed they would go to heaven if they starved themselves to death in Shakahola, at their home in Malindi

A mohel in Nairobi: Discovering Jewish life in the heart of Africa - opinion

A mohel’s journey to Nairobi reveals a thriving yet fragile Jewish community, deep ties to Israel, and the challenge of sustaining Jewish life in Kenya.

FEBRUARY 24, 2025ByHAYIM LEITER
THE WRITER conducts the circumcision as the head of the community, standing and wearing a prayer shawl, reads from the text and names the baby. ‘What I discovered is that Kenyans love Israel,’ he says.

Suspected al Shabaab gunmen abduct local officials in northeast Kenya

The incident happened in Mandera county when the five village chiefs, government-appointed local officials, were heading to the town of Elwak.

FEBRUARY 3, 2025ByREUTERS
Protesters carry Al-Qaeda flags during an anti-government protest after Friday prayers in the town of Marat Numan in Idlib province, Syria

New Jersey man pleads guilty after being inspired by October 7 to join terrorist group

Nasr told an FBI confidential source posing as a facilitator for a terrorist organization that "evil America" was his primary enemy and the “head of the snake.”

JANUARY 28, 2025ByMICHAEL STARR
A screenshot of a X/Twitter post linked with Nasr.

Kenyan university cancels Israeli tree-planting MOU after backlash

Local media claimed that the decision resulted in outrage among Kenyan pro-Palestinian activists and Daystar students.

DECEMBER 31, 2024ByMICHAEL STARR
People look at a mural done in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, as the conflict between Israel and Hamas continues, in Mathare slums Nairobi, Kenya, March 14, 2024.