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.

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

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

gold deposit. Illustration.

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


Lessons learned from Al Qaeda terror attack in Kenya, twenty years on - opinion

As the 20th anniversary of the Al Qaeda suicide bombing in Kenya approaches, I’m sitting at my desk sifting through two decades of difficult thoughts and feelings.

Kenyan terror suspects on trial for attack on Israeli owned Paradise hotel in Mombasa

The real face of climate change - opinion

Away from the flashy screens and bombastic speeches – are real people and communities who had no hand in causing the climate disaster, who simply do not have the luxury to wait.

A child digs for water in dry riverbeds in Turkana West, Kenya.

The Maasai people conquer cell phones, social media and pizza

The Maasai are known as warriors and semi-nomadic cattle-raisers, with a diet mostly consisting of raw meat and dairy from their cattle.  

 Maasai people in Kenya.

Kibaki’s capitalist outlook on education in Kenya brought mixed results

Emilio Mwai Kibaki removed restrictions on the Catholic University of East Africa.

 Kibaki's capitalist outlook on education in Kenya brought mixed results

How many Kenyans are Christian? Accurate numbers are hard to come by

Opinion: The reasons why the accuracy of statistics on religious affiliations is questionable.

 Kenyan school children

How a conversion split, and then strengthened, Kenya’s Jewish community

In Kenya there are about 300 Jews, and about half of them have ties with the Nairobi synagogue.

Kenya Parliament building

Kenyan police officer kills six in shooting rampage - police

The officer first killed his wife before shooting five other people with an Ak-47.

Kenya Defense Force soldiers 370

Iranian arrested in Kenya for planning terror attacks against Israeli targets - report

Iranian Mohammed Saeid Golabi was arrested in Kenya for coordinating a terror cell in Nairobi attacking both Israeli and local sites.

 A man crosses the road during the closing of businesses on First Avenue in Eastleigh district of Nairobi, Kenya November 16, 2021. Picture taken November 16, 2021.

SupPlant to help 500,000 Kenyan maize-growers avoid crop failure

Afula-based SupPlant’s new sensor-less technology collects and analyzes hyperlocal climatic, plant, and irrigation data to offers extremely low-cost Irrigation recommendations and weather forecasts.

 Corn

Did Turkey conduct illegal rendition of “terrorist” abroad

It is not the first time Turkey sent agents to abduct someone they accuse of terrorism. What laws enable Turkey to do so remains unclear.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan talks to media after attending Friday prayers at Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey August 7, 2020.