Kenyan forces kill all militants who stormed Nairobi hotel -president
By John Ndiso and Omar Mohammed NAIROBI, Jan 16 (Reuters) – Kenya’s president said early on Wednesday that security forces had killed all four militants...
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Workers in Kenya capital still trapped after militant attack (updated)
By John Ndiso and Omar Mohammed NAIROBI, Jan 16 (Reuters) – At least two groups of people remained trapped inside a Nairobi hotel early on...
Fifteen dead in Nairobi market fire, 70 injured
Fifteen people died and 70 were injured when fire swept through a market and nearby homes in central Nairobi in the early hours of Thursday. The blaze...
Kenya president sworn in, rival Odinga promises own inauguration
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta was sworn in for a second term on Tuesday, shortly before riot police teargassed the convoy of opposition leader Raila Odinga,...
Suspected Islamist recruiter kills four at Kenyan police station (Updated)
A suspected recruiter for the Somali militant group al Shabaab shot dead at least four Kenyan policemen in the station where he was being held...
Kenyan woman rescued six days after building collapses
By Humphrey Malalo and Ben Makori Kenyan rescue workers pulled a woman alive from the rubble of a building six days after it collapsed in...
Nairobi Rescuers search for trapped residents after building collapse kills seven (Update)
Rescue workers dug for more residents feared trapped in the rubble of a six-storey building that collapsed in Nairobi after days of heavy rain, killing...
Deadly twin blasts in Kenyan capital (Updated)
By Drazen Jorgic and Humphrey Malalo Back-to-back explosions killed at least 10 people in a packed Nairobi market on Friday, extending a spate of attacks that have piled pressure...
Kenyan deputy president must attend his trial – ICC judges
By Thomas Escritt Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto must attend all sessions of his trial at the International Criminal Court unless specifically excused, appeals judges...
Two Kenya mall bodies ‘highly likely’ to be attackers – lawmaker
By Richard Lough Two charred corpses recovered from Kenya’s Westgate shopping mall are “highly likely” to be two of the gunmen who killed at least...
Kenyan military names Nairobi mall attackers seen on CCTV footage
By James Macharia Kenya’s military spokesman on Saturday named four men – including a Sudanese, a Kenyan Arab and a Somali – he said took...
Interpol issues alert for UK ‘White Widow’ sought in Kenya
By Alexandria Sage Interpol issued a wanted persons alert at Kenya’s request on Thursday for Samantha Lewthwaite, a British citizen dubbed the “White Widow”, without...
Militants say they are ‘holding out’ in Kenya mall
By Richard Lough and Duncan Miriri Somalia’s al Shabaab Islamist group said on Tuesday its militants were still holed up in a Kenyan shopping mall...
Smoke pours from Kenya mall as forces ‘close in’
By Matthew Mpoke Bigg and Richard Lough Thick smoke poured from the besieged Nairobi mall where Kenyan officials said their forces were closing in on...
Gunfire at besieged Kenyan mall, islamists threaten hostages (updated)
By Richard Lough and Edmund Blair Occasional gunfire rang out on Monday from the Nairobi mall where militants from Somalia’s al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group...
Islamist gunmen holed up with hostages in Kenya siege, 59 dead
Islamist militants were holed up with hostages on Sunday at a shopping mall in Nairobi, where at least 59 people have been killed in...
Gunmen storm Nairobi mall, at least 20 killed
By Edmund Blair and Goran Tomasevic Gunmen stormed a shopping mall in Nairobi on Saturday killing at least 20 people in what Kenya’s government said...
Fire engulfs Kenya’s Nairobi airport
By Drazen Jorgic A fire engulfed Kenya’s main airport on Wednesday forcing the closure of a vital travel and trade gateway to east Africa. Flames...
