The Kenyan government has attributed recent terror attacks in the country to the presence of Somali refugees at the sprawling Dadaab camps, a claim denied by the refugees. Kenyan officials and security authorities have called for the Dadaab refugee camps in the country’s north to
Three men accused of gang-raping a teenage Kenyan girl and dumping her in a sewage ditch have each received 15-year jail terms. After reports suggested that the punishment meted out to the rapist by the police was to cut grass, the case prompted more than 1.8 million people to sign an online petition demanding justice. […]
A student has died and more than 100 were hurt in a stampede which followed the explosion of an electricity transformer at a Kenyan university. Residents of Nairobi university’s Kikuyu campus mistook the blast for a terrorist attack and jumped out of hostel windows early on Sunday morning. Tensions are high among students after an […]
If you have observed what is happening across the world at present, especially in countries where terrorism has berthed, you will shudder at the depravity of human beings as represented by terrorists. Recall that on Thursday, April 2, 2015, al-Shabaab Islamists stormed Garissa University College in north eastern Kenya, killing no fewer than 147 persons. […]
Kenyans mourning the deaths from last week’s massacre at Garissa University College gathered for a vigil Tuesday, the final day of an official three-day mourning period. The demonstrators gathered at a public park in Nairobi to share stories of the 148 students killed and call for greater national security. Organizers asked mourners to dress in black […]
Kenyan forces carried out airstrikes against al-Shabab targets in neighboring Somalia, days after the militants killed 148 people in an attack at a university in southern Kenya. Warplanes hit two camps in the Gedo region of southern Somalia on Sunday. There was no immediate report on possible casualties or damage from the strikes. Al-Shabab […]
A global survey by an American research firm has named Rwanda as the best place to live in Africa. According to a survey conducted by a US research firm, Gallup, which ranks the country fifteenth globally. At an index score of 79, Rwanda tied with US and Bhutan. This score was eight positions higher than […]
Kenya’s Interior Cabinet Secretary, Joseph Nkaissery, confirmed on Saturday that the police had arrested three more suspects over Garissa University attack, making five the number of those in custody. The three are said to be associates of terror mastermind, Gamadhere, and were nabbed at the Somalia border while trying to flee on Friday. The al-Qaeda […]
Barack Obama will make a long-awaited trip to Kenya later this year, visiting his father’s homeland for the first time since becoming US president six years ago, the White House said on Monday. During the long-promised visit this July, Obama will attend a Global Entrepreneurship Summit in the east African nation, a statement said. Obama […]
