Kenya
Two people killed in Kenya protest against US Ebola quarantine site plan, organizer, sources say
Kenyan President William Ruto defended a US-backed Ebola quarantine facility at a military base after two people were killed during protests.
At least 15 students killed in overnight dormitory blaze in Kenyan girls' school
Former hostages Aviva and Keith Siegel visit Kenyan refugee camp
Israel recognized Somaliland – African nations like Ethiopia, Kenya should be next - opinion
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.
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.
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.
Kenya set to appoint first female chief justice at sensitive moment
A child of subsistence farmers, she was chosen by a judicial panel over the lawyer who argued President Uhuru Kenyatta's case in a 2017 battle with the Supreme Court that she will now head.
New agricultural fellowship grant creates global impact
The Dean Family Fellowship Grant program is a 5-year partnership between JNF-USA, the Dean family from Philadelphia, PA., and AICAT.
Former US president Obama's grandmother, Sarah, dies at 99
"My family and I are mourning the loss of our beloved grandmother, Sarah Ogwel Onyango Obama, affectionately known to many as “Mama Sarah” but known to us as “Dani” or Granny" - Barack Obama.
Amid Kenya's coronavirus shutdown, chickens roost in empty classrooms
No students have thundered down these eerily quiet corridors since March, when Kenya abruptly closed its schools three days after the first case of COVID-19 was detected.
African churches swap holy water for hand sanitiser
Part of Africa's battle to stop the virus from taking hold could be fought in its churches.
Two exceptionally rare protected white giraffes killed by poachers in Kenya
The female and her calf were two of three white giraffes known to be living in the sanctuary.
Three Americans killed in al-Shabaab militant attack on base in Kenya
The attack presents another crisis for Washington just as the Pentagon grapples with a rapidly escalating standoff with Iran following a drone strike in Baghdad that killed top Qassem Soleimani.
