Kenya

Ethiopia and Israel share a new year - and an opportunity to deepen their historic ties - opinion

Ethiopia enters a new year of economic growth and major development projects while seeking to strengthen its strategic partnership with Israel.

SEPTEMBER 13, 2026|ByTESFAYE YETAYEH

ETHIOPIA’S GRAND Renaissance Dam undergoes construction work on the Nile River in Benishangul Gumuz Region, Ethiopia, on September 26. (Tiksa Negeri/File Photo/Reuters)

Kenyan students at a school aided by ConnectingMath, an Israeli nonprofit working to expand acces to math education in developing countries.

Israeli non-profits, companies expand education access in remote communities worldwide

The three nonprofit organizations and RoboGroup are members of the SID Israel community, the umbrella organization for Israel’s international development and humanitarian aid sector.

SEPTEMBER 1, 2026|ByDANYA SAPERSTEIN

Elephant graze at Kimana Sanctuary, on the outskirts of Amboseli National Park, on August 12, 2026, following a series of elephant deaths in the area.

Kenya arrests four in probe into 18 elephant deaths in Amboseli

Kenya's Tourism and Wildlife Ministry said the first 15 elephant deaths were recorded between June 24 and July 24.

AUGUST 24, 2026|ByREUTERS

Protesters hold a banner and chant slogans as they march during a demonstration against a controversial US-built Ebola quarantine centre slated to begin operations at Laikipia Air Base in Nanyuki on June 9, 2026.

Aid group says seven Americans quarantining at Kenya Ebola facility after US travel ban

Washington's new policy says American citizens returning from the Democratic Republic of Congo, where there is an Ebola outbreak, must spend three weeks in a third country before entering the US

JULY 17, 2026|ByREUTERS

Israel's gatekeepers

“This is naked racism. They don’t like non-Orthodox Jews and they don’t like black Jews."

DECEMBER 23, 2017ByJPOST EDITORIAL

‘TOO OFTEN, Diaspora Jews encounter a reflex of judgment and exclusion when expressing opinions about Israel that deviate from the established norm"'.

Kenyan Jew deported by Interior Ministry despite valid visa

Kimani converted to Judaism several years ago through the Conservative Movement.

DECEMBER 20, 2017ByJEREMY SHARON

A PLANE at Ben-Gurion International Airport.

Netanyahu to meet with African leaders at Kenya inauguration

Kenya’s media is reporting that some 13 heads of state will attend the swearing-in ceremony.

NOVEMBER 28, 2017ByHERB KEINON

Prime Minister Benajmin Netanyahu boards flight to Kenya

Netanyahu to travel to Africa for third time in less than 2 years

Netanyahu will travel to Kenya to participate in the inauguration ceremony for President Uhuru Kenyatta.

NOVEMBER 23, 2017ByHERB KEINON

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Ethiopian counterpart Hailemariam Desalegn last year. ‘One reason for Netanyahu’s outreach to non-traditional allies such as China, India and countries in Africa is likely based on the realization that Israel should not, and does not have to, solely rely on

Foreign Ministry warns: Be careful in Kenya due to tension over elections

The advisory comes amid concerns that the result of this election could trigger the type of political violence that scarred the country after a bitter election in 2007.

AUGUST 9, 2017ByHERB KEINON

Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga, the presidential candidate of the National Super Alliance (NASA) coalition, address a news conference on the concluded presidential election in Nairobi, Kenya, August 9, 2017.

It's not personal, it's the UN

A media storm typically ensues when anti-Israel resolutions are passed at the UN, but according to a delegation of UN ambassadors who visited Israel, there's more to the story.

JULY 7, 2017ByNOA AMOUYAL

UN Ambassador Danny Danon poses with a delegation of his counterparts during their tour of Kibbutz Nahal Oz on Thursday.

New honorary consul plans to boost trade relations with Kenya

Shlomo Grofman, who was recently appointed honorary consul of Kenya in Israel, hopes for annual trade volume between the countries to jump from $100 million today to $500m. in three years.

JANUARY 29, 2017BySHARON UDASIN