World news about “Kenya” published by euronews.
Farah trains at ‘Home of Champions’On the dusty tracks of Kenya’s north western highlands Britain’s reigning 5,000m world champion, Mo Farah is training alongside the country’s finest. Farah… 25/01/2012
ICC indicts four over Kenyan 2007 violence Kenyan survivors of the 2007 post election violence which left over a thousand people dead watched in ernest the televised announcement that someone at… 24/01/2012
Kenya bids farewell to Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai – nocomment The body of Wangari Maathai who died on September 25 and who won the Nobel Peace Prize for her campaigns to save Kenyan forests has been cremated. 09/10/2011
Kenya: Red Cross calls off search operation – nocomment More charred bodies recovered at the scene of a devastating shanty town fire as the Red Cross calls off search operation. 14/09/2011
Kenya’s Dadaab refugee campA girl covers her eyes as she stands with her mother at the Hagadera refugee settlement in Kenya’s Dadaab Refugee Camp, situated northeast of the capital… 23/08/2011
Refugee camp in Kenya – nocomment Many Somalis, starving and searching for safety, are risking their lives, crossing into Kenya and taking up residence in Dadaab, the world’s largest refugee… 06/08/2011
Somali refugees flee to Kenya – nocomment As more refugees arrive into Kenya fleeing from a drought that has ben said to be the worst to hit the region of Africa in the last 60 years, relief… 01/08/2011
Drought in the Horn of AfricaAn aid worker using an iPad films the rotting carcass of a cow in Wajir near the Kenya-Somalia border. REUTERS/STR New 26/07/2011
Malnourished children near Somali border – nocomment As the famine in southern Somalia continues, another malnourished child arrived at the German International Cooperation hospital at a refugee camp in Dadaab… 24/07/2011
Drought causes thousands to flee Somalia – nocomment Tens of thousands of Somali refugees are flooding camps in Ethiopia and Kenya in search of food after several seasons without rain decimated livestock and… 18/07/2011
Horn of Africa region faces famine risk – nocomment Save the Children are appealing for emergency aid as they say more than ten million people are at risk of starvation in Kenya and other East-African… 06/07/2011
Explosion rips through Kenya’s Nairobi – nocomment An explosion in a densely populated area of central Nairobi on Sunday injured at least 29 people, and officials said an investigation was under way to… 06/06/2011
The golden age of learning in ‘The First Grader’ It is never too old to learn according to “The First Grader,” a movie based on the true story of a tribesman in Kenya who went to primary school at the age of… 31/05/2011
Kenyans sue UK government over colonial tortureFour Kenyan nationals have started legal proceedings against the UK, asking for compensation over the behaviour of colonial British officials half a century… 07/04/2011
Rare baby hyenas to be kept in Kenya orphanage Three rare abandoned hyena cubs are being cared for at the animal orphanage in Nairobi National Park. They belong to the endangered striped hyena species… 21/03/2011
WTM – an insider’s view – Muriithi Ndegwa Interview with Muriithi Ndegwa, Managing Director, Kenya Tourist Board. Every year euronews heads to the World Travel Market in London, one of the world’s… 11/11/2010
Kenya votes on constitutional change Kenyans have voted for a new constitution that could reshape the political landscape in east Africa’s largest economy. The new constitution replaces the… 30/07/2010
Global economic crisis threatens AIDS fundingTabitha Kioko was diagnosed as HIV postive five years ago. She gets her monthly dose of free anti-retroviral drugs at a clinic in Nairobi, Kenya. But… 01/12/2011
Kenya and Somalia join forces to fight Islamic militantsThe leaders of Somalia and Kenya have vowed to fight together to defeat the Islamic militant group al Shabab. The East African neighbours will coordinate… 31/10/2011
Grenade attack on Nairobi nightclub injures 12Kenyan police say an Islamist militant group may be behind a grenade attack on a nightclub in the capital, Nairobi. At least a dozen people were hurt… 24/10/2011
French hostage kidnapped in Kenya is deadMarie Dedieu the French woman kidnapped in Kenya has died. A statement from the French Foreign Ministry confirmed the death of the 66-year-old who was… 19/10/2011
Al Shabaab advancing for combat in SomaliaSomalia’s al Shabaab rebels are advancing for a confrontation with Somali and Kenyan government troops. The troops began a huge offensive by land and air… 17/10/2011
Kenya sends in army to go after militants in SomaliaKenyan troops have crossed into Somalia to pursue islamist rebel group Al Shabaab who are believed have kidnapped foreign aid workers in Kenya. Witnesses… 16/10/2011
Kenya to hunt down abductors in SomaliaKenya says its army will cross into Somalia to pursue suspected islamist insurgents believed to have kidnapped westerners including aid workers. It is also… 15/10/2011
Aid workers kidnapped near Somali borderGunmen have kidnapped two aid workers at a refugee camp in Kenya. The Spanish doctors, working for the medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres, were seized… 13/10/2011
Kenya fears for future of Lamu tourismAmid the calm and the gently lapping waters of the Indian ocean there is a disquiet running through the tourist havens along the northern Kenyan coast. With… 02/10/2011
Details of kidnap ordeal in Kenya revealedThe partner of an elderly, disabled French woman kidnapped in Kenya has told how six masked men brandishing assault rifles stormed their beach house. John… 02/10/2011
French tourist kidnapped in KenyaMore security worries for Kenya with the news that an elderly disabled French woman has been kidnapped from her luxury tourist resort in the north of the… 01/10/2011
Suspected Somali gunmen kidnap tourist in KenyaMore security worries for Kenya with the news that an elderly disabled French woman has been kidnapped from her luxury tourist resort in the north of the… 01/10/2011
First female African Nobel Prize winner diesKenyan Nobel Peace Prize recipient Wangari Maathai has died. The award-winning environmentalist became the first African woman to receive the honour in… 26/09/2011
Kenya promises inquiry into shanty town infernoMore than 100 people are now known to have died after a petrol spill from a fuel depot ignited a fire in a densely populated shanty town in Kenya. The… 12/09/2011
Scores die in Kenyan pipeline fireThere have been some shocking scenes in Kenya, where more than a hundred people have died after fire swept through a densely populated slum in Nairobi. The… 12/09/2011
Aid workers struggle with Somali refugee influxAid agencies at the Dadaab refugee camp on Kenya’s border with Somalia said on Saturday they were scrambling to provide medical help to the thousands of… 30/07/2011
Horn of Africa: “The children’s famine”It has been called the “children’s famine.” The young are most vulnerable but men, women and children are dying in Africa’s worst famine in decades. “We… 26/07/2011
Doubts surround death of Kenyan Olympic championKenyan Olympic marathon champion, Sammy Wanjiru has died after falling from a balcony at his home in the Rift Valley town of Nyahururu. Initial information… 16/05/2011
WTM – an insider’s view – Muriithi NdegwaInterview with Muriithi Ndegwa, Managing Director, Kenya Tourist Board. Every year euronews heads to the World Travel Market in London, one of the world’s… 11/11/2010
Bashir Kenya visit risks rift with ICCThe signing of Kenya’s new constitution on Friday has been overshadowed by the attendance of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted by the… 27/08/2010
Kenya ratifies constitutionKenya has adopted a new constitution supporters say marks the rebirth of the country. It aims to bring about significant political change including greater… 27/08/2010
Kenyans say “yes” to new constitutionVoting for change, Kenyans have said yes to a new constitution in a peaceful referendum. The reforms have been promoted as a way of making sure there is no… 05/08/2010
Kenyans vote for constitutional reformVoters in Kenya look set to adopt a new constitution, according to partial results. An estimated two-thirds of ballots cast in a referendum appear to be in… 05/08/2010
Crucial vote on Kenyan constitutionIt is Kenya’s first national vote since 1,300 people were killed in post-election violence in 2008. Political leaders are hoping a ballot today on a new… 04/08/2010
Five die in explosions at a rally in KenyaFive people have been killed and 75 others injured in two explosions at a prayer meeting in Kenya. The blasts went off 15 minutes apart. Some of the injured… 14/06/2010
Ivory ban in danger, EU urged to defend elephantsA desperate call to save elephants in Africa… While Tanzania and Zambia want an international ban against selling ivory to be lifted, representatives of 17… 25/01/2010
Crisis in KenyaA drought in Kenya has become so severe that the riverbeds have dried up, the grassland is nothing but dust, and so far, nearly 100 elephants have died… 15/09/2009
Yes to reforms, No to sex in Kenya protestWomen in Kenya are turning up the heat on the government with an unusual form of protest. Women’s rights activists are urging females to join them in a… 01/05/2009
The fight against AIDS in KenyaAfrica is the continent hit hardest by the AIDS virus. Prevention efforts are bearing fruit, but it is not enough, experts say. Often pushed aside… 09/04/2009
Kenya petrol tanker blaze kills more than 100At least 111 people have been confirmed dead from an oil spill blaze in central Kenya. The fire broke out when a lorry crashed, spilling petrol that burst… 01/02/2009
Africa celebrates Obama’s inaugurationNever before has the inauguration of an American President been met with such elation in Africa. Barack Obama’s father hailed from a village in Western… 20/01/2009
