Kenya: Somali-based militant group claims hotel attack in Nairobi
Nairobi, Jan 15 (IBNS): Somali-based militant group al-Shabab has claimed the DusitD2 hotel attack, which took place in Kenyan city of Nairobi on Tuesday, media reports said.
Kenya: Blasts, gunfire near Nairobi hotel
Nairobi, Jan 15 (IBNS): Explosions and gunfire have been reported from close to a hotel complex in Kenyan city of Nairobi on Tuesday, media reports said.
Kenya bus crash leaves 50 dead
Nairobi, Oct 10 (IBNS): A bus crashed in Kenya and left at least 50 people killed on Wednesday, media reports said.
New York, Sept 19 (IBNS): Despite improvements for persons with Albinism in Kenya who have historically suffered attacks and discrimination, a United Nations expert has signaled that “much remains to be done”, especially when it comes to accessing equal treatment under the law.
Kenya: Road mishap kills 36 people
Nairobi, Dec 31 (IBNS): At least 36 people died after the bus they were travelling in collided head-on with a trailer in Kenya's Nakuru-Eldoret highway on Sunday, media reports said.
Kenya: President to be sworn-in, security bolstered in capital
Nairobi, Nov 28 (IBNS): Security has been bolstered in Kenya's capital Nairobi ahead of the swearing-in ceremony of the President, who will be entering his second term in office, reports said.
Kenya: Women and girls forced to engage in sex to survive near-famine, says IRC
Nairobi, July 5 (JEN): Women and girls in Turkana County, northern Kenya, are being exploited in exchange for money to buy food, the International Rescue Committee said on Wednesday.
Drought drives food price spike in East Africa, UN warns
New York, Feb 15 (Just Earth News): East Africa’s ongoing drought has sharply curbed harvests and drive up the prices of cereals and other staple foods to unusually high levels, posing a heavy burden to households and special risks for pastoralists in the region, the United Nations agricultural agency said on Tuesday.
UN allocates $3 million to Somalia-Kenya cross-border pilot project for Somali refugees
New York, Dec 23 (Just Earth News):The United Nations Peacebuilding Fund is set to allocate $3 million on a pilot project that will provide peacebuilding and professional skills to Somali refugees volunteering to return from Kenya to Somalia.
Projected Global Resettlement Needs 2017
New York, June 13 (Just Earth News):On his first visit to Kenya, the chief of the United Nations refugee agency received assurances from the African country that the return of refugees to Somalia would not contravene international obligations.
In phone call, Ban and Kenyan President discuss government's decision to close refugee camps
New York, May 19 (Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon spoke on Wednesday by telephone with President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya following the Kenyan Government's recent decision to close the Dadaab refugee camps, expressing deep appreciation for the country's decades of generosity to asylum seekers.
Kenya stages largest-ever ivory destruction as UN reaffirms ‘zero tolerance’ on poaching
New York, May 3 (Just Earth News/IBNS): As African leaders soundly rejected “those who think our natural heritage can be sold for money,†senior United Nations officials expressed support for Kenyan-led efforts to end illegal wildlife trade during a weekend ceremony in Nairobi where tonnes of elephant tusks and rhino horns were burned to protest poaching, which is pushing several iconic species to the brink of extinction.
Kenya: 50 km traffic congestion disrupts normal life
Nairobi, Nov 20 (IBNS) Kenyan commuters travelling through the Nairobi-Mombasa highway found themselves trapped in a bizarre 50 km long traffic congestion that prevented movements of vehicles for over 48 hours, according to reports by the BBC.
Al-Shabab militants shot dead 28 in Kenya
Nairobi, Nov 22 (IBNS): In a horrific incident, Al-Shabab militants from Somalia have reportedly hijacked a bus in northern Kenya and killed 28 non-Muslims on Saturday.
Lacking funds, UN agency turns to 'last resort,' cuts food rations for refugees in Kenya
New York, Nov 15 (IBNS) Starting on Saturday, about half a million refugees, mainly from Somalia and South Sudan, living in the Dadaab and Kakuma camps in remote areas in northern Kenya will receive reduced rations from the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) as a result of insufficient funding.