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Kenya LGBTQ rights activist killed, suspect arrested

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 07 11:25 AM

Kenyan police said they had arrested a suspect in the killing of an LGBTQ rights campaigner whose body was discovered stuffed in a metal trunk, a grisly crime that has sparked national outrage. Read more »

WATCH: Kenyan students dance tinikling

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 23 01:17 PM

Kenyans showed that they can also be adept at performing the Philippine folk dance. Read more »

Kenya drought kills more than 200 elephants

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 04 08:52 PM

More than 200 elephants and hundreds of zebras and gnus have died in Kenya's worst drought in 4 decades. Read more »

Exiled Pakistani reporter shot dead in Kenya

Wesley Dockery, Deutsche Welle
Posted at Oct 24 09:27 PM

Arshad Sharif was killed in Nairobi by police in a case of 'mistaken identity.' Pakistani political leaders and press advocates reacted in shock, with his lawyer telling DW that a proper investigation is urgently needed. Read more »

Kenya mourns Queen Elizabeth II as she is laid to rest

Deutsche Welle
Posted at Sep 20 07:38 PM

Residents of former British colony Kenya remember the monarch who was also a figurehead for their country. Read more »

Fighting onion shortage, this woman found a way to help farmers

Deutsche Welle
Updated as of Aug 23 11:38 AM

Lucy Wangari is helping small farmers go big in rural Kenya. Read more »

Bakit may kakulangan ng salapi sa mga bangko sa Kenya

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 28 09:39 PM

Nauubusan na ng barya-baryang salapi ang mga bangko sa Kenya dahil sa umano'y pagdami ng mga nanunuhol ng mga botante para sa susunod na halalan. Read more »

Davao Oriental court junks murder charges vs NGO worker

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 31 07:17 PM

A court has dismissed murder and attempted murder charges against an NGO worker proven to be in Kenya when military and NPA forces clashed in Davao. Read more »

IATF OKs vaccination certificates from Morocco, Kenya, Serbia

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 14 09:00 PM

The IATF issued its approval on Friday for COVID vaccination certificates from the Kingdom of Morocco, Republic of Kenya and Republic of Serbia. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: November 29, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 29 11:31 PM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Kenyan cops charged over 'vampire' escape

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 22 07:29 PM

Three Kenyan police officers were charged on Friday with helping a 'bloodthirsty vampire' child murderer escape from their custody. Read more »

One of world's last two northern white rhinos dropped from breeding program

Reuters
Posted at Oct 22 11:40 AM

One of the world's last two northern white rhinos, a mother and her daughter, is being retired from a breeding program aimed at saving the species from extinction, scientists said on Thursday. Read more »

Catriona Gray visits Kenya for cleft charity programs

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 13 05:29 PM

Catriona Gray visited Kenya to support the programs of the cleft charity Smile Train, where she serves as a global ambassador. Read more »

Kenya holds first national wildlife census

Hillary Orinde, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 05 02:49 PM

The flimsy planes tethered to metal drums to prevent them from accidentally becoming airborne are unlikely weapons in Kenya's fight to protect threatened species as it conducts its first national wildlife census. Read more »

'Vampire' confesses to killing 10 children in Kenya

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 15 10:37 PM

NAIROBI - Kenyan police were on Thursday holding a man described as a "bloodthirsty vampire" accused of the grisly murders of at least 10 children.   Read more »

2 candidates of Miss Grand International test positive for coronavirus

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 04 05:44 PM

Candidates from Nigeria and Kenya for the upcoming Miss Grand International competition both tested positive for novel coronavirus. Read more »

Elephants or avocados: A Kenyan dilemma

Jackson Njehia and Nazanine Moshiri, Reuters
Posted at Mar 03 09:40 PM

The free movement of some 2,000 Amboseli elephants, along with two dozen other wildlife species plus cows owned by local Maasai people, may be under threat - from avocados. Read more »

5 new countries join polarized UN Security Council

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 05 03:14 AM

NEW YORK - Five new countries -- India, Mexico, Norway, Ireland and Kenya -- formally joined the UN Security Council on Monday at a time of growing polarization in the body charged with keeping world peace and security. Read more »

Kenya's former president Daniel Arap Moi dies

Reuters
Posted at Feb 04 02:42 PM

Former Kenyan president Daniel arap Moi, who kept his country on a relatively stable footing during his tenure but was less successful at reining in poverty and corruption, has died, the office of the president said on Tuesday. Read more »