Aid workers hope that with massive effort a humanitarian disaster can be avoided
The pope was scheduled to visit Kenya, Uganda and CAR during his first trip to Africa, one plagued by security fears and potential rain disruptions.
Kenyan teachers’ union leader, Wilson Sossion, says that the lives of Kenyan civil servants are "clearly in danger" from insurgent attacks.
Massacres on the Kenyan coast have once again brought political rivalries to the fore.
Ice on the Rwenzori mountain range is melting at "disturbing" rates, and within two decades Africa’s equatorial peaks will be bare rock.
Outgoing Prime Minister Raila Odinga, defeated in Kenya’s presidential polls by Uhuru Kenyatta, is preparing his Supreme Court appeal alleging fraud.
Provisional results have shown Uhuru Kenyatta has won Kenya’s election, but Raila Odinga has refused to concede, raising tensions following the poll.