Binyavanga Wainaina, one of Africa’s leading literary figures, has outed himself in response to a wave of homophobic laws across the continent.
Charity Rhino Ark says rhinos in Kenya are increasingly vulnerable to organised poaching gangs and should be protected in sanctuaries.
A grenade attack at a crowded restaurant south of Mombasa has left at least 10 people wounded.
Plans are afoot to build a cement plant in South Africa although procedure and budget have not been approved as yet.
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Hundreds of thousands of HIV patients could be affected by Pepfar’s shift in funding policy, according to a new report.
Cheap lighting is giving pupils a better chance — and freeing up money for a better diet.
Gunmen have killed five Kenyan police officers in the latest attack in the troubled northeast border region close to war-torn Somalia.
Kenyan lawmakers have adopted amendments to a controversial media Bill, despite international concern about press freedom.
Kenyan jewellery designer Samuel Semat handcrafts his beautiful jewellery from brass with the help of 20 local women.
Kenyans hope that IBM’s choice of Nairobi as the spot for its first African commercial research centre will provide solution to the city’s traffic.
A Kenyan police squad, funded and trained by the UK and the US, stands accused of rights abuses.
The UN Security Council is to vote on a resolution calling for crimes against humanity charges against Kenya’s leaders to be deferred.
Kenya has named a task force to probe doping allegations, a day before the distance running giant was to receive criticism at an anti-doping summit.
Four officials have pleaded not guilty in anti-corruption court over a $15-million tender for equipment that was meant to prevent vote fraud.
The Kenyan government says it believes it has recovered the remains of the four gunmen involved in the Westgate Mall shootings.
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has been granted his request to be excused from some court sessions during his trial at the ICC.
Uganda has been on high alert over fears of an attack similar to the bloody mall assault by Somalia’s al-Shabab fighters in neighbouring Kenya.
On Saturday Kenya’s military spokesman named four men who are alleged to have been involved in the attack, which killed at least 67 people.
The Israeli-owned mall, which opened in 2007, was a fantasy land that insulated its visitors from the reality of other, poorer people’s lives.
The fact that all the court’s cases are focused on Africa does not mean they are without basis. The AU must stand firm with the victims.
The ICC has issued a warrant for a Kenyan who allegedly tried to bribe witnesses to drop their testimony against Deputy President William Ruto.
Reporting on the terror attack on Westgate Mall in Kenya was a blur of smoke, terror and confusion, writes Robyn Kriel.
Militant group al-Shabab, who have claimed responsibility for the attack on Westgate mall, have threatened to step up militant attacks against Kenya.
Store owners and many Kenyans are angry that goods appeared to have been looted during a shooting at Westgate mall in Nairobi where 67 people died.
In the days following the al-Shabab offensive, Uhuru Kenyatta tells his people to be tolerant
Somalians fear that they will become the targets of a police crackdown in both Kenya and South Africa.
The Westgate terror attack has exposed the soft underbelly of a country riddled with corruption.
This week, Kenya mourns the tragedy in Nairobi, while SA probes "White Widow" claims; Zuma lashes the UN and a hyena makes a dash for freedom.
Explosives experts are searching for possible booby-traps in the wreckage of Nairobi’s Westgate shopping mall after a four-day bloodbath.
Despite Kenyan officials claiming to be in the final push at Nairobi’s Westgate mall, al-Shabab have said they are "still holding their ground".
The home affairs department says it is probing a report that one of the suspects behind the Westgate mall seige travelled using a forged SA passport.
The al-Shabab Islamist militants have said they are still holding hostages as Kenya’s troops battle for a fourth day to end the bloody siege.