Tag: Kenya

Teenage actress takes on child marriage in role mirroring real life

The 15-year-old star of a film about a schoolgirl forced to marry…

Catherine Heathwood Catherine Heathwood

Abductions spark fears of a return to Kenya’s dark past

The reported disappearance of more than 80 government critics over the last…

Kenya eases travel requirements for nearly all African visitors

Kenya will allow citizens of nearly all African countries to visit without…

Basillioh Rukanga Basillioh Rukanga

Why police baby killers are still not on trial seven years on

Seven years after their baby daughter was killed during a brutal midnight…

Anne Soy Anne Soy

Kenyan minister alleges intelligence agency behind his son’s abduction

A Kenyan government minister has alleged that the country's national intelligence agency…

Basillioh Rukanga Basillioh Rukanga

‘Manhandled and choked’ – Tanzanian activist recounts abduction

Prominent Tanzanian activist Maria Sarungi Tsehai, who has said she was abducted…

How a freak space junk crash baffled residents and sparked concern

An eerie whizzing sound followed by a big boom startled Kenyan villagers…

Waihiga Mwaura Waihiga Mwaura

Could a mango-flavoured pill end intestinal worms?

A new tablet being developed to cure intestinal worms has shown promising…

Aurelia Foster Aurelia Foster

Five missing Kenyan youths freed amid uproar over abductions

Five young Kenyan men - including a popular cartoonist - who went…

Kenya investigates space junk that fell on village

Experts from Kenya's space agency are investigating a 500kg metal ring that…

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