[Nation] Kenya's arid and semi-arid areas could be facing yet another food shortage even as the government and relief agencies fight to provide lasting solutions to residents.

Until a new anti-homosexuality bill caused a wave of homophobia in Uganda, John and Paul could hold hands in the streets of the capital Kampala and kiss in night clubs.

Kenya's military has struck al-Shabaab targets in one of the most devastating attacks against the insurgents since it launched an operation in Somalia to crush the rebels last October.

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's military has struck al Shabaab targets in one of the most devastating attacks against the al Qaeda-linked insurgents since it launched an operation in Somalia to crush the rebels last October, a Kenyan army officer said on Saturday. Colonel Cyrus Oguna said two helicopter gunships hit a convoy of al Shabaab in Dalayat village in southern Somalia on Friday evening ...

A Red Cross official says 25 people have died in western Kenya after a truck crashed into a minibus.

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's military has struck al Shabaab targets in one of the most devastating attacks against the al Qaeda-linked insurgents since it launched an operation in Somalia to crush the rebels last October, a Kenyan army officer said on Saturday.

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's military has struck al Shabaab targets in one of the most devastating attacks against the al Qaeda-linked insurgents since it launched an operation in Somalia to crush the rebels last October, a Kenyan army officer said on Saturday. Colonel Cyrus Oguna said two helicopter gunships hit a convoy of al Shabaab in Dalayat village in southern Somalia on Friday evening ...

The spokesman for Kenya's military says an estimated 100 Somali militants were killed after helicopter gunships targeted a gathering of more than 200 al-Shabab fighters in Somalia.

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's Mumias Sugar posted a slight pick-up in pretax profit to 1.30 billion shillings for its first half through December, it said on Friday. Mumias is the largest sugar grower and miller in the east African nation of 39 million people. The country has an annual sugar deficit of around 200,000 tonnes, which is usually filled by imports from other producers in the region ...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - The World Bank has committed $1.9 billion for various development projects in Kenya over the next two years, and $400 million has already been disbursed, a senior bank official said. Through its lending arm, the International Development Association, the bank has already invested over $2 billion in sectors like water, energy and transport infrastructure in east Africa's ...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - The Kenyan shilling dipped on Friday on the back of selling by the energy and industrial sectors, but traders said tight liquidity and increased dollar inflows could support it later in the session. The central bank in east Africa's biggest economy has kept supply of the local currency limited as part of a campaign to halt a dramatic slide in the shilling last year that has ...

[Nation] Kenya's military operation has helped erode Al-Shabaab's control of southern Somalia, the chief US intelligence officer said on Tuesday.

MasterCard Worldwide, a global payments and technology company, today launched its official East African regional headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. This development brings the number

Kenyan troops capture a key town in southern Somalia after heavy fighting with Islamist militants, an army spokesman tells the BBC.

NGONG, Kenya -- Anthony Omari earned the still-fresh 11-stitch scar that runs from his forehead to his upper lip in one of the noblest ways imaginable: By taking a machete to the face while defending an under-resourced Kenyan orphanage from attacking thieves.

NAIROBI/KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda bowed to the threat of social unrest, cutting interest rates by a percentage point on Wednesday, while neighbouring Kenya balked before fast credit growth and other risks. Economic analysts said inflation may have peaked in the region, adding that the cut by the Ugandan central bank of the policy rate to 22 percent, although driven by political pressure, did ...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya has marked out eight new offshore exploration blocks which it expects to list in the government gazette by end-February and France's Total is negotiating for the rights to one of the blocks, a senior energy ministry official said on Wednesday. Exploration interest in Kenya and its neighbours in eastern Africa has risen in recent years after hydrocarbon deposits were ...

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Cricket Ireland has confirmed that their tour of Kenya will go ahead despite security concerns.

NAIROBI (Reuters) - The top price for Kenyan benchmark grade AA coffee crept up to $529 per 50-kg bag at this week's sale from $526 per 50-kg bag in the previous auction, while the volume sold fell, the Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE) said on Wednesday. Kenya is a small producer compared with other regional growers, but its specialty beans are famous for their high quality and are sought after for ...