Garissa: Police officer killed, 3 injured in suspected al-Shabaab attack

By Tonny Ndungu,

A police officer was on Friday morning killed and three others injured after suspected al-shabaab gunmen attacked a police station in Garissa. The ...

garissa

Suicide car bomber hits checkpoint at Somalia’s Mogadishu port

By Reuters,

An explosion shook parts of the Somali capital of Mogadishu early on Saturday as a suicide car bomber drove into a checkpoint just outside the port, w...

Al Shabaab , mogadishu , Siad Barre , Somali , suicide bomber

Police in Mandera nab bhang worth Ksh.800K, two suspects arrested

By Amos Sambu,

Police in Mandera are holding two individuals who were arrested with 130kilograms of bhang. The suspect Ali Ibrahim Ali and his accomplice was arre...

bhang

al-Shabaab suspect who used his 2 children as human shield killed in dawn attack

By Tonny Ndungu,

Police officers killed a suspected al-Shabaab millitant early Saturday morning at his house in Diani, reports say. The suspect's two children that ...

Al Shabaab

KDF soldiers kill 5 Al-Shabaab militants during foiled attack on Somali forces

By Ian Omondi,

Five Al-Shabaab militants were on Saturday killed by Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) soldiers during a foiled attack on Somali Security Forces (SSF) statio...

Al Shabaab , Bilis Qooqani , KDF

Probe underway after freed aid worker Silvia Romano bombarded by hate mail over Islam

By Reuters,

An Italian aid worker, freed at the weekend after being held hostage for 18 months by Islamist militants in Somalia, has been deluged with hate mail b...

Silvia Romano

Italian aid worker kidnapped in Kilifi in 2018 finally freed

By Reuters,

Silvia Romano, an Italian aid worker who was kidnapped in Kenya 18 months ago has been freed, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced on Satur...

Italian kidnapped , Silvia Romano

Nakuru on high alert after roads cave in, water levels surge

By Citizen Reporter,

Motorists in Nakuru have been warned to be vigilant after roads caved in following heavy rains. Deputy Governor Eric Korir, who is the acting Roads...

caved in , floods , Lake Naivasha , Lake Nakuru

Five killed in suspected Al Shabaab attack in Garissa

By Citizen Reporter,

Five people were killed on Sunday and several others injured in two attacks by improvised explosives suspected to have been planted by Al-Shabaab mili...

garissa

Running out of time: Kenya, other EA countries face new locust threat

By Reuters,

Countries in East Africa are racing against time to prevent new swarms of locusts wreaking havoc with crops and livelihoods after the worst infestatio...

locust

Fly540 plane forced to make emergency landing in Turkana

By Citizen Reporter,

A Fly540 aircraft was forced to make emergency landing in Lokichar, Turkana County after it developed mechanical problems. The plane that had 49 pa...

fly540

US kills terror leader behind Kenya attack

By Tonny Ndungu,

A US airstrike in Somalia killed an al-Shabaab leader who had a role in "planning and directing terrorist operations," including a January attack on M...

Suspected Al Shabaab militant surrenders to police in Mandera

By Ian Omondi,

Police officers in Mandera County are holding a suspected Al Shabaab militant who reportedly surrendered on Thursday. According to Mandera County C...

Al Shabaab , Mandera County. , Onesmus Kathya

3 killed after al Shabaab attack bus in Mandera

By Citizen Reporter,

Three people were killed after al Shabaab attacked a bus in Sarmani, Mandera County on Wednesday. Five other passengers sustained injuries as score...

shabaab

Magoha, Mutyambai, Macharia summoned over teachers’ crisis in North Eastern

By Edwin Obuya,

National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi has directed Education CS George Magoha, IG Hillary Mutyambai and Teachers Service Commission (TSC) boss Nancy...

CS George Magoha , Education Committee , IG Hillary Mutyambai , Nancy Macharia , north eastern , Speaker Justin Muturi , Teachers crisis , tsc

Facebook alert on a terror attack lands Kenyan man in hot soup

By Paul Ruto,

Senior Magistrate Kipkurui kibelion has allowed detectives from Bomet police station to detain for four days a man who warned of an impending terror a...

Two vehicles burnt following Al Shabaab attack in Lamu

By Rahma Rashid,

Two road construction vehicles were on Sunday burnt following an attack by suspected Al Shabaab militants at Milihoi on the Lamu-Garsen road. Confi...

Al Shabaab , Lamu-Garsen road

Garissa leaders demand action against TSC boss Nancy Macharia

By Amos Sambu,

A section of political and religious leaders from Garissa County want the government to take action against Teachers Service Commission (TSC) CEO Nanc...

garissa , tsc

Man found dead in Machakos 3 months after he was abducted in Kwale

By Nicky Gitonga,

The body of a 28-year-old man from Kibundani village in Ukunda, Kwale County has been found at the Machakos County Referral Hospital mortuary three mo...

KWALE

Chiefs to be held responsible for not identifying terrorists, says CS Matiang’i

By Ian Omondi,

Interior Cabinet Secretary Dr. Fred Matiang’i has announced that administrators will be held personally responsible for not identifying terrorist re...

CS Fred Matiang’i , Garissa County , terrorism