Kenya
Former hostages Aviva and Keith Siegel visit Kenyan refugee camp
Partnering with IsraAID, former hostages Aviva and Keith Siegel toured the camp's facilities as part of their recent entry into humanitarian work.
Israel recognized Somaliland – African nations like Ethiopia, Kenya should be next - opinion
Justice Dept. sentences al-Shabaab terrorist for planning 9/11-inspired plane hijacking, crash plot
Nigerian court convicts separatist leader Kanu for terrorism
Did Turkey conduct illegal rendition of “terrorist” abroad
It is not the first time Turkey sent agents to abduct someone they accuse of terrorism. What laws enable Turkey to do so remains unclear.
Kenya set to appoint first female chief justice at sensitive moment
A child of subsistence farmers, she was chosen by a judicial panel over the lawyer who argued President Uhuru Kenyatta's case in a 2017 battle with the Supreme Court that she will now head.
New agricultural fellowship grant creates global impact
The Dean Family Fellowship Grant program is a 5-year partnership between JNF-USA, the Dean family from Philadelphia, PA., and AICAT.
Former US president Obama's grandmother, Sarah, dies at 99
"My family and I are mourning the loss of our beloved grandmother, Sarah Ogwel Onyango Obama, affectionately known to many as “Mama Sarah” but known to us as “Dani” or Granny" - Barack Obama.
Amid Kenya's coronavirus shutdown, chickens roost in empty classrooms
No students have thundered down these eerily quiet corridors since March, when Kenya abruptly closed its schools three days after the first case of COVID-19 was detected.
African churches swap holy water for hand sanitiser
Part of Africa's battle to stop the virus from taking hold could be fought in its churches.
Two exceptionally rare protected white giraffes killed by poachers in Kenya
The female and her calf were two of three white giraffes known to be living in the sanctuary.
Three Americans killed in al-Shabaab militant attack on base in Kenya
The attack presents another crisis for Washington just as the Pentagon grapples with a rapidly escalating standoff with Iran following a drone strike in Baghdad that killed top Qassem Soleimani.
Eliud Kipchoge's sub-two hour marathon like landing on the moon
"Today we went to the moon and came back to earth! I am at a loss for words for all the support I have received from all over the world," Eliud Kipchoge said.
Kenya becomes third African nation to introduce malaria vaccine
The vaccine - the world's first against malaria - will be administered to children under two and could be crucial to efforts to combat the disease, health officials said.