Kenya

Israeli non-profits, companies expand education access in remote communities worldwide

The three nonprofit organizations and RoboGroup are members of the SID Israel community, the umbrella organization for Israel’s international development and humanitarian aid sector.

Kenyan students at a school aided by ConnectingMath, an Israeli nonprofit working to expand acces to math education in developing countries.
Elephant graze at Kimana Sanctuary, on the outskirts of Amboseli National Park, on August 12, 2026, following a series of elephant deaths in the area.

Kenya arrests four in probe into 18 elephant deaths in Amboseli

Protesters hold a banner and chant slogans as they march during a demonstration against a controversial US-built Ebola quarantine centre slated to begin operations at Laikipia Air Base in Nanyuki on June 9, 2026.

Aid group says seven Americans quarantining at Kenya Ebola facility after US travel ban

A police officer clears the way for rescued Air France hostages arriving in Tel Aviv after returning from Entebbe

State Archives releases thousands of documents for Entebbe rescue's 50th anniversary


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.

Sarah Hussein Obama, step-grandmother to US President Barack Obama, smiles at their homestead in the village of Kogelo, west of Kenya's capital Nairobi, July 14, 2015. US President Barack Obama visits Kenya and Ethiopia later this month. His ancestral home of Kogelo is home to Sarah Hussein Obama, h

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.

Chickens are seen in a classroom converted into a poultry house because of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the town of Wang'uru, Kenya, August 28, 2020.

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.

Holy Family basilica (Nairobi, Kenya)

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.

The female giraffe and her calf

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.

An image distributed by al Shabaab after the attack on a military base in Kenya shows Somalia's al Shabaab militant group's flag, said to be at the Manda Bay Airfield in Manda, Lamu, Kenya January 5, 2020.

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's Eliud Kipchoge, the marathon world record holder, crosses the finish line during his attempt to run a marathon in under two hours in Vienna, Austria, October 12, 2019

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.

Malaria mosquito. [File]

Jacob Engel plans to issue gambling activities worth half a billion USD

Born in Croatia, and having lived all over Eastern Europe, Jacob Engel appears to be a man that has picked a wide range of talents.

Gambling 370

One of the largest subspecies of giraffes is now endangered

According to the Giraffe Conservation Foundation, the population of Masai giraffes has fallen by 50% in the last three decades.

Mesmerizing: Giraffe in a game reserve north of Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Chabad emissaries in Nairobi attacked and beaten in violent robbery

Soon after, the gang reportedly went into the couple's bedroom where Notik's wife was sleeping. It was at this point that she was attacked by the men and hit in the head as well as beaten.

Rabbis hats are silhouetted against the sky as they gather to pose for a group photo in front of the Chabad-Lubavitch world headquarters in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., November 4, 2018.