Kenya

Doomsday preacher convicted of mass murder of 190 children, starvation deaths in Kenya cult case

The former taxi driver founded the Good News International Church in 2003, preaching increasingly apocalyptic sermons and urging his followers to starve themselves and their children to death.

Paul Mackenzie, a Kenyan cult leader accused of ordering his followers, who were members of the Good News International Church, to starve themselves to death in Shakahola forest, appears in court for his judgement at the Mombasa High Court, Kenya, October 19, 2026.
Health workers and humanitarian responders on the front lines of the Ebola response gather to receive a vaccination due to their potential exposure to the virus as part of their work with suspected cases, including contacts, as aid agencies intensify efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak involving t

Kenya confirms eighth Ebola case as regional outbreak spreads

ETHIOPIA’S GRAND Renaissance Dam undergoes construction work on the Nile River in Benishangul Gumuz Region, Ethiopia, on  September 26.  (Tiksa Negeri/File Photo/Reuters)

Ethiopia and Israel share a new year - and an opportunity to deepen their historic ties - opinion

Kenyan students at a school aided by ConnectingMath, an Israeli nonprofit working to expand acces to math education in developing countries.

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


Broadcasters shut as thousands protest for Kenyan opposition

Odinga's supporters say he, not Kenyatta, is true president

Supporters of Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga of the National Super Alliance (NASA) coalition gesture as they walk along a street ahead of his planned swearing-in ceremony as the president of the People’s Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya

Africa and Israel: An intertwined destiny

Africa is a continent of immeasurable mineral wealth, an unparalleled abundance of wildlife gracing majestic natural landscapes and populated by a proud, diverse and passionate people.

Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta welcomes Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to State House in Nairobi, Kenya on November 28, 2017

Israel's gatekeepers

“This is naked racism. They don’t like non-Orthodox Jews and they don’t like black Jews."

‘TOO OFTEN, Diaspora Jews encounter a reflex of judgment and exclusion when expressing opinions about Israel that deviate from the established norm"'.

Kenyan Jew deported by Interior Ministry despite valid visa

Kimani converted to Judaism several years ago through the Conservative Movement.

A PLANE at Ben-Gurion International Airport.

Netanyahu to meet with African leaders at Kenya inauguration

Kenya’s media is reporting that some 13 heads of state will attend the swearing-in ceremony.

Prime Minister Benajmin Netanyahu boards flight to Kenya

Netanyahu to travel to Africa for third time in less than 2 years

Netanyahu will travel to Kenya to participate in the inauguration ceremony for President Uhuru Kenyatta.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Ethiopian counterpart Hailemariam Desalegn last year. ‘One reason for Netanyahu’s outreach to non-traditional allies such as China, India and countries in Africa is likely based on the realization that Israel should not, and does not have to, solely rely on

Foreign Ministry warns: Be careful in Kenya due to tension over elections

The advisory comes amid concerns that the result of this election could trigger the type of political violence that scarred the country after a bitter election in 2007.

Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga, the presidential candidate of the National Super Alliance (NASA) coalition, address a news conference on the concluded presidential election in Nairobi, Kenya, August 9, 2017.

It's not personal, it's the UN

A media storm typically ensues when anti-Israel resolutions are passed at the UN, but according to a delegation of UN ambassadors who visited Israel, there's more to the story.

UN Ambassador Danny Danon poses with a delegation of his counterparts during their tour of Kibbutz Nahal Oz on Thursday.

New honorary consul plans to boost trade relations with Kenya

Shlomo Grofman, who was recently appointed honorary consul of Kenya in Israel, hopes for annual trade volume between the countries to jump from $100 million today to $500m. in three years.

Shlomo Grofman receiving the title “honorary consul of Kenya in Jerusalem,” at a diplomatic ceremony held in the Foreign Ministry

Kenya deports Iranian nationals over Israeli embassy terror plot

The two were caught earlier in December planning to execute a terror attack against the Israeli embassy in Nairobi.

An anti-riot policeman blocks Muslim protesters from marching to the Israeli embassy during a demonstration in Nairobi.