Africa

Nairobi: Kenya's election commission on Monday set October 17 as the date for a new vote ordered by the Supreme Court when it annulled an August poll...

Nairobi: Kenya's education minister said on Monday that arson was to blame for a weekend fire that killed nine pupils at a girls' boarding school...

Nairobi: Kenya's government will not replace the election board ahead of the new elections ordered by the Supreme Court, a presidential spokesman said...

Nairobi: Seven Kenyan teenage schoolgirls died and 10 more were hospitalised after a fire engulfed their boarding school dormitory in Nairobi early on...

Nairobi: Kenya's Supreme Court on Friday declared President Uhuru Kenyatta's election win invalid due to irregularities committed by the election...

Kampala: United Nations peacekeepers in South Sudan are moving more aggressively to protect civilians caught in the country's four-year civil war, after...

Nairobi: Kenya's Supreme Court ordered the election commission on Monday to allow the opposition, which is disputing the results of this month's...

Nairobi: Kenyans producing, selling or even using plastic bags will risk imprisonment of up to four years or fines of $40,000 from Monday, as the...

Mogadishu: Somali families are refusing to bury the bodies of 10 loved ones, including three children, until the government takes responsibility for killing...