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Kenyan police ordered a probe into the shooting of a 13-year-old boy on his balcony in Nairobi as officers allegedly opened fire to enforce a nighttime curfew.
African nations fighting the novel coronavirus face a foe as stealthy and dangerous as the microbe itself: misinformation and apathy, fuelled by deep distrust of government.
On a Kenyan flower farm, workers stick to their daily schedule of cutting some of the world's finest roses.
Police fire teargas to disperse traders and buyers on a street market in the Kenyan city of Kisumu, after the government ordered a shutdown to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Kenya has accused Somalia of an "unwarranted attack" on the frontier town of Mandera, during heavy fighting over the border between government and regional forces.
Kenya's high court has ordered the suspension of flights from China after an uproar over the government allowing travellers into the country without compulsory quarantine for the new coronavirus.
At least three people have been killed after gunmen sprayed a passenger bus with bullets in northeastern Kenya, police say, the latest attack by suspected al-Shabaab militants from neighbouring Somalia.
Thousands of Kenyans on Tuesday gathered to mourn the country's longest-serving leader, the hardline Daniel arap Moi, as a week of mourning climaxed with a state funeral.
Kenya's president says that African nations should be free to cooperate with both the United States and China, warning that foreign powers are exacerbating the continent's divisions.
Former Kenyan president Daniel Arap Moi, who ruled the country with an iron fist between 1978 and 2002, has died, a relative and government source has said.
Police fire tear gas and beat commuters with batons as country imposes dusk-to-dawn measure amid coronavirus fight, according to Amnesty International.
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has ordered a nighttime curfew to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
On the shore of Lake Victoria, Kenyan fishermen are benefiting from a fall in cheap imports from China, as well as wary customers - fearing coronavirus - turning away from Chinese fish.
Kenya unveiled a series of strict measures to curb coronavirus on Sunday, blocking entry to the country to all except citizens and residents and shutting schools as the number of confirmed cases rose to three.
Kenyans are a worried lot. As the coronavirus outbreak continues to spread across the globe, there are increasing questions being raised about the measures - or more accurately, the lack of measures - the government is taking to protect the population.
The United States has warned that extremists may be plotting an attack against a major hotel in Nairobi, urging its citizens to be cautious.
The air in Nairobi is heavily polluted by emissions from cars, buses, and mopeds. The first solar-powered trucks and jeeps with electric motors have now started appearing in the city.
Kenya's president has said that African nations should be free to cooperate with both the United States and China, warning that foreign powers were exacerbating the continent's divisions.
President Cyril Ramaphosa conveys South Africa's condolences following the death of former Kenyan president Daniel Arap Moi.
At least 13 children have died and more than 40 others have been injured in a stampede that occurred as they left school in western Kenya, local police say.
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