Kenya

GARISA, Kenya | About eight years ago, Abdul Haji, then 38, was presented not only in Kenya but across the globe for what many considered heroic acts, after a picture of him rescuing innocent women and men in the Westgate Mall, where Al- Shabaab had attacked. Armed with his rifle, Haji, whose father Yusuf Haji was then the senator of Garissa, was depicted by rescuing dozens of people, but it is the footage of him holding children and women that puts him on the global map and even gets president Uhuru Kenyatta to give him…

Kenyan police said on Tuesday they had arrested three suspects and recovered a cache of weapons during a security operation in Garissa County, which borders Somalia. Rono Bunei, northeastern regional police chief, said the three suspects were snatched while transporting eight rifles, 2,104 bullets and 20 liters of petrol along a busy road in the Lagdera area when they were caught after a four-hour chase. Bunei said police patrolling the area spotted the saloon car around 5pm on Monday before the driver moved off,…

Al-Shabaab pilot may be planning attacks in Kenya, police warn Kenyan security agencies have appealed to the public to voluntarily release information that could lead to the arrest and prosecution of Rashid Mwalimu, who is wanted by anti-terrorism police. According to a statement sent to media houses, Mwalimu, who is currently in Somalia, should be considered armed and dangerous; he…

A Kenyan radio station has been in turmoil since last week. Three animators were interrupted and then fired after, to say the least, shocking comments to a woman, subjected to gender-based violence. The three men suggested that a young Kenyan woman may be partly responsible for his assault. These comments sparked an uproar in the country. Wednesday morning, the show "Lift Off" takes place on Homeboyz Radio. Three animators, Shafie Weru, Neville Musya and DJ Joe Mfalme, evoke the case of a young woman, seriously injured,…

Sarah Obama, grandmother of former US President Barack Obama, has died at the age of 99 in western Kenya, her daughter told Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Monday. "It is true that she has gone to be with the Lord," said an emotional Marsat Onyango, her daughter, "she went on this morning." Sarah Obama, popularly known as Mama Sarah, had been admitted to Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital in Kisumu. Once a simple country woman, Sarah Obama was for a long time best known for the hot…

KDF delivers COVID-19 vaccines to troops in Somalia NAIROBI, Kenya - Major General George Ng'ang'a, Director of Medical Services of the Kenya Defense Forces launched the Covid-19 vaccination exercise for troops deployed during the African Union mission in Somalia in Sector II headquarters in Dhobley. This is part of the ongoing Phase 1 of the national immunization program in the fight against…

Kenya is facing a third wave of Covid-19 contamination. A total of 2,104 people have died in Kenya since the pandemic began. 1152 new cases have been identified in the last 24 hours. In an effort to curb the spread of the virus, President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday announced a series of new measures that will take effect overnight from Friday to Saturday. as reported from Nairobi,Albane Thirouard The capital Nairobi and four neighboring counties are under protection. Prohibition to enter or leave. In these areas, the…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somalia has questioned Kenya's plans to close the Dadaab and Kakuma refugee camps, which have hosted thousands of refugees from Somalia and South Sudan, in a move that could further pressure relations between the two countries. Earlier in the week, Kenya, through Home Secretary Secretary Dr. Fred Matiang'i an ultimatum to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and demanded that the two camps be closed without negotiations. Nairobi said the UN body should spend a maximum of 14 days to…

Kenya is calling for the closure of two large refugee camps on its territory. There are more than 500,000 refugees in the Dadaab and Kakuma sites, mainly Somalis for the first and South Sudanese for the second. Nairobi cites security reasons. A message that worries but whose application promises to be extremely complex. The Minister of the Interior gave humanitarian workers 14 days to establish a timetable for closure. Fred Matiangi said there was "no more room for negotiation" and that the government had "an obligation…

Kenya issued an order on Wednesday to close two large-scale camps home to hundreds of thousands of refugees from neighboring Somalia, giving the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) two weeks to present a plan to implement the order, the Interior Ministry said. Dadaab and Kakuma refugee camps in northern Kenya together host more than 410,000 people, a small proportion of whom come from South Sudan. Authorities in Nairobi first announced their intention to close the Dadaab camp, which…