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Polish man arrested in Kenya with $22,000 worth heroin

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By:BBC Kenyan detectives have arrested a Polish drug trafficking suspect with $22,000 (£18,000) worth of heroin at the main airport in the capital, Nairobi. Arkadiusz Stanislaw, the suspect, was arrested moments before boarding...

Kenya, US collaborate in fight against money laundering

President William Ruto and Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence of the United States Brian Nelson at State House in Mombasa on July 28, 2023 Image: PCS
By: TheStar Kenya President William Ruto has vowed to continue fighting money laundering and terrorism after announcing a collaboration with the United States on Friday. Speaking in Mombasa, the Head of State said...

Senior US Treasury official to raise Russia grain deal in visit to Kenya, Somalia

Flags of Russia, the United Nations and Ukraine are seen on the day of a signing ceremony in Istanbul, Turkey July 22, 2022. REUTERS/Umit Bektas/File Photo
By:Reuters - A top U.S. Treasury official will highlight Washington's efforts to facilitate Russian grain and fertilizer exports during a visit to Kenya and Somalia and stress that Moscow's exit from the Black Sea grain deal will...

Maritime dispute: Somalia rejects mediation ‘offer’

A delegation following the International Court of Justice hearings in the case of maritime delimitation in the Indian Ocean between Somalia and Kenya in September 2016. PHOTO | ICJ-CIJ
By: The East African Somalia says it will not accept mediation over a maritime dispute with Kenya, which the International Court of Justice (ICJ) decided in October 2021. Somalia’s State Minister for Foreign...

Kenya’s opposition leader plans fund for protest victims

ReutersCopyright: Reuters The opposition claim there have been at least 50 deaths so far
By: BBC AFRICA Kenya's opposition leader, Raila Odinga, says he plans to launch a fund for "families who lost their loved ones and those still in hospital receiving treatment" amid nationwide demonstrations. Speaking...

Kenyan court orders deportation of jailed British terrorist when sentence ends

Kenyan court orders deportation of jailed British terrorist when sentence ends
By: Andolu Agency In a landmark ruling given on Wednesday, a Kenyan court ordered the deportation of British terrorist Jermaine John Grant back to the UK upon completion of his prison sentence. Grant...

Kenya passport ranked 7th powerful in Africa

New East African Community passport.
By : THE STANDARD The Kenyan passport is the seventh most powerful in Africa with its citizens able to visit 72 out of 104 countries without a visa. Kenya, which ties with Swaziland in...

China imports wild anchovy products from Kenya

Kenyan fishermen in action on a boat during the morning hours in Kisumi, Kenya on June 22, 2023. [Photo/VCG]
By: XINHUA AGENCY A total of 315 kg of dried wild anchovy from Kenya were transported to the Changsha Huanghua International Airport in Central China's Hunan province on Monday, marking that China imported wild anchovy products...

I Don’t Regret Reopening Kenya-Somalia Border, William Ruto Says amid al Shabaab Resurgence

President William Ruto speaking in France where he addressed a range of issues from climate change to insecurity in the Horn of Africa. Photo: William Ruto. Source: Facebook
By: TUKO Kenya President William Ruto has dismissed critics claiming the decision to reopen the Kenya-Somalia border has resulted in a surge in al-Shabaab attacks. Ruto argued the decision the government took was...

Kenya Is Poised to Become the ‘Singapore of Africa’

The growing suburbs of Nairobi.Photographer: SIMON MAINA/AFP
By: WASHINGTON POST Analysis by Tyler Cowen | Bloomberg Of all the countries in sub-Saharan Africa to be optimistic about, the most promising is Kenya. Economic and political forces are converging to put the...