World & Nation
LONDON -- In a highly unusual decision, the International Criminal Court allowed Kenya’s deputy president, who is accused of crimes against humanity, to leave his trial at The Hague on Monday to go home and help deal with the terror attack at a Nairobi shopping mall.
Sept. 23, 2013
Obituaries
Daniel Arap Moi, a former schoolteacher who became Kenya’s longest-serving president and presided over years of repression and economic turmoil fueled by runaway corruption, has died. He was 95.
Feb. 3, 2020
At least 48 people were killed Sunday in an attack on a police station and several hotels on Kenya’s coast, according to the Abbas Gullet, secretary general for the Kenya Red Cross.
June 15, 2014
The United States is praising Kenya’s interest in leading a multinational force in the unstable Caribbean nation, but rights groups have concerns.
Aug. 4, 2023
More than 1 million people in East Africa have been affected by flooding after higher-than-normal rainfall.
Nov. 23, 2019
The Somali terror group Shabab on Saturday claimed responsibility for the massacre of 28 bus passengers, killed in an early morning attack near the Somali border in northern Kenya.
Nov. 22, 2014
The Shabab on Monday claimed responsibility for an attack the day before that killed at least 48 people, marking the first time the militant group from Somalia had launched an assault of this scale on a town in neighboring Kenya.
June 16, 2014
Sports
Los Angeles Marathon men’s winners: 2007: Fred Mogaka, Kenya...2:17:14 2006: Benson Cherono, Kenya...2:08:40 2005: Mark Saina, Kenya...2:09:35 2004: David Kirui, Kenya...2:13:41 2003: Mark Yatich, Kenya...2:09:52 2002: Steven Ndungu, Kenya...2:10:27 2001: Steven Ndungu, Kenya...2:13:13 2000: Benson Mutiisya Mbithi, Kenya...2:11:55 1999: Simon Bor, Kenya...2:09:25 1998: Zebedayo Bayo, Tanzania...2:11:21 1997: El Maati Chaham, Morocco...2:14:16 1996: Jose Luis Molina, Costa Rica...2:13:23 1995: Rolando Vera, Ecuador...2:11:39 1994: Paul Pilkington, U.S....2:12:13 1993: Joselido Rocha, Brazil...2:14:28 1992: John Treacy, Ireland...2:12:29 1991: Mark Plastes, U.S....2:10:29 1990: Pedro Ortiz, Columbia...2:11:54 1989: Art Boileau, Canada...2:13:01 1988: Martin Mondragon, Mexico...2:10:19 1987: Art Boileau, Canada...2:13:08 1986: Ric Sayre, U.S....2:12:59 -- Los Angeles Times
March 5, 2007
Kenya’s newly elected president William Ruto made an ambitious pledge to phase out fossil fuels for electricity by 2030 during his inauguration speech Tuesday.
Sept. 14, 2022
It was a brief moment of tension in an otherwise exuberant visit by President Obama to Kenya, but it exposed the gulf between the American president and his father’s homeland.
July 25, 2015