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The first floor of the building collapsed as the children were entering their classroom

Seven children killed as classroom collapses in Kenya

Seven children have been killed and at least 57 injured after a classroom collapsed in Kenya's capital Nairobi, officials said.

World • 23 Sep 19

The man's body fell from the landing gear of a Kenya Airways plane

Stowaway who fell from plane may have worked at airport

A stowaway whose body fell from a plane into a south London back garden may have been an airport worker, a Kenyan official has said.

UK • 03 Jul 19

Tullow said it expects its first-half gross profit to be $500m

Tullow Oil's Kenyan, Ugandan projects timelines slip

Tullow Oil has delayed the final investment decision (FID) for its Kenya project to 2020 and has not yet sealed a tax deal in Uganda that is needed for the progress of its plans there with Total, it said today.

Business • 26 Jun 19

This year is crunch time for Tullow Oil's East African projects

Tullow Oil cuts its output guidance

Tullow Oil has downgraded its 2019 output guidance to 90,000-98,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd) due to problems at its Ghana fields.

Business • 25 Apr 19

All 157 people on board the flight died in the crash

Black boxes recovered from crashed Ethiopian flight

Ethiopian Airlines has said both the cockpit voice recorder and the digital flight data recorder have been recovered after yesterday's crash.

World • 11 Mar 19

Micheál Ryan had worked as an engineer with the World Food Programme on projects in the developing world

Irishman among 157 victims of Ethiopian Airlines crash

The Irish man, who was among the 157 people on board the Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed shortly after takeoff in in Addis Ababa, has been named as Micheál Ryan.

World • 11 Mar 19

The black leopard is one of the rarest members of the animal kingdom (Pic: Will Burrard-Lucas)

In pictures: A rare black African leopard

A British wildlife photographer has captured images of an extremely rare African black leopard.

World • 13 Feb 19

Photographs from the scene showed the SAS soldier (L) entering the complex in Nairobi

SAS soldier involved in Nairobi rescue operation

A heavily-armed man seen working with Kenyan forces and helping victims during the Nairobi attack this week was a member of Britain's special forces, British media reported, citing officials.

World • 17 Jan 19

CCTV footage showed four attackers, in black and heavily armed, entering the compound

Death toll in Nairobi attack rises to 21

The death toll from a bomb and gun attack by Islamist militants on the hotel and office complex in Nairobi has risen to 21.

World • 16 Jan 19

The floodwaters carved out a dark brown chasm in the hillside and swept away everything in their path - power lines, homes and buildings

At least 47 die in floods after Kenyan dam bursts

A dam on a commercial flower farm in Kenya's Rift Valley burst after weeks of torrential rain, unleashing a "sea of water" that careened down a hillside and smashed into two villages, killing at least 47 people.

World • 10 May 18

Tullow Oil is expecting first oil from Kenya in 2021 or 2022

Tullow Oil reports operating profit of $22m for 2017

Oil and gas producer Tullow Oil has today reported an annual operating profit after three years in the red and said it expected the first oil from Kenya in 2021 or 2022.

Business • 07 Feb 18

Police said the death toll for the stretch of road where the crash happened has now reached 100 this month alone

36 die in latest crash on notorious Kenyan road

Thirty-six people were killed and 16 injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a lorry on a road in central Kenya.

Kenya • 31 Dec 17

Mr Kenyatta said he would work to unite the country

Kenya president sworn-in amid opposition protest

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has been sworn-in for a second five-year term.

World • 28 Nov 17

Protests in the Kibera slum in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi

Police and protesters clash during Kenyan election

Kenyan police have clashed with opposition supporters where burning barricades and groups of youths prevented voting in some towns in an election re-run.

News • 26 Oct 17

Raila Odinga lost August's election but the result was overturned

Odinga to boycott Kenyan presidential election rerun

Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga has withdrawn from a rerun of the presidential election, saying electoral officials had failed to make necessary reforms.

World • 10 Oct 17

Some celebrated on the streets of Nairobi after the court ruling

Kenya court orders re-run of presidential election

Kenya's Supreme Court has declared President Uhuru Kenyatta's election win invalid due to irregularities committed by the election board and has ordered a new election within 60 days.

World • 01 Sep 17

Many people have died in election-related violence since Tuesday

11 dead in post-election protests in Kenya

Kenyan police killed at least 11 people in a crackdown on protests as anger at the re-election of President Uhuru Kenyatta erupted, officials and witnesses said.

News • 12 Aug 17

Supporters of Uhuru Kenyatta cheer in downtown Nairobi, Kenya

Kenyan president re-elected, opposition rejects result

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta secured a second term in office, the election commission announced this evening, but the opposition rejected the result saying the process was undermined by fraud.

World • 11 Aug 17

There have been angry protests since the election on Tuesday

Call for Odinga to be declared winner of Kenya election

Kenya's opposition has demanded that veteran leader Raila Odinga be declared winner of the presidential election, even though official counting of the ballots gives incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta a commanding lead.

World • 10 Aug 17

Raila Odinga claimed a massive election fraud took place

Kenya election chief dismisses claims of hacking

The Kenyan election commission's computer systems and vote-tallying databases were not compromised at any point during yesterday's vote, its chief executive has said.

World • 09 Aug 17

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta took an early lead as results from the national elections trickled in

Kenya's president takes early lead after peaceful vote

Kenya's president took an early lead as results from the country's national elections trickled in, the culmination of a hard-fought contest between the East African nation's foremost political dynasties.

News • 08 Aug 17

Irish Ambassador to Kenya Vincent O'Neill talks to students at the launch of Young Scientist Kenya (pic: Irish Embassy Twitter)

Young Scientist competition launches in Kenya

Kenya has become the latest African country to launch its own science showcase for young people modelled on the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition

Science • 05 Jul 17

Tullow Oil is focused on the African oil sites

Tullow says makes oil discovery in Kenyan well

Oil company Tullow Oil said today that it has encountered 75 metres of net oil pay in two zones at an exploration well in Northern Kenya.

Business • 17 May 17

A woman and child at a camp for displaced people in the Kaxda district, on the outskirts of Mogadishu

Aid agencies warn east Africa on the brink of famine

Aid agencies have warned that years of drought and conflict have left eastern Africa on the brink of famine, with 16 million people facing the threat of starvation.

World • 11 May 17

The bus was en route from Nairobi to Mombasa

26 killed as truck and bus collide in Kenya

At least 26 people have been killed and many others injured in a head-on crash between a bus and a truck on the highway between Nairobi and Kenya's second city Mombasa.

World • 25 Apr 17