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A male lion rests at Nairobi National Park

Kenya holds first national wildlife census

Kenya is conducting its first national wildlife census, as decades of unbridled poaching, expanding human settlements and climate change have taken a heavy toll on the global wildlife population.

News Lens • 05 Aug 21

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

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

Woman are evacuated from the scene of the attack

Gunmen kill 14 in Kenya hotel compound attack

Gunmen have killed at least 14 people in an attack on a hotel and office complex in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, claimed by Somali Islamist militant group al Shabaab.

World • 15 Jan 19

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

Four people were killed when the cargo plane crashed

Four killed as cargo plane crashes in Kenya

Four people were killed when their cargo plane crashed shortly after take-off in Nairobi, a police official has said.

News • 02 Jul 14

John Kerry warned that terrorists 'can run, but they can't hide' from US efforts

Kerry says US actions on terrorism to continue

US Secretary of State John Kerry has said the US would continue to seek to bring to justice those responsible for conducting acts of terror, after US forces launched raids in Libya and Somalia.

News • 07 Oct 13

Al-Shabaab has reported an attack on one of its bases in Somalia

Al-Qaeda trained Sudanese man led Kenya attack

Kenya's government said a Sudanese man trained by al-Qaeda was among the leaders of a raid on a Nairobi shopping centre in which 67 people were killed.

News • 05 Oct 13

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said he would not be bullied into withdrawing his soldiers following the attack

Kenya tells Somalia to 'put house in order'

Kenya has told Somalia to "put their house in order" after members of a Somali militant group attacked and killed dozens at a Nairobi shopping centre last month.

News • 02 Oct 13

Kenya's government believes that no hostages were left in the Westgate shopping centre after the attack

Fresh arrest in inquiry into Nairobi attack

Nine suspects are now in custody over last week's raid at the Westgate shopping centre in Nairobi, after one person was arrested today.

News • 30 Sep 13

President Uhuru Kenyatta attends the funerals of some of the victims of the attack

Three freed in Kenya mall attack inquiry

Three people arrested in connection with last weekend's attack on a Nairobi shopping centre have been released, Kenya's interior minister has said.

News • 27 Sep 13

Al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for the attack on the Westgate complex

Al-Shabaab leader confirms Kenya attack

The leader of the Somali Islamist militant group al-Shabaab has confirmed claims by members of his group that it was behind the attack on a Nairobi shopping centre.

News • 25 Sep 13

Kenyan security forces launched an attack this morning

Kenyan forces end siege in Nairobi shopping centre

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has said that armed forces have "ashamed and defeated" the al-Shabaab militants that attacked the Westgate Shopping Mall in Nairobi.

News • 24 Sep 13