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Kenya

meteoric rise

Former Man United coach Benni McCarthy lands Kenyan national team manager role

3 Mar

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Rebecca Cheptegei

Funeral of murdered Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei to be held in Uganda next week

8 Sep 2024

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Kenya

Death toll rises to 21 children after fire at Kenyan primary school dormitory

Updated 7 Sep 2024

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stout defence

No apologies: Tánaiste defends visit to Diageo brewery in Kenya following criticism

Updated 18 Jul 2024

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It's fizzy

'The secret sauce': Tánaiste visits Guinness brewery in Kenya as part of trade visit

17 Jul 2024

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42 murdered women

Tánaiste's trip to Nairobi settlement cancelled amid shock and concern over serial killer

Jane Matthews

reporting from Nairobi

17 Jul 2024

28.3k

Overseas Development

Micheál Martin announces €15m funding to tackle child hunger while in Kenya and Ethiopia

Updated 16 Jul 2024

14.6k

On Tour

Ireland tour diary: Pitstop in Kenya en route to land of the Springboks

There are a few Irish links in Kenyan rugby.

Murray Kinsella

Reports from Nairobi

1 Jul 2024

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Nairobi

Army deployed after protesters shot and parliament set on fire during demonstrations in Kenya

Updated 25 Jun 2024

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Nairobi

At least three people dead and 280 others injured in huge fire in Kenyan capital

Updated 2 Feb 2024

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Flash Flooding

40 people killed in Kenya and Somalia as heavy rain and floods displace thousands

7 Nov 2023

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Africa

Britain's King Charles says 'no excuse' for colonial atrocities in Kenya

31 Oct 2023

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Londiani

Nearly 50 people die after truck veers out of control in Kenya

1 Jul 2023

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Kenya

Kenyan court extends detention of cult leader linked to deaths of hundreds of followers

10 May 2023

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Kenya

Kenyan pastor accused of inciting followers to starve to death will face terrorism charges

2 May 2023

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Kenya

Another pastor arrested as deaths linked to Kenyan starvation cult rise to 103

27 Apr 2023

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Kenya

Kenyan authorities fear more bodies will be found as starvation cult death toll rises to 98

27 Apr 2023

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Kenya

Kenyan cult deaths: Number of bodies found rises to 90 as search paused due to morgue being full

Updated 25 Apr 2023

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Malindi

Search underway for cultists linked to 73 bodies discovered in mass graves in Kenya

24 Apr 2023

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Archaeology

Stone Age discovery in Kenya fuels mystery of who made early tools

9 Feb 2023

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Edwin Chiloba

One man arrested after Kenyan LGBT activist’s body found in metal box

Updated 6 Jan 2023

32.9k

Lucky Escape

Two-time Olympic champion and 800m world record holder survives plane crash

Updated 12 Dec 2022

41.5k

Irish Aid

'Race against time' to avert a catastrophic climate change-induced famine in Kenya

Updated 6 Sep 2022

14.5k

Kenya

Kenya court upholds WiIliam Ruto's presidential election after claims of fraud

5 Sep 2022

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Kenya

Kenyans go to the polls to choose next president in close-fought election race

9 Aug 2022

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Kenya

Kenya candidates make final bid for votes as campaigning closes

6 Aug 2022

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malnutrition

Kenya drought: Children going hungry and women needing to 'beg' for support for the first time

10 Jul 2022

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Horn of Africa

In pictures: The drought causing animals to drop dead in Kenya

9 Jul 2022

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search for water

'The conflict takes two forms': How worsening droughts are fuelling tensions in Kenya

4 Jul 2022

7.9k

waiting for the rain

'All of the animals will die': Kenyan farmers in crisis during worst drought in 40 years

29 Jun 2022

14.5k

Tragic

'Athletics has lost one of its brightest young stars' - tributes paid to the late Agnes Tirop

13 Oct 2021

6.5k

Dejection

Agony for Ireland 7s as late Kenyan try ends their Olympic medal hopes

27 Jul 2021

12.5k

Mount Kenya

Irish man (40) dies while climbing in Kenya

29 Jan 2021

48.4k

Kenya

World’s last known white giraffe fitted with GPS tracking device to protect it from poachers

17 Nov 2020

25.7k

Kenya

Rare white giraffe and calf killed by poachers - leaving just one left in the world

11 Mar 2020

47.8k

Food Insecurity

The most serious locust outbreak in 25 years is spreading across East Africa, threatening food supplies

17 Jan 2020

22.4k

Extreme Weather

34 killed as villages swept away in Kenyan mudslides

23 Nov 2019

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Record Breaker

Kenya's Kosgei shatters Radcliffe world record in Chicago Marathon

13 Oct 2019

8.8k

Kenya

Two-time Olympic champion lucky to escape head-on collision with bus

26 Aug 2019

8.8k

period poverty

'Girls are forced to have sex in exchange for sanitary pads or 50 cents'

23 Jul 2019

78.7k

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