Police kill 11 in Kenya as post-election riots flare
Kenyan police killed 11 people in a crackdown on protests as anger at the re-election of President Uhuru Kenyatta erupted in the western city of Kisumu and slums ringing the capital, officials and witnesses said on Saturday.
Cheering crowds greet Pope Francis in Kenya at start of landmark Africa tour
Pope Francis landed in Kenya’s capital Nairobi Wednesday on the first leg of a landmark trip to Africa, with huge crowds, choirs and dancers waiting to greet him.
Kenya readies 10,000 police to boost security for pope
Kenya said on Sunday it may deploy as many as 10,000 police officers to boost security during a visit by Pope Francis later this month as the country readies for crowds of one million people.
Bomb blast wounds one in Kenyan capital
One person was wounded Saturday when an improvised bomb exploded in the Kenyan capital, police said, in a shop in Nairobi’s mainly ethnic Somali district Eastleigh.
Kenya arrests another mall raid suspect
Kenyan police on Sunday arrested another suspect over the September 21 Nairobi mall attack that left at least 67 people dead, the interior minister said.
Pressure mounts on Kenya govt over Mali attack
Pressure mounted on the Kenyan authorities a week after the Nairobi mall carnage, amid accusations Saturday that top brass failed to heed security warnings and questions over the fate of the missing.
