Kenya

State Archives releases thousands of documents for Entebbe rescue's 50th anniversary

Alongside previously released materials, the State Archives is publishing in full the files related to the Entebbe operation, some of which had already been partially disclosed.

A police officer clears the way for rescued Air France hostages arriving in Tel Aviv after returning from Entebbe
Demonstrators gather near a barricade they created during a protest against a U.S.-backed Ebola quarantine plan on the establishment of a 50-bed facility at a Kenyan air force base that was intended to host Americans exposed to Ebola, in Nanyuki town, in Laikipia County, Kenya June 1, 2026.

Kenyan police fire tear gas during protest against US Ebola quarantine facility

Demonstrators gather near a barricade they created during a protest against a U.S.-backed Ebola quarantine plan on the establishment of a 50-bed facility at a Kenyan air force base that was intended to host Americans exposed to Ebola, in Nanyuki town, in Laikipia County, Kenya June 1, 2026.

Two people killed in Kenya protest against US Ebola quarantine site plan, organizer, sources say

Traders scavenge clothes from debris burnt down by the fire at Toi market, a second hand clothing market, in Nairobi March 16, 2026. According to a police report, the fire was caused by an electricity fault that razed about 250 stalls of second hand clothes.

At least 15 students killed in overnight dormitory blaze in Kenyan girls' school


Two exceptionally rare protected white giraffes killed by poachers in Kenya

The female and her calf were two of three white giraffes known to be living in the sanctuary.

The female giraffe and her calf

Three Americans killed in al-Shabaab militant attack on base in Kenya

The attack presents another crisis for Washington just as the Pentagon grapples with a rapidly escalating standoff with Iran following a drone strike in Baghdad that killed top Qassem Soleimani.

An image distributed by al Shabaab after the attack on a military base in Kenya shows Somalia's al Shabaab militant group's flag, said to be at the Manda Bay Airfield in Manda, Lamu, Kenya January 5, 2020.

Eliud Kipchoge's sub-two hour marathon like landing on the moon

"Today we went to the moon and came back to earth! I am at a loss for words for all the support I have received from all over the world," Eliud Kipchoge said.

Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge, the marathon world record holder, crosses the finish line during his attempt to run a marathon in under two hours in Vienna, Austria, October 12, 2019

Kenya becomes third African nation to introduce malaria vaccine

The vaccine - the world's first against malaria - will be administered to children under two and could be crucial to efforts to combat the disease, health officials said.

Malaria mosquito. [File]

Jacob Engel plans to issue gambling activities worth half a billion USD

Born in Croatia, and having lived all over Eastern Europe, Jacob Engel appears to be a man that has picked a wide range of talents.

Gambling 370

One of the largest subspecies of giraffes is now endangered

According to the Giraffe Conservation Foundation, the population of Masai giraffes has fallen by 50% in the last three decades.

Mesmerizing: Giraffe in a game reserve north of Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Chabad emissaries in Nairobi attacked and beaten in violent robbery

Soon after, the gang reportedly went into the couple's bedroom where Notik's wife was sleeping. It was at this point that she was attacked by the men and hit in the head as well as beaten.

Rabbis hats are silhouetted against the sky as they gather to pose for a group photo in front of the Chabad-Lubavitch world headquarters in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., November 4, 2018.

Helicopter crash kills four Americans and their pilot in Kenya - Police

The cause of the crash had yet to be determined.

A helicopter drops water on a wind driven wildfire.

American Jewish social entrepreneur among Kenya terror victims

The shooting attack Tuesday on a business complex, claimed by the Somali Islamist terrorist group Shabab, claimed at least 21 lives.

Rescuers and security agents evacuate civilians from the scene where explosions and gunshots were heard at the Dusit hotel compound, in Nairobi, Kenya January 15, 2019.

From Nairobi to Manbij: Terror attacks loom large

Extremist groups have not been defeated and the road to a world after ISIS and in which terror has been reduced is still long and difficult.

Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army fighters react as they hold their weapons near the city of Afrin, Syria February 19, 2018.