Mombasa, Kenya News

Hamisi Kiiole, left, gestures as fellow acrobat Kaiana Ngala limbos on Saturday during a performance by the Zuzu African Acrobats inside the St.

Kenya's first test-tube babies that were delivered in Nairobi in 2006. Surrogacy in the east African country, while still shrouded in secrecy, has been picking up with surrogates being paid as high as $18,000 . PHOTO Sometime in 2010, a young Kenyan woman received an invitation to meet a couple she had earlier encountered at a Christian convention ... (more)

A nongovernmental organization in Mombasa County has complained that the Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission was not allocated adequate time to listen to issues raised by Coastal residents during the hearings which ended last month.

PONTEFRACT: Generous Sharon and David Hoggart travelled to Mombasa clutching suitcases packed with 35 bridesmaid dresses and 20 page boy outfits for their big day on January 18.

Canadian-based minerals and metals firm Pacific Wildcat Resources said further drilling at its Kenyan mining project near Mombasa had established larger reserves of niobium and rare earth than earlier projected.

THE congestion at the Port of Mombasa that reached its peak during December holidays and early January has led to massive traffic pile up at the Malaba border.

Public transport in Kampala is set for a major transformation with the arrival of the first batch of the passenger buses that will operate within the capital city.

The Lord Mayor of Kampala Capital City Authority Erias Lukwago is questioning the criteria under which Pioneer Easy Bus was awarded a contract to manage the city bus transport system.

Queen Elizabeth II returns to British soil following the death of her father, King George VI, and is met by Prime Minister Winston Churchill.

The news surrounding the Kenyan shipping sector over the past quarter once again centres on the woes and travails of Mombasa's modernisation.

Commercial banks quoted the shilling at 83.90 after gaining from 84.20 at the opening of trade on Friday morning.

Students and teachers in several Fredericksburg-area schools are finding creative, hands-on ways to help their counterparts in Kenya.

In the midst of espousing Biblical principles at the National Prayer Breakfast yesterday, Barack Obama made a point to say, "We are our brother's keeper." Interesting that he used the collective "we" - and made no mention of his actual brother or of his responsibilities to him.

Kisumu International Airport was officially opened on Thursday, paving the way for increased trade and investment in the Western Kenya region .

Military spokesman major Emmanuel Chirchir has dismissed as propaganda claims that some army officers have been spying for the al Shabaab militia group.

Men who have sex with men may now be the highest-risk group for HIV in Africa, IAVI study suggests Men who have sex with men may now be at considerably higher risk of acquiring HIV than other at-risk groups such as female sex workers or young people of either sex, if findings by the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative of HIV incidence at two ... (more)

A kind-hearted couple who set up a school in a deprived Kenyan village have tied the knot - with all 55 pupils in the wedding party.

Hundreds of litres of oil spilled into the Indian Ocean on Sunday morning. Fishermen near the Mombasa port said yesterday that the oil, belonging to Kengen, is health hazard to them and there are reports of dead fish and sea creatures due to the leakage.

A video appeared on YouTube yesterday showing Kenya's Chief Justice Willy Mutunga declaring that "gay rights are human rights." The remarks were delivered on September 8, 2011 at a groundbreaking ceremony for FIDA Uganda , a Ugandan organization of Women Lawyers.

Thousands of goods worth millions of shillings that will still be at the port after the expiry of the notice will be destroyed.