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The officer, Mohamed Mohamud, was ambushed in the town ofWajiras he was returning home after watching the evening news in a nearby restaurant, local police chief James Mutungi told AFP.

You're out navigating the jammed sidewalks of Kenya's capital city when you suddenly realize you're in desperate need of a toilet.

Police shot dead a couple suspected to be terrorists after they threw four grenades, wounding five officers in an overnight stand-off, a police official said Sunday.

The night of smoke, chaos, gunfire and grenades that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, is well-documented. Eight months later, it is the decisions made back in Washington that remain murky and in perpetual... The night of smoke, chaos, gunfire and grenades that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, is well-documented. Eight months ... (more)

A senior White House adviser insists President Barack Obama learned the Internal Revenue Service had been targeting tea party groups "when it came out in the news." The night of smoke, chaos, gunfire and grenades that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, is well-documented. Eight months later, it is the decisions made back in Washington that ... (more)

A spoilt student who faked his own kidnap in a bid to extort his wealthy father out of 614,000 in gold bullion has been jailed for more than three years.

Despite canceling a friendly match against Harambee Stars, a source has revealed to Goal.com that the Black Stars will pitch camp in Kenya ahead of Sudan match Ghana's Black Stars will after all train in Nairobi ahead of their June 5 World Cup qualifier against Sudan in Khartoum.

Seated left to right, Kenyans Jane Muthoni Mara, Wambogo Nyingi and Paulo Muoka Nzili celebrate the announcement of a legal decision in support of Mau Mau veteran reparation payments in Nairobi in this October 5, 2012, file photo.

Kenya' small scale entrepreneurs have been challenged to take advantage of the opportunities offered by the African Growth and Opportunity Act to access the American market.

An American missionary priest in Kenya who became embroiled in a legal dispute over the ownership of hospitals has been suspended from the priesthood.

''Our tribal relations are at stake because of divisive values,'' said Cleophas Malala, director of "Shackles of Doom", a controversial play which the Kenyan government has tried to ban.

Several female candidates who stood in recent general elections in Kenya say male rivals intimidated and discriminated against them, causing many to drop out of the race.

He worked for a mob behind some of Africa's worst atrocities but has been living here in a taxpayer-funded home since 2003 A murderer who admits killing up to 400 people - many in bloody machete attacks - is living in the UK after being granted asylum.

Kenyan reggae/dancehall artiste Wyre is living out his dreams. The African artiste is currently in Jamaica to shoot a music video with singer Alaine.

The spoon-billed sandpiper , seen here in Phetchaburi, Thailand, could be extinct within a decade.

Sush Krishnamoorthy , a student at Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, in New Delhi, is one of eight high school seniors around the world blogging about their college searches.

NAIROBI Barry's parents were murdered, his children were poisoned, and he has been repeatedly raped because of his sexuality.

NAIROBI The future of cassava, one of the most climate-resilient crops in Africa, may be under threat because rising temperatures have led to a dramatic increase in the number of whiteflies, tiny insects that spread the deadly cassava brown steak virus.

A man wearing yellow shoes checks his phone in Kibera, Africa's largest slum, in Nairobi, Kenya, in March.

UNITED States International University 'Tigers' face off against Masinde Muliro University of Agriculture and Technology as the Zuku Kenya University Sports Association league throws off this weekend at Nyayo Stadium.