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Lion vs. crocs! Predators clash over deliciously dead hippo
Watch the thrilling moment a lion in Kenya was stranded atop a hippo carcass in crocodile-infested waters. In the video filmed at Masai Mara National Reserve, the outnumbered lion makes...
60 hurt in stadium crush as Kenya inaugurates president
Scores of people were crushed and injured as Kenyans on Tuesday forced their way into a stadium where William Ruto is being inaugurated as president.
Kenyan cyclist Suleiman Kangangi dead after 59-mile race in Vermont
While competing in the 59-mile Vermont Overland race on Saturday, Kangangi fatally crashed while riding on the gravel road.
Moment horrified motel guests discovered drowned healthcare worker's body in pool
Visitors at the Key Motel in Chatsworth, Ontario got a grisly surprise when they waded into the body of Hellen Nyabuto.
Health care worker drowns during Facebook livestream
A health care worker drowned in a pool during a Facebook livestream last week -- to the horror of her family and friends in Kenya. Hellen Nyabuto, 24, died Thursday...
Kenya elects new president, country erupts in chaotic violence
Kenya's elections chief declared Deputy President William Ruto the winner of a tight presidential race on Monday.
'All lives matter,' WH spox Kirby says when asked if African ones do not
"Wow, I got to take issue with that. I did not say that. And I don't even know where you came from on that one. Of course, all lives matter,"...
Facebook fails to catch East Africa extremist content, study finds
A new study has found that Facebook has failed to catch Islamic State group and al-Shabab extremist content in posts aimed at East Africa.
Hilarious false alarm revealed after stray lion reported in Kenya
A farm hand in the village of Kinyana near the Mount Kenya National Park sounded the alarm after noticing what he thought was a lion outside his employer's home, the...
Stowaway rides 747 landing gear from Africa to Amsterdam
A 22-year-old Kenyan man was found in the wheel well of a cargo plane that had traveled from South Africa to the Netherlands, Dutch police said Monday.
Rare twin baby elephants born in Kenya
Still-unnamed twin elephants were born this week in Kenya's Samburu National Reserve, becoming only the second set of twins ever encountered by local charity Save the Elephants.
Africa sees elephant baby boom thanks to pandemic
In a one truly unexpected upswing to the pandemic lockdown, in Kenya, the lack of tourism and dearth of expensive safari trips led to — a lot — of sex...
Cocky cheetahs jump onto safari SUV
Say cheese-tah! Two camera-loving cheetahs climbed atop a safari Land Cruiser in this wild video out of Kenya. The majestic animals basked in the spotlight for 20 minutes — to...
Biden hosts Kenyan leader who is also facing family corruption claims
President Biden on warmly welcomed Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, whose family — like Biden's own — is accused of shady overseas business ventures.
In Nairobi slum, women train to fend off sexual assault
Sexual assault can happen to anyone, and the women are determined to fight back. Aged 60 to well over 90, they meet every Thursday afternoon to practice Taekwondo.
Amnesty reports widespread rapes ‘with impunity’ in Tigray
Dozens of women have described shocking sexual assaults by Ethiopian soldiers and allied forces in the country’s Tigray conflict, says an Amnesty International report.
'Vampire' confesses to murdering 10 kids, drinking some victims' blood
Masten Milimo Wanjala was arrested Wednesday in connection to the killings of two children whose bodies were found in a wooded area of the capital Nairobi, Kenya.
US Embassy official's body found hanging in Nairobi hotel
A body of a senior officer at the US Embassy in Nairobi was found Wednesday in his hotel room in what Kenyan officials believe to be a suicide, according to...
Scavengers help keep world clean, but left to plead for COVID vaccine
NEW DELHI — The scavengers wait patiently for a dump truck to tip the trash on the summit of the landfill outside New Delhi. Armed with plastic bags, they plunge...
Sarah Obama, former president's step-grandmother, dead in Kenya hospital
Former President Barack Obama's step-grandmother died at around 4 a.m. local time in Kenya's third largest city, Kisumu, on Monday. Known as the family's matriarch, Sarah Obama was at least 99 years old...