Kenya’s shilling weakened for a second day in three as adverse weather in Europe curbs tourism arrivals and damps demand for the currency. The currency of East Africa’s biggest economy depreciated as much as 0.9 percent to 81.17 per dollar and...

President Barack Obama of the United States today lauded Kenya’s approval of its new constitution in a referendum as “a significant step forward” for the country’s democracy. The “overwhelming” approval of the draft...

At least 16 people were yesterday evening wounded in two simultaneous grenade attacks in the city. One of the attacks took place in Kimironko close to the taxi park, while the other occurred at Kinamba on the way to Gisozi Genocide Memorial...

Kenya has increased security on its porous desert border with Somalia ahead of an expected offensive by government forces there that could prompt hardline Islamist rebels to try and cross the frontier. Al Shabaab insurgents who declared their loyalty...

This sprawling industrial park south of Nairobi was supposed to be a centerpiece of a Clinton-era U.S.-Africa trade program designed to make “Made in Kenya” almost as familiar as clothing labels from China and Taiwan.

The spores arrived from Kenya on dried, infected leaves ensconced in layers of envelopes. Working inside a bio-secure greenhouse outfitted with motion detectors and surveillance cameras, government scientists at the Cereal Disease Laboratory in St....

Mauritania’s army says it has found the bodies of 12 soldiers who were abducted earlier this week in an ambush by a suspected al-Qaeda branch.

As this country waited in frustration for a fourth day without official results of its presidential election, the main opposition party of Morgan Tsvangirai announced its own final tally Wednesday, proclaiming victory with 50.3 percent of the vote -...