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United States President Barack Obama is en route to Africa for a three-day visit to his father's homeland, Kenya. This is Obama's first visit to Kenya as a sitting president.
Kenya's Catholic bishops confronted the growing issue of polygamy among Christians in the country, saying that God forbids the practice even if it is legal. The Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a statement saying that polygamy "is against the will of God and we must desist from it" and that "we should uphold human dignity, and especially the dignity of the woman," according to Crux Now .
A year after more than 1 million people rallied at women's marches around the world with a message of female empowerment and protest... . In this Jan. 17, 2018, photo, Minnie Wood, center, makes signs with her daughters Buckley, right, and Zoey in preparation for a rally in Las Vegas.
Still no Submarine: Spokesman Enrique Balbi talks during a press conference at Navy headquarters in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday. There have been no signs of the missing ARA San Juan, last heard from on Nov. 15., despite an intensive multinational search.
Chebukati said Sunday that the election had gone well, and h... . Opposition leader Raila Odinga greets his supporters after attending a church service in the slum of Kawangware in Nairobi, Kenya, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017.
Chebukati said Sunday that the election had gone well, and h... . Opposition leader Raila Odinga greets his supporters after attending a church service in the slum of Kawangware in Nairobi, Kenya, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017.
The US Department of Transportation had in June recommended that the Kenyan national carrier be allowed to access if there were no public objections. President Donald Trump was also given a 61-day window to disapprove, if he so wished.
Residents in Kogelo, Kenya, say students have had to drop out of school and donor-funded health clinics have closed due to lack of funding. Obama's struggling ancestral Kenya village misses him - and cashing in on his presidency Residents in Kogelo, Kenya, say students have had to drop out of school and donor-funded health clinics have closed due to lack of funding.
Equity Group Holdings Ltd. , Kenya's biggest bank by market value, posted a 6 percent decline in first-quarter profit as its chief executive officer warned government-imposed caps on commercial lending rates risk crippling the industry. Net income slid to 4.83 billion shillings in the three months through March as the revenue generated from loans after expenses tumbled 15 percent to 8.89 billion shillings, the Nairobi-based lender said in an emailed statement.
Margo McAuliffe, a Menlo Park resident and former trigonometry teacher at Menlo-Atherton High School, is being honored as one of six "local heroes" by the Midpen Media Center for her work establishing a school for girls in Kenya. A screening of video interviews with Ms.
Aviation industry players have been challenged to implement cost cutting measures in a bid to remain afloat due to declining revenues. Kenya Airports Authority KAA Managing Director Jonny Andersen said that airports should diversify revenue sources if they are to remain in business.
Omar Ibraham, dressed in a dark jacket and pants, heard his name called by the woman who would change his life forever. He stood up and took a step forward.
In this photo taken Thursday, Dec. 22, 2016, Kenyan artist Evans Yegon displays one of his paintings of Donald Trump, as a painting of President Barack Obama hangs on the wall, left, at his studio in Nairobi, Kenya. Yegon is sad to see President Barack Obama leave office.
Anyone who knows the exploits of Ugandan artist Sanaa Gateja can state without fear of criticism for journalistic exaggeration that he is the only remnant of the early post-colonial crop still actively turning and influencing the wheels of contemporary art. For over half a century, the artist has been committed to the exploitation of art in all its wealth and diversity without faltering.
Addressing the press during the launch in Nairobi, Senator Mongare said Kenyans have been betrayed by subsequent governments since independence. The Nyamira senator said he believes he is the change Kenya needs adding that the country requires a paradigm shift in politics.
The man who fatally shot retired New Orleans Saints defensive leader Will Smith faces a sentence of up to 40 years in prison after being convicted of manslaughter during a trial that made spectators of some of the... The man who fatally shot retired New Orleans Saints defensive leader Will Smith was convicted of manslaughter on Sunday night, ending a week-long trial in which the defendant insisted he only fired because the popular... Immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children, but were protected from deportation by President Barack Obama, are being warned by some advocates to make sure they are not traveling abroad when... Immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children, but were protected from deportation by President Barack Obama, are being warned by some advocates to make sure they are not traveling abroad when Donald Trump... Snow, freezing rain and ... (more)
"The dream becomes reality", "Our son, our hope": the headlines in the Kenyan press in 2008 captured pride and excitement after the election of Barack Obama. The election of the first black president of the United States on November 4, 2008 sparked scenes of jubilation in Kenya, the homeland of Obama's father.
A man was shot and killed by Kenyan police outside the US embassy in the capital Nairobi on Thursday after stabbing an officer with a knife, police said. "The man was shot after stabbing a GSU officer in the hand and left him with injuries," said local police chief Vitalis Otieno.