UPDATE 2-Kenya's finance minister lowers 2020 economic growth projection
(Updates with budget deficit) NAIROBI, Nov 25 (Reuters) – Kenya’s economy is expected to grow 0.6% this year, the finance minister said on [...]
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Biden rekindles American Dream for Africa's LGBT+ refugees
NAIROBI (REUTERS) – Mr Joe Biden’s electoral victory has revived the American Dream for scores of African LGBT+ refugees who fled persecution at [...]
Tanzania bans Kenya Airways from flying into country
Exclusion comes after Nairobi announced passengers from Tanzania would not be allowed to enter Kenya. Tanzania has banned Kenya’s national carrier from flying [...]
Kenya Airways resumes international flights after virus curbs lifted
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya Airways (KQNA.NR) resumed international flights on Saturday, heading to about 30 destinations for the first time since the routes [...]
Snazzy face mask fashion reaches Nairobi neighbourhood
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Most of us have accepted COVID-19 face masks as an inconvenient, albeit necessary, safety measure. For the style conscious like [...]
Kenya extends coronavirus curfew, restricts alcohol sales
President Uhuru Kenyatta extends nationwide curfew, blaming ‘reckless’ behaviour for steep surge in infections. Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has extended a nightly curfew [...]
Kenya's flower industry rebounds as lockdowns ease
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Demand for Kenya’s flowers has recovered to around 85% of pre-coronavirus levels as European markets open up after lockdowns, an [...]
Caught flouting curfew in bar, Kenyan official quits COVID committee
NAIROBI (Reuters) – The chairman of Kenya’s senate committee overseeing the government’s response to the coronavirus crisis has quit the post after police [...]
US, Kenya formally launch trade deal talks
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – Kenya and the United States formally launched negotiations on Wednesday (July 8) for a bilateral trade pact that the two [...]
Kenya: Arrests at Nairobi protest against police brutality
Nearly 30 people taken into custody in Nairobi as they took to the streets to demand an end police brutality. Kenyan police fired [...]