Kenya

Doomsday preacher convicted of mass murder of 190 children, starvation deaths in Kenya cult case

The former taxi driver founded the Good News International Church in 2003, preaching increasingly apocalyptic sermons and urging his followers to starve themselves and their children to death.

Paul Mackenzie, a Kenyan cult leader accused of ordering his followers, who were members of the Good News International Church, to starve themselves to death in Shakahola forest, appears in court for his judgement at the Mombasa High Court, Kenya, October 19, 2026.
Health workers and humanitarian responders on the front lines of the Ebola response gather to receive a vaccination due to their potential exposure to the virus as part of their work with suspected cases, including contacts, as aid agencies intensify efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak involving t

Kenya confirms eighth Ebola case as regional outbreak spreads

ETHIOPIA’S GRAND Renaissance Dam undergoes construction work on the Nile River in Benishangul Gumuz Region, Ethiopia, on  September 26.  (Tiksa Negeri/File Photo/Reuters)

Ethiopia and Israel share a new year - and an opportunity to deepen their historic ties - opinion

Kenyan students at a school aided by ConnectingMath, an Israeli nonprofit working to expand acces to math education in developing countries.

Israeli non-profits, companies expand education access in remote communities worldwide


Celebrating a generation of Israel-Kenya relations

For 10 years, students at the Amichai Religious School and a Kenyan school have been corresponding with one another as part of a pen pal program.

 From left to right, Adrienne Assouline, Dalit haskel, Gil haskel, ambassador Samuel Thuita, Gabi Shimon, and Moshe Liberman.

Lessons learned from Al Qaeda terror attack in Kenya, twenty years on - opinion

As the 20th anniversary of the Al Qaeda suicide bombing in Kenya approaches, I’m sitting at my desk sifting through two decades of difficult thoughts and feelings.

Kenyan terror suspects on trial for attack on Israeli owned Paradise hotel in Mombasa

The real face of climate change - opinion

Away from the flashy screens and bombastic speeches – are real people and communities who had no hand in causing the climate disaster, who simply do not have the luxury to wait.

A child digs for water in dry riverbeds in Turkana West, Kenya.

The Maasai people conquer cell phones, social media and pizza

The Maasai are known as warriors and semi-nomadic cattle-raisers, with a diet mostly consisting of raw meat and dairy from their cattle.  

 Maasai people in Kenya.

Kibaki’s capitalist outlook on education in Kenya brought mixed results

Emilio Mwai Kibaki removed restrictions on the Catholic University of East Africa.

 Kibaki's capitalist outlook on education in Kenya brought mixed results

How many Kenyans are Christian? Accurate numbers are hard to come by

Opinion: The reasons why the accuracy of statistics on religious affiliations is questionable.

 Kenyan school children

How a conversion split, and then strengthened, Kenya’s Jewish community

In Kenya there are about 300 Jews, and about half of them have ties with the Nairobi synagogue.

Kenya Parliament building

Kenyan police officer kills six in shooting rampage - police

The officer first killed his wife before shooting five other people with an Ak-47.

Kenya Defense Force soldiers 370

Iranian arrested in Kenya for planning terror attacks against Israeli targets - report

Iranian Mohammed Saeid Golabi was arrested in Kenya for coordinating a terror cell in Nairobi attacking both Israeli and local sites.

 A man crosses the road during the closing of businesses on First Avenue in Eastleigh district of Nairobi, Kenya November 16, 2021. Picture taken November 16, 2021.

SupPlant to help 500,000 Kenyan maize-growers avoid crop failure

Afula-based SupPlant’s new sensor-less technology collects and analyzes hyperlocal climatic, plant, and irrigation data to offers extremely low-cost Irrigation recommendations and weather forecasts.

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