Kenya

State Archives releases thousands of documents for Entebbe rescue's 50th anniversary

Alongside previously released materials, the State Archives is publishing in full the files related to the Entebbe operation, some of which had already been partially disclosed.

A police officer clears the way for rescued Air France hostages arriving in Tel Aviv after returning from Entebbe
Demonstrators gather near a barricade they created during a protest against a U.S.-backed Ebola quarantine plan on the establishment of a 50-bed facility at a Kenyan air force base that was intended to host Americans exposed to Ebola, in Nanyuki town, in Laikipia County, Kenya June 1, 2026.

Kenyan police fire tear gas during protest against US Ebola quarantine facility

Demonstrators gather near a barricade they created during a protest against a U.S.-backed Ebola quarantine plan on the establishment of a 50-bed facility at a Kenyan air force base that was intended to host Americans exposed to Ebola, in Nanyuki town, in Laikipia County, Kenya June 1, 2026.

Two people killed in Kenya protest against US Ebola quarantine site plan, organizer, sources say

Traders scavenge clothes from debris burnt down by the fire at Toi market, a second hand clothing market, in Nairobi March 16, 2026. According to a police report, the fire was caused by an electricity fault that razed about 250 stalls of second hand clothes.

At least 15 students killed in overnight dormitory blaze in Kenyan girls' school


Singing in Swahili

Gilad Millo, a former Israeli career diplomat, has become a hit in his adopted Kenya.

Gilad Millo at Kenya’s Bingwa Music Awards where he performed ‘Sema milele’

Netanyahu: Israel is coming back to Africa, and Africa is returning to Israel

“The cooperation between our countries since the time of our independence has been formidable," Kenyan president says in Jerusalem.

Kenyan President Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta meets Netanyahu

Kenyan president arrives in Israel for first visit since 1994

President’s spokesman expresses ‘appreciation’ for Israeli training of Kenyan security personnel.

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta

Netanyahu to mark Entebbe anniversary with Africa visit

This would be the first visit by an Israeli prime minister to Sub-Saharan Africa since Yitzhak Shamir visited four west African states in 1987.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and his wife, Sara, pay respects to the premier's late brother, Yoni Netanyahu, who was killed during the Entebbe raid

Suspicious device found on Air France flight headed to Paris, CEO says 'false alarm'

The flight made an emergency landing in Kenya after a suspicious device was found in one of the toilets.

A view of an Air France Boeing 777 aircraft that made an emergency landing is pictured at Moi International Airport in Kenya's coastal city of Mombasa, December 20, 2015

Iranian linked terror plot foiled in Kenya, two arrested

Suspected of working on behalf of Iran's elite military al-Quds Force, two Kenyans were arrested before carrying out a terror attack on multiple tourist sites.

Thousand of Basij soldiers stage mock seige of Temple Mount in Iran

A case in Kenya threatens Israel

In most reputable courts of law this case would be considered collapsed, and the accused would be acquitted.

ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda

Kenyan governor: We must learn from Israeli agriculture expertise

Kisii County governor pushes for increased cooperation between countries in meeting with Israeli ambassador to Kenya.

Kisii County Governor James Ongwae (L) and Israeli Ambassador Yahel Vilan

Former Israeli diplomat a pop star in Kenya

Gilad Millo, the former deputy head of mission at the Israeli Embassy in Kenya, made his musical debut in April with the song “Unajua.”

Gilad Millo

Obama dines with Kenyan family after arriving in father's homeland

Security cooperation likely to top agenda; police block Nairobi roads as part of security lock down.

 Obama attends private dinner with family members at his hotel restaurant after arriving in Nairobi July 24, 2015.