Kenya

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

Two people were killed in protests last week in Nanyuki, and the US continues its activities defying Kenyan court orders.

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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.
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

Kenyan President William Ruto defended a US-backed Ebola quarantine facility at a military base after two people were killed during protests.

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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

An unknown number of students were also injured at Utumishi Girls' Academy Senior School in Gilgil in Nakuru County.

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Keith and Aviva Siegel speak at The Jerusalem Post's Annual Conference in New York, US, May 19, 2025

Former hostages Aviva and Keith Siegel visit Kenyan refugee camp

Partnering with IsraAID, former hostages Aviva and Keith Siegel toured the camp's facilities as part of their recent entry into humanitarian work.

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We don't have to go to South Africa: We went on a women's journey in Kenya

Uncover the hidden gems of Kenya on a transformative women's journey. Experience luxury, nature, and cultural immersion in this soul-enriching destination.

JULY 8, 2024ByDANA STAVI

US Embassy in Haiti issues alert amid heavy gunfire and traffic disruptions

Kenya announced plans in July last year to lead the mission to Haiti, where gangs control most of the capital and nearly 5,000 people were killed in the violence last year.

MARCH 1, 2024ByREUTERS
Officers of the Haitian National Police take part in an anti-gang operation following a confrontation with armed gangs after prominent gang leader Jimmy Cherizier called for Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry's government to be toppled, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, February 29, 2024.

Kenya cult leader charged with terrorism-related crimes in starvation deaths

The head of the Good News International Church, ordered his followers in southeastern Kenya to starve themselves and their children to death so that they could go to heaven before the world ended.

JANUARY 18, 2024ByREUTERS
Relatives of followers of a Christian cult named as Good News International Church, who believed they would go to heaven if they starved themselves to death in Shakahola, stand outside the steel gate of the Malindi sub district hospital mortuary in Malindi, Kilifi county, Kenya April 27, 2023.

Kenyan reverend: UN ‘obsessed’ with Hamas war, ‘hates Jews’

Rev. Dennis Nthumbi said that “the war against Hamas has exposed the decay in the UN and its moral rot that has led to the molestation of its statutes.”

DECEMBER 30, 2023ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
Rev. Dennis Nthumbi, Africa Director, Israel Allies Foundation.

Kenya doomsday cult leader jailed for unlicensed film production

Authorities accuse Paul Mackenzie, head of the Good News International Church, of ordering his followers to starve themselves and their children to death.

DECEMBER 1, 2023ByREUTERS
Kenya police officers stand guard as Forensic experts and homicide detectives exhume bodies of suspected members of a Christian cult named as Good News International Church, who believed they would go to heaven if they starved themselves to death, in Shakahola forest of Kilifi county, Kenya

Iran’s president arrives in Zimbabwe

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi arrived in Zimbabwe on Thursday for the last visit on his tour of Africa.

JULY 13, 2023BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi meets with Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani (not pictured) on the sidelines of the Cica Summit in Astana, Kazakhstan, October 13, 2022.

Kenya, Israel to establish 'Zion Forest' in Machakos County

"The Kenyans are very religious people, mostly Christians, and for them, Zion has a lot of meaning," Margovsky told The Jerusalem Post.

MAY 24, 2023ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
Kenyan First Lady Mama Rachel Ruto visits with representatives of KKL-JNF during a visit to Israel in May 2023

Kenyan authorities should have prevented cult deaths, president says

Authorities accuse Paul Mackenzie, leader of the Good News International Church, of ordering his followers to starve themselves and their children to death.

MAY 15, 2023ByREUTERS
Workers receive the exhumed bodies of followers of a Christian cult named "Good News International Church", who believed they would go to heaven, if they starved themselves to death in Shakahola, at the Malindi sub district hospital mortuary in Malindi, Kilifi county, Kenya April 27, 2023.

World’s oldest wild lion killed in Kenya

19-year-old Loonkito was killed after targeting local livestock.

MAY 14, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A lion and a lioness play inside the Nairobi National Park, Kenya, January 6, 2021.

Grapevine May 12, 2023: A matter of attire

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

MAY 13, 2023ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
PRESIDENT WILLIAM RUTO of Kenya signs the guest book at the President’s Residence while his wife, Rachel, and President Isaac Herzog and his wife, Michal, look on.