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The Republic of Kenya in Africa borders on Tanzania, Uganda, South Sudan, Ethiopia and Somalia to the northeast. Kenya is home to around 45 million people.

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Reports & Analysis

A group of men and women standing around a table

Clarifying German colonial-era atrocities in Tanzania

Clarifying German colonial-era atrocities in Tanzania

Germany and Tanzania in talks on reparations for colonial-era crimes.
Politics7 hours ago
A person holding a sign that readsy "Proud to be gay, Ugandan and religious"

East Africa's LGBTQ community under siege

East Africa's LGBTQ community under siege

In Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania, leading politicians and the public are expressing anti-LGBTQ views.
Human RightsMarch 21, 2023
Boda Boda motorcycle taxi workers stand in line to fuel at a gas station in Nairobi, Kenya

Kenya: Dollar shortage hits motorists and traders

Kenya: Dollar shortage hits motorists and traders

Kenya is grappling with a shortage of foreign exchange reserves, and experts say relief might not come any time soon.
BusinessMarch 17, 2023
Kenia Nairobi | Geometrischer Barber

Meet Nairobi's geometric barber

Meet Nairobi's geometric barber

Zachariah Mwaura uses geometric tools to create insane haircuts and beards on his clients.
SocietyMarch 17, 202302:06 min

Rising water levels: Kenya's 7-year-old island 

Rising water levels: Kenya's 7-year-old island 

Kenya's Kokwa village has been affected by Lake Baringo's rising water level.
Nature and EnvironmentMarch 15, 202301:44 min
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Punitive crop laws hurting famers in Africa

Punitive crop laws hurting famers in Africa

In Kenya, you could serve a two-year prison term if convicted of exchanging, sharing or selling uncertified seeds.
Nature and EnvironmentMarch 10, 202303:01 min
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In the spotlight

Secondary school student Jackline Bosibori washes laundry at a water puddle within the Kibera slums in Nairobi

Sextortion rife in Kenya's Kibera slum

In Africa's largest slum, water is so scarce that women and girls are being forced to trade sex for it.
Human RightsFebruary 6, 2023
A man sits on an electric motorcycle on a bridge in Kenya

Africa boosts homegrown e-mobility in bid to curb emissions

Motorcycles with swap batteries, buses with solar panels: African innovators are making the shift to electric vehicles.
Cars and TransportationJanuary 30, 2023
Tansania kenianische Krankenschwester auf Weg nach Uk zum Studium

From hawking to health care: The story of a Kenyan nurse

A 28-year-old Kenyan nurse — who was formerly a hawker — is currently on her way to the UK for further studies.
HealthJanuary 19, 202301:48 min
Participants wait for a moment to start during the annual "Desert Wheelchair Race" organized by Kenyan NGO Northern Nomadic Disabled Persons Organization (NONDO)

Why Africa's physically challenged remain 'invisible'

Millions of Africans living with disabilities lack access to basic needs. Some are fighting to improve their situation.
SocietyDecember 2, 2022
A health worker squeezes an oral cholera vaccine into the open mouth of a boy

Africa sees surge in cholera amid vaccine shortage

Kenya reports new cholera cases as Africa sees a spike in infections, especially in flood-hit Nigeria and Cameroon.
HealthOctober 25, 2022
Queen Elizabeth on a 1999 visit to Maputo, being received by a traditional dance group

Elizabeth II and Africa: A special relationship

The future queen turned 21 on a visit to South Africa and was in Kenya when her father died and she ascended the throne.
SocietySeptember 8, 202201:59 min
Skip next section Opinion

Opinion

Autorenfoto Patrick Gathara „Nur für Autorenprofil verwenden“

Kenya election degenerated into farce and acrimony

Patrick Gathara
Guest commentary
PoliticsAugust 16, 2022
Portrait Wanjiku Mwaura

Opinion: Facebook's contribution to democracy

Wanjiku Mwaura
Commentary
PoliticsMarch 21, 2018
Isaac Mugab

Banning second-hand clothes is not solution for East Africa

Isaac Mugabi
Commentary
BusinessMarch 2, 2018
Tansania Jenerali Ulimwengu Journalist

Opinion: EAC leaders should mediate in Kenya's politics

Jenerali Ulimwengu
Commentary
PoliticsFebruary 23, 2018
Jane Nyingi

Kenya needs statesmanship

Jane Nyingi
Commentary
PoliticsOctober 18, 2017
Sella Oneko DW Kommentarbild

Kenya court ruling: Learn to expect the unexpected

Sella Oneko
Commentary
PoliticsSeptember 1, 2017