Woolwich murder suspect Michael Adebolajo was arrested by Kenyan authorities three years ago because they feared he was attempting to join an al Qaida-linked militant group, the country’s anti-terrorism police have said.

The maker of Guinness, Smithwick’s, Bushmills, and Bailey’s said its annual growth in Africa is set to accelerate beyond the current 15%, helped by its zero-duty Senator keg beer in Kenya and a strong rise sales of Johnnie Walker and Smirnoff.

The Kenyan government was repeatedly warned about the dangers of people living on top of a petrol pipeline that leaked fuel and exploded, killing 95 people, experts said.

THOUSANDS of Somalis fleeing drought, famine and war have started moving into a new extension of the world’s largest refugee camp in Kenya, which is increasingly concerned about bearing the brunt of the Horn of Africa crisis.

FOUR elderly Kenyans who claim they were tortured during an anti-colonial rebellion in the 1950s can sue the British government, a judge has ruled.

Kenya's president signed a new constitution into law today that institutes a US-style system of checks and balances and has been hailed as the most significant political event since Kenya's independence nearly a half century ago.

ON Friday last, Mary Robinson appealed to the Government not to make further aid cuts, citing the necessity of continuing to support efforts to tackle violence against women and girls in developing countries.

A heavily armed US destroyer was stationed off the coast of Somalia today, making sure that pirates there don’t remove tanks, ammunition and other heavy weapons from a hijacked Ukrainian cargo ship.

The Kenyan government has rejected South African Cyril Ramaphosa as the chief mediator in talks to end the post-election crisis, former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan said today.

IRISH missionary fathers and nuns yesterday attended the funeral of a murdered Kenyan priest but vowed to continue helping the thousands of refugees in their parishes.

Signs have been found of a Kenya-bound flight that crashed in Cameroon with 114 people aboard, an aviation official said today.

A militant Islamist movement fled from rapidly advancing government forces into a rugged, forested corner of Somalia, as the prime minister offered an amnesty if they surrendered.

East Africa is now one of the world's major drug supply routes, with tonnes of cocaine and heroin suspected of being smuggled into Europe, a senior British official said today.

Rains in Kenya have eased a severe drought but almost three million people are still in need of help, the UN and Kenyan government said today.

A television debate on a controversial plan to ship wildlife from Kenya to a safari park in northern Thailand ended in blows when proponents attacked animal welfare activists.

AN Irish missionary who lives under constant death threat in Kenya was last night in jail facing a possible life sentence after he was arrested for organising a land rights protest.

Police have arrested two men suspected of murdering a British farmer in central Kenya and retrieved a pistol believed to have been used in the attack.

A British farmer was killed and one of his guards severely injured when a gang raided his farm in central Kenya.

Kenyan authorities have arrested more than two dozen suspects wanted for two al-Qaida attacks, including some on the FBI’s most wanted list, a senior government official said.

HOLIDAYMAKERS in Kenya have raised money so that three Kenyans killed in Thursday’s bombing can be buried.