Dangote Industries Limited alias Dangote Group on July 6, 2026, announced that it will build a $17 billion mega refinery in Kenya. That was reported by some African media on July 7, 2026. The announcement comes after months of speculations about the country for location of the project.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its World Economic Outlook report published in April 2026, provided its 2026 estimates for global economies of the world including African economies. The estimates are in Gross Domestic Product alias GDP (Nominal). The latter is the market value in US$, of all goods and services generated by each nation in 2026.

Flash floods have killed at least 26 people in Nairobi, Kenya, with at least 16 more killed in other parts of the country. That was reported by some Kenyan media on March 9, 2026.

Kenya's most prominent opposition leader and ex-Prime Minister Raila Odinga is dead, reported some Kenyan media. He is said to have died in hospital in India on October 15, 2025 (local time). He was 80.

A Kenyan member of parliament (MP) has been gunned down in downtown Nairobi, reported some East African media on May 1, 2025.

Ruth Chepngetich set a new women's marathon record of 2:09:57, at Chicago Marathon that was held in Chicago, Illinois, on October 13, 2024.

Lupita Nyong'o has ditched her boyfriend Joshua Jackson hence single again.

Kenya has begun deployment of police officers to Haiti as nationwide youth protests at home turned bloody claiming at least 13 deaths.

For the first time since Kenya embraced multi-party politics, the country has witnessed massive protests with no elite politicians on site.

Africa | Tanzania | Kenya | Burundi April 27, 2024 Floods and landslides have killed at least 225 people in East Africa, reported some...