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# kenya - Wednesday 11 March, 2020
Rare white giraffe and calf killed by poachers - leaving just one left in the world
Just one remaining white giraffe remains alive — a lone male, borne by the same slaughtered female.
# kenya - Friday 17 January, 2020
The most serious locust outbreak in 25 years is spreading across East Africa, threatening food supplies
The insects fly together by the millions and are devouring crops
# kenya - Saturday 23 November, 2019
34 killed as villages swept away in Kenyan mudslides
It follows weeks of heavy rain in the east African country.
# kenya - Sunday 13 October, 2019
Kenya's Kosgei shatters Radcliffe world record in Chicago Marathon
Mo Farah finished 8th in the men’s race.
# kenya - Monday 26 August, 2019
Two-time Olympic champion lucky to escape head-on collision with bus
David Rudisha was involved in a serious accident on Saturday night but escaped unharmed.
# kenya - Tuesday 23 July, 2019
'Girls are forced to have sex in exchange for sanitary pads or 50 cents'
Young female activists are working to improve people’s lives in the largest urban slum in Africa, Kibera.
# kenya - Monday 22 July, 2019
'I'll give you a goat and then you can forget about the rape'
In certain areas of Kenya, slaughtering an animal or paying a €20 fine is the punishment for rape.
# kenya - Sunday 21 July, 2019
'I used to cut the girls, sometimes I would cut the wrong part and they would bleed terribly'
Women in Kenya are fighting back against FGM, child marriage and gender-based violence.
# kenya - Wednesday 22 May, 2019
Kenyan coach who was sent home from Rio Olympics banned for 10 years for corruption
Michael Rotich, the former head of the nations’ track and field team, has been suspended from the sport.
# kenya - Sunday 10 March, 2019
One Irish person among 157 dead after Ethiopian Airlines plane crashes en route to Kenya
It has been reported that there were no survivors among the 157 people on board the aircraft.
# kenya - Thursday 17 January, 2019
American killed in Kenya hotel attack was 9/11 survivor
On 11 September 2001, Spindler was working for investment bank Salomon Smith Barney in the World Trade Center.
# kenya - Wednesday 16 January, 2019
21 people now confirmed dead following Islamist attack on hotel complex in Kenya
Among the dead was an American citizen, a US State Department official said.
# kenya - Tuesday 15 January, 2019
At least six dead as Islamist suicide bomber and gunmen attack Nairobi complex
Al-Qaeda-linked Somali group Al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for the attack.
# kenya - Wednesday 21 November, 2018
Gunmen abduct Italian aid worker from Kenyan village
The 23-year-old was taken from a coastal village in an armed raid.
# kenya - Sunday 16 September, 2018
Kenyan marathon master Kipchoge smashes world record
It was the largest single improvement on the marathon world record since Derek Clayton improved the mark by 2:23 in 1967.
# kenya - Saturday 1 September, 2018
How did 11 of Kenya's most precious and protected black rhinos end up dead?
Officials are now blaming each other for the fiasco in a country which prides itself on its conservation efforts.
# kenya - Sunday 26 August, 2018
Irish charity founder in Kenya works 6 days a week and pays himself €300 a month
“I can do more here,” James Hennessy says of his life in the Great Rift Valley.
# kenya - Friday 13 July, 2018
'A complete disaster': Eight out of 14 endangered rhinos die after moving to a new park
The loss of so many in one go is unprecedented – an investigation has been launched.
# kenya - Saturday 12 May, 2018
Lesbian love story is banned in Kenya - but a hit in Cannes
The director went from being a national hero to accused of corrupting Kenyan youth.
# kenya - Thursday 10 May, 2018
At least 27 people killed after dam bursts in Kenya
Weeks of torrential rains in Kenya have led to flooding and mudslides that have left 159 dead.
# kenya - Wednesday 2 May, 2018
This Cork dairy farmer drank blood fresh from a cow when she spent time farming with tribespeople in Kenya
Paula Hynes travelled to Kenya to spend two-and-a-half weeks with a remote Maasai tribe.
# kenya - Monday 5 February, 2018
Leading ivory trade investigator murdered in Kenya
Esmond Martin, aged 75, died after being stabbed at his house in a Nairobi suburb.
# kenya - Sunday 22 October, 2017
Alleged poacher arrested after rhino he was targeting attacks and injures him
The incident happened in Etosha National Park in Namibia.
# kenya - Friday 1 September, 2017
Jubilant scenes as judge declares controversial Kenyan election null and void
President Uhuru Kenyatta won a second term in a widely criticised election last month.
# kenya - Monday 28 August, 2017
Anyone who gets caught with a plastic bag in Kenya could face a €31,000 fine or four years in prison
The ban came into force today but has sparked a lot of criticism.
# kenya - Tuesday 15 August, 2017
'Champion for refugees' rights’: Tributes paid to Irish UNHCR official who died in Kenyan hospital
Andy Needham died unexpectedly following a routine operation.
Kenya want to build 10 athletics venues and become the first African host of the World Championships
‘We have a plan to build big stadiums in Nairobi, Mombasa and Eldoret and seven additional new ones in other parts of the country.’
# kenya - Saturday 12 August, 2017
Two shot dead in protests over disputed Kenyan election
Human Rights Watch urged police to show restraint in the face of protests.
# kenya - Wednesday 9 August, 2017
Murdered official's identity used to 'hack Kenyan election results'
The leader of the country’s opposition coalition has made serious allegations about the vote.
# kenya - Sunday 6 August, 2017
Dodgy technology and dead people voting - Kenya has a job on its hands preventing fraud in its coming election
Recent elections in the African nation have been beset by claims of vote-rigging and intimidation.
# kenya - Friday 14 July, 2017
Irish woman dies in East Africa
The Department of Foreign Affairs says that it is providing consular assistance in the case.
# kenya - Sunday 9 July, 2017
Column: 'Over half my patients, often with contagious illnesses, have to share a bed'
The scale of the HIV problem in Kenya’s Homa Bay County is enormous, writes Dr Eamonn Faller.
# kenya - Saturday 24 June, 2017
'I was haunted by the blood I caused by circumcising girls'
Almost 3,000 girls living in Ireland could be at risk of undergoing female genital mutilation.
# kenya - Sunday 4 June, 2017
Opinion: 'I’ve never seen hunger and despair like I saw last week in Kenya'
With severe drought gripping many parts of East Africa, millions of people are facing starvation in the coming months, writes David O’Hare.
# kenya - Friday 7 April, 2017
2016 Olympic marathon gold medallist fails out-of-competition drugs test
Jemima Sumgong was the first Kenyan woman to win the race.
# kenya - Wednesday 18 January, 2017
Kenyan MP urges women to boycott sex until men register to vote
Mishi Mboko said it was the best bet for beating the current government at the polls.
# kenya - Monday 12 December, 2016
'There are Kenyans so easily allowed to represent European countries... It takes away from the race'
Irish sporting icon Sonia O’Sullivan was critical of the IAAF following the latest controversy relating to eligibility rules.
# kenya - Sunday 27 November, 2016
Irishman and daughter unhurt after vintage airplane they were piloting crashes in Kenya
John Ordway and his daughter Isabella have been taking part in the Vintage Air Rally which journeys from Greece to Africa over the course of five weeks every year.
# kenya - Tuesday 2 August, 2016
Man cuts off his wife's hands with a machete because they can't have children
Jackline Mwende Ngila said that tests showed that her husband, who has been charged with attempted murder, is the one with reproductive issues.
# kenya - Wednesday 4 May, 2016
Kenyan court bid to stop anal exams of men accused of being gay
Engaging in gay sex is a criminal offence in Kenya.
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THE HSE HAS unveiled their new Covid-19 tracing app, with it becoming available to download from app stores last night.
Health Minister Stephen Donnelly called the new app “a powerful tool” that’ll be used to help health authorities track down close contacts of people with Covid-19.
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