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Police take over Nairobi ahead of anniversary protests

Kenya A heavy police presence in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Wednesday, ahead of protests planned to mark the anniversary of last year’s anti-tax demonstrations that left 60 people dead and 20 still missing.   Police in riot gear barricaded parliament and the Prime Minister’s office and deployed what appeared to be tear gas.   They […]
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Hotel Attack: Kenya court sentences two to jail

Kenya A court in Kenya on Thursday sentenced two men to 30 years in prison for aiding al-Shabaab militants in a 2019 attack on a Nairobi luxury hotel complex. In January that year, gunmen shot their way into the Dusit hotel and office complex, killing 21 people in a siege that lasted 19 hours. All five […]