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Kenya's Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua addresses the media, in Nairobi, Kenya, Monday, Oct. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku)

Kenya’s deputy president pleads not guilty in impeachment process

Kenya’s deputy president faces impeachment and pleaded not guilty in a senate hearing Wednesday to all allegations including corruption and support for anti-government protests that saw demonstrators storm the country’s parliament.

Kenya's Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua addresses the media, in Nairobi, Kenya, Monday, Oct. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku)

Kenya’s parliament overwhelmingly votes to impeach the country’s deputy president

Kenya’s lawmakers have approved a motion to impeach the country’s deputy president, following daylong discussions and after Rigathi Gachagua appeared in parliament to defend himself against several charges, including allegations that he supported anti-government protests in June.

Kenya's Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua addresses the media, in Nairobi, Kenya, Monday, Oct. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku)

Kenya’s deputy president defends himself before impeachment

Kenya’s deputy president has defended himself while facing an impeachment motion in which he’s accused of supporting anti-government protests in June and of being involved in corruption and other irregularities.

Members of the public react during a public forum for an impeachment motion against Kenya's deputy president Rigathi Gachagua, at Bomas of Kenya, in Nairobi, Friday, Oct. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku)

Clashes in Kenya as people discuss the deputy president’s impeachment motion

Supporters and opponents of Kenya’s deputy president have clashed at public forums over an impeachment motion against him, which was introduced in parliament by the ruling alliance this week.

Police arrest 8 of Tanzania’s main opposition figures ahead of planned protests

Police have arrested Tanzania’s most prominent opposition figures whose party has called for protests against what it says is a crackdown targeting its supporters.

FILE - A black rhino, on the Red List of Threatened Species according to IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature), eats grass at Nairobi National Park, on the outskirts of Nairobi, on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024 in Nairobi, Kenya. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)

The number of rhinos is slightly up but poaching has increased too

The rhino population across the world has increased slightly but so have the killings, mostly in South Africa, as poaching fed by huge demand for rhino horns remains a top threat.

Facebook loses jurisdiction appeal in Kenyan court paving the way for moderators’ case to proceed

Meta, Facebook’s parent company, has lost an appeal in a Kenyan labor court. On Friday, the court ruled that Meta could be sued in Kenya over the mass sacking of content moderators.

FILE - Family nurse practitioner Carol Ramsubhag-Carela prepares a syringe with the Mpox vaccine before inoculating a patient at a vaccinations site on Aug. 30, 2022, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Jeenah Moon, File)

Rwanda begins vaccinations against mpox amid a call for more doses for Africa

The African health agency says that Rwanda has started a vaccination campaign against mpox with 1,000 doses it obtained from Nigeria. Dr.

Relatives try to comfort a woman crying after viewing the body of Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital morgue in the western city of Eldoret, in Rift Valley, Kenya Friday, Sept. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku)

The body of a Ugandan Olympic athlete who was set on fire by her partner is received by family

The body of Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei — who died after being set on fire by her partner in Kenya — has been received by family and anti-femicide crusaders, ahead of her burial on Saturday.

FILE - A health worker attends to an mpox patient, at a treatment center in Munigi, eastern Congo, Aug. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa, File)

Mpox deaths rise by 107 in a week as Africa CDC calls the toll unacceptable

The Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention has recorded more than 100 mpox-related deaths in a week, a toll the agency’s director-general described as “not acceptable.” Dr.

Stranded passengers wait for their delayed flights out of JKIA airport after flights were grounded following workers’ protesting a planned deal between the government and a foreign investor, in Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

Workers call off protest that grounded flights at Kenya’s main airport

Kenya’s airport workers’ union has called off a strike that grounded flights in the country’s main airport on Wednesday over awarding the contract for its modernization and operations to an Indian firm.

FILE -Rebecca Cheptegei, competes at the Discovery 10km road race in Kapchorwa, Uganda, Jan. 20, 2023. (AP Photo, File)

Man accused of setting on fire a Ugandan Olympic athlete dies of burns

A Kenyan hospital says a man accused of dousing gasoline on an Ugandan Olympic athlete, causing her death days later, has succumbed to burns sustained in the attack.

A Tanzanian opposition official is found dead with signs of beating and acid attack

Tanzania’s most prominent opposition party says an official who went missing last week has been found dead with signs of beatings and acid poured on his face.

Kenya Red Cross personnel and relatives try to comfort a woman reacting near a burned-out dormitory, following a fire at the Hillside Endarasha Primary in Nyeri, Kenya Friday, Sep. 6, 2024. (AP Photo)

21 children are now known to have died in Kenya school fire

Officials say the number of children who were burned to death in a school dormitory in central Kenya has risen to 21.

Kenya Red Cross personnel and relatives try to comfort a woman reacting near a burned-out dormitory, following a fire at the Hillside Endarasha Primary in Nyeri, Kenya Friday, Sep. 6, 2024. (AP Photo)

A dormitory fire in Kenya kills 18 students and injures 27. Dozens are unaccounted for

Kenya’s deputy president says a fire in a school dormitory has killed 18 students and injured 27 others. Officials say 70 children are unaccounted for. Police say the death toll could rise.

FILE -Rebecca Cheptegei, competes at the Discovery 10km road race in Kapchorwa, Uganda, Jan. 20, 2023. (AP Photo, File)

Ugandan Olympic athlete dies after being set on fire by her partner

Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei has died at a Kenyan hospital where she was being treated for burns over 80% of her body from an attack by her partner. She was 33. A hospital official confirmed her death on Thursday.

Drought forces Kenya’s Maasai and other cattle herders to consider fish and camels

The blood, milk and meat of cattle have long been the staple foods for Maasai pastoralists in Kenya, perhaps the country’s most recognizable community. But climate change is forcing the Maasai to contemplate a very different dish: fish.

Rebecca Cheptegei, competes at the Discovery 10km road race in Kapchorwa, Uganda Friday, Jan. 20, 2023. A Cheptegei, a Ugandan athlete living in Kenya was set ablaze by her boyfriend on Sunday Sept. 1, 2024 and is currently receiving treatment for 75% burns, police said. (AP Photo)

A Ugandan Olympic athlete was set on fire by her boyfriend

A Ugandan athlete has been attacked and set on fire by her boyfriend and is being treated for burns on 75% of her body. Rebecca Cheptegei, who finished at the 44th position in the 2024 Paris Olympics, was attacked in her home in western Kenya.

Robotic waiter serves customers at a Robot Cafe in Nairobi, Kenya Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. The three robots, christened Claire, R24 and Nadia, are not programmed to have a full conversation with customers, but they can say "Your order is ready, Welcome" then people have to press an exit button after picking up their food from the tray. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

Robot waiters in Kenya create a buzz. But there are concerns about what it means for human labor

The Robot Cafe in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, is creating a buzz by using preprogrammed robots to deliver food to customers. The restaurant owner sees the venture as entertainment and one that draws more customers to his business.

FILE - Collins Jumaisi Khalusha, a prime suspect of killing and dismembering women then dumping them in a flooded quarry, appears in court in Nairobi, Kenya, on July 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku, File)

Kenyan man being held over the discovery of dismembered female bodies escapes from police custody

Police officials in Kenya say a suspect who confessed to killing 42 women and was being detained over the discovery of dismembered bodies has escaped from police custody.

FILE - Protesters block the busy Nairobi - Mombasa highway in the Mlolongo area, Nairobi, Kenya, July 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, file)

Kenya will reintroduce some tax proposals that sparked deadly protests

Kenya’s new finance minister says some of the proposed taxes that led to weeks of deadly protests earlier this year will be reintroduced through a tax amendment bill as the country struggles to find revenue to pay off debts.

People take part in a protest rally against hunger in Nairobi, Kenya, Thursday Aug. 8, 2024 (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku)

Police in Kenya fire tear gas at protesters as new Cabinet ministers are sworn in

Police have fired tear gas at protesters calling for the president’s resignation in the Kenyan capital as a new Cabinet was being sworn in.

Kenyan President William Ruto gives an address at the State House in Nairobi, Kenya Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Kenyan President William Ruto said he won't sign into law a finance bill proposing new taxes a day after protesters stormed parliament and several people were shot dead. (AP Photo/Patrick Ngugi)

Kenyan president appoints opposition ministers to his Cabinet amid political unrest

Kenya’s president has incorporated the opposition in his new Cabinet, appointing four ministers from the main opposition party in a bid to form a broad-based government that would address governance issues raised in deadly protests.

Benson Wanjala talks about the health of his soil at his farm in Machakos, Kenya, Tuesday, May 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku)

Farmers in Africa say their soil is dying and chemical fertilizers are in part to blame

Farmers in Africa are blaming chemical fertilizers for increasingly acidic soils that have led to production decline. Experts say a return to traditional agricultural practices can save dying soils.

Protesters barricade the street with rocks and burning tires during anti-government protest in Nairobi, Kenya, Tuesday,July 23, 2024. Anti-government protesters in Kenya’s capital clashed with a pro-government group on Tuesday, leading to the burning of a motorcycle that belonged to people who were voicing their support for the president. (AP Photo/Samson Otieno)

Kenya’s turmoil widens as anti-government protesters clash with emerging pro-government group

Anti-government protesters in Kenya’s capital have clashed with an emerging pro-government group as weeks of turmoil continue.

Kenyan President William Ruto gives an address at the State House in Nairobi, Kenya Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Kenyan President William Ruto said he won't sign into law a finance bill proposing new taxes a day after protesters stormed parliament and several people were shot dead. (AP Photo/Patrick Ngugi)

Kenya president retains 6 former Cabinet ministers in first batch of appointments

Kenyan President William Ruto has appointed the first 11 members of his Cabinet. Ruto on Friday retained six former ministers in the key portfolios of defense and interior.

A police officer fires tear gas during a protest in Nairobi, Kenya, Tuesday, July 16, 2024. Police in Kenya hurled tear gas canisters to break up protests on Tuesday in Nairobi and other major cities accusing the president of poor governance and calling for his resignation despite his dismissal of nearly the entire Cabinet last week. (AP Photo/Ed Ram)

A Kenyan court suspends a police ban on protests in Nairobi

A Kenyan court has suspended a police ban on protests in the capital. The high court said Thursday that that citizens have a right to demonstrate peacefully. Police had barred protests in Nairobi indefinitely before the court decision.

Prime suspect, Collins Jumaisi Khalusha, appears in court in Nairobi, Kenya, Tuesday, July 16, 2024. The court has allowed police to detain Khalusha, for 30 days as the prime suspect of killing and dismembering women then dumping them in a flooded quarry. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku)

Kenya police to detain for 30 days a man arrested after discovery of dismembered bodies of women

A court in Kenya has allowed police to detain for 30 days a man suspected of killing and dismembering women then dumping them in a flooded quarry, as investigations continue.

People help an injured man during a protest in Nairobi, Kenya, Tuesday, July 16, 2024. Police in Kenya hurled tear gas canisters to break up protests on Tuesday in Nairobi and other major cities accusing the president of poor governance and calling for his resignation despite his dismissal of nearly the entire Cabinet last week. (AP Photo/Ed Ram)

Police in Kenya use tear gas to break up new protests calling for the president to resign

Police in Kenya have hurled tear gas canisters to break up protests in Nairobi and several other towns and cities, accusing the president of poor governance and demanding his resignation, despite his dismissal of nearly the entire Cabinet last week.

Sacks with human remains are seen after being removed from a quarry in Mukuru Kwa Njenga area in Nairobi, Kenya Saturday, July 13, 2024. Police in Kenya said Monday they have arrested the main suspect after nine dismembered bodies of women were found in a quarry in the capital, Nairobi. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku)

Police arrest a man in Kenya’s capital after dismembered bodies of 9 women are found in quarry

Police in Kenya say they have arrested the main suspect after nine dismembered bodies of women were found in a quarry in the capital, Nairobi.