Mombasa, Kenya News

Tamoil wants assurances from the Uganda and Kenya governments that it will not make a loss if it goes ahead to build a pipeline with reverse capability.

Somali pirates have released a Greek-owned ship and its 21 crew members, including 14 Filipinos, after more than a month in captivity, the Philippine government and the ship's owner said Friday.

Corporal Bernard Kipkemoi Langat, who worked for the Kenya Air Force at the Laikipia Airbase, was by nature a quiet but likeable man.

It was early in the morning when 13 girls were found stranded outside one of the offices to a bus company in Mombasa.

Main Category: HIV / AIDS Also Included In: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs Tropical Diseases Drug trafficking and use are fueling the spread of HIV/AIDS in Kenya, according to a recent report by the U.N. Security Council, the Nation reports.

Local Authorities are proposing to be allowed to manage public primary schools. The councils' bosses have mandated the Association of Local Authorities of Kenya to write to the Committee of Experts seeking to control primary education.

Pirates have seized an Indian dhow off the coast of Somalia in the third such incident in a week, a regional maritime official said on Monday.

Kenya is fast becoming a key hub for trafficking of drugs from Afghanistan to the rest of the world.

An auctioneer who was contracted by a Ugandan company to sell over 25 containers of sugar but failed to do so after the court barred the sale has now filed an application for costs.

Diesel shortage looms ahead of the festive season due to a standoff over offloading at Mombasa port.

MEDIATOR Kofi Annan yesterday expressed "grave concern" about the wrangling between political leaders in the grand coalition and warned it would undermine the government's efforts to achieve the reform agenda by the end of next year.

Police in the Kenyan city of Mombasa have arrested a Dutch tourist on suspicion of murdering his girlfriend.

A suicide blast that ripped through the graduation ceremony of medical students in Mogadishu last week was Somalia's 9/11, a Somali civil society leader said.

It has been reported that Kenya aims to double crude processing at its Mombasa refinery in three years, its assistant minister for petroleum and renewable energy said.

Prime Minister Raila Odinga held a highly successful rally at Mombasa's Tononoka grounds on Sunday as he sought to fight back against a rebellion in the party.

U.S. movie star Nicolas Cage arrives at the the Shimo La Tewa Prison near the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa, November 17, 2009, during his tour of East Africa.[Agencies] UNITED NATIONS a 'Nicolas Cage has won a U.N. award night for his humanitarian work and has been appointed a goodwill ambassador for the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime.

The Architectural Association of Kenya on Friday raised concern over the increasing number of illegal buildings in Coast Province in the past ten months.

A near ecological disaster was averted Thursday after a ship loaded with oil stalled at the Likoni Channel, in the Indian Ocean.

There was panic at the Mombassa port Thursday morning as a Monrovian flagged oil tanker started sinking.

The High Court has allowed an application by the Kenya Anti Corruption Commission which wanted one of its former advocates disqualified from dealing in a matter in which the commission has sued several individuals for allegedly acquiring public property.