Kenyan troops fighting Islamist insurgents in southern Somalia promise to carry out air strikes deeper into rebel-held territory

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Kenya ‘will pursue Somali rebels’

While the Shabab militants are waging a traditional guerrilla war in Somalia, they are also using social media in a propaganda war with Kenya.

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Somalia’s Rebels Embrace Twitter as a Weapon

A soldier from Bury is killed while on training manoeuvres in Kenya, the Ministry of Defence confirms.

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UK soldier dies training in Kenya

Sudan orders Kenya’s ambassador out after a Kenyan judge issues an arrest warrant for Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir, the foreign ministry says.

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Sudan to expel Kenyan ambassador

Sudan orders Kenya’s ambassador out after a Kenyan judge issues an arrest warrant for Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir, the foreign ministry says.

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Sudan to expel Kenyan ambassador

Robin Hammond hopes to hit people hard with his photographs of the mentally ill in Africa, “Condemned.”

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Lens Blog: Photos of Mental Illness in Africa by Robin Hammond

At least three people have been killed in grenade attacks in eastern Kenya, near the border with Somalia, officials say.

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Three dead in east Kenya attacks

Kenya is prepared to send troops to bolster the African Union (AU) force in Somalia to tackle the militant Islamist group al-Shabab, Foreign Minister Moses Wetangula tells the BBC.

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Kenya offers troops for Somalia

Geoffrey Mutai of Kenya, who set the Boston Marathon course record in April, broke the New York City Marathon record by more than two and a half minutes, in 2 hours 5 minutes 6 seconds.

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Geoffrey Mutai Wins New York Marathon With Course Record

Geoffrey Mutai of Kenya wins the New York City Marathon in a course record, more than two minutes inside the previous best time.

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Record time in New York marathon

Two people have died and at least three others are wounded after a grenade attack on a church in eastern Kenya.

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Attack on Kenya church kills two

NAIROBI, Kenya — Grenade blasts at a blue-collar bar and a crowded bus stop rattled Nairobi on Monday, as the country worried whether al-Qaida-linked militants from Somalia were carrying out their promise to launch reprisal attacks in Kenya’s capital. The attacks came only two days after the U.S. warned of “imminent” terror attacks. The U.S. warning had implied that the Somali group al-Shabab would carry out reprisals in response to Kenyan troops’ invasion of Somalia in mid-October. The militants had promised to unleash terror attacks in Nairobi in retaliation for the offensive. Read full article > >

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2 grenade blasts rattle Nairobi; 1 dead after blue-collar bus stop, working class bar targeted

Kenya’s sudden incursion into Somalia over the weekend caught the United States by surprise, American officials said.

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Kenya Reportedly Didn’t Warn U.S. of Somalia Incursion

A disabled French national who is believed to have been seized by Somali gunmen has died in captivity, the French government said.

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French Woman Abducted in Kenya Dies

French woman was kidnapped from Kenyan home.

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Somali Hostage Dies in Captivity