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Bayern Munich are to open Nairobi's new Raila Odinga International Stadium against Ajax as Kenya prepares for AFCON 2027. The match highlights Africa's growing sports ambitions — and questions over cost and legacy.
The Somali Parliament has passed a new law against sexual violence. The country’s criminal code dated back to 1962 and had not been updated since. FRANCE 24's Bastien Renouil met with Sofia Rajab in Nairobi. She is the program manager at the NGO Legal Action Worldwide, an organisation that lobbied Somali authorities in support of this new law.
In Kenya, no new Ebola cases were reported on Sunday. A first group of quarantined persons were even able to leave the hospital after 21 days of isolation. After two deaths, seven people are still being cared for, while many others are still waiting to be released from quarantine. For the time being, the virus seems to be contained, but the authorities are continuing their work on the ground to prevent the spread of the epidemic in Nairobi.
Church mourners die on Kenya’s Nairobi-Mombasa Highway weeks after another crash killed 17 people.
Kenyan health officials said the 65-year-old woman was a close relative of a man who died of Ebola last month. The woman developed symptoms while under quarantine in Nairobi.
In tonight's programme, scramble to get through rubble to trapped survivors after a more than 10 storeys building being built in Nairobi goes down. Also, Kenya says that there's been a second Ebola death. Earlier this week it had logged 9 cases so far, all traced back to its first Ebola patient who died earlier this month. And in finally the 11th edition of the iconic contemporary art festival Also known as Africa taking place in Paris, we speak to Cape Verde's artist Amadeo Carvalho.
Officials say building in Nairobi's Eastleigh area had no occupation certificate, but ground floor was in use.
Many people are feared trapped after a multi-storey building collapsed in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi.
People are feared to be trapped after a large, unfinished building in Nairobi collapsed during construction. Rescue operations have proven complicated as police fired tear gas to disperse looters.
Nairobi says 65-year-old female patient in quarantine with Bundibugyo strain; no signs of community transmission.
Kenya reported a second case of Ebola on Wednesday, about a week after recording its first ever infection of the viral disease when a Kenyan who had been living in Congo died in a Nairobi hospital on October 5. The second patient, a 39-year-old man, is a close family member of the first case and was already in quarantine when he fell ill on Tuesday, the health ministry said in a statement.
Tens of indigenous representatives from four continents question projects to preserve the natural environment that are negotiated on their territory without taking them into account and that ensure that they threaten their lifestyle
Tests have come back negative for a person suspected of having Ebola who was reportedly in quarantine at a hospital, following rumours circulating over the past 24 hours. Meanwhile, in Nairobi, authorities are racing to trace contacts of Kenya's first Ebola death, reported on Monday. Our correspondent Bastien Renouil tells us more.
In tonight's programme, South African judge and human rights champion Navi Pillay has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Also in Kenya health officials in Nairobi are still racing to track dozens of people linked to the man who died from the virus earlier this week. And finally, Moroccan-British photographer Hassan Hajjaj has built a global reputation with his vibrant portraits, 40 of his iconic Rock Stars pictures are taking centre stage in Paris.
A Kenyan national who had been living in Congo before returning to Nairobi has become Kenya’s first confirmed Ebola case and the country’s first fatality from the disease in the rapidly evolving outbreak. The Kenya Red Cross is supporting the government’s efforts to prevent a public health crisis. FRANCE 24’s Bastien Renouil met with Paul Olala, the NGO’s head of health security and emergencies.
A Kenyan living in the Democratic Republic of the Congo died on Monday, 6 October, from Ebola in a hospital in Nairobi, as announced by the Kenyan authorities on Tuesday. According to Kenya's Minister of Health, Aden Duale, the victim had been ill about a month ago and had been treated in several hospitals before crossing the border with Uganda by road and then taking a plane to Nairobi.
For the first time ever, Kenya has registered one case of Ebola. A 40-year-old Kenyan businessman travelled from DR Congo to Uganda before flying to Nairobi, Kenya's capital. He was infected and had symptoms for several weeks. He died yesterday in Nairobi, where the authorities are on alert and are doing their utmost to prevent the disease from spreading in the capital.
More than 4,000 people have died in the worst outbreak in the DR Congo's history, with confirmed cases surpassing 8,300.
A Kenyan living in DR Congo died of Ebola on Monday in a hospital in Nairobi, announced on Tuesday the Kenyan authorities. According to the Kenyan Minister of Health Aden Duale, the victim had become ill about a month ago and had been treated in several hospitals, before crossing the border with Uganda by road, and then flying to Nairobi.
The multi-vehicle crash occurred in the Salama area, 90km southeast of Nairobi, killing mostly Catholic pilgrims.
