Kenya

October 18, 2021

Kenyan court allows police to hold Tirop's husband for 20 days

Tirop's husband Ibrahim Rotich was arraigned on suspicion of murder before the court in the Rift Valley town of Iten, close to the home they shared.

October 13, 2021
World Championship medallist Tirop found allegedly stabbed to death

Tirop was found dead at their home in Iten after she was allegedly stabbed by her husband.
August 21, 2021
Race-walker Khatri gets India's second medal at World U-20 Athletics Meet

Amit Khatri secured a silver medal in 10m race walk event to join the 4X400m mixed relay team (bronze) on the podium.
February 23, 2021
Kenyan start-up aims to turn locusts into fortune, makes protein-rich animal feed

The Bug Picture is working with communities in central Kenya to harvest the insects and mill them, turning them into protein-rich animal feed and organic fertilizer for farms.
September 26, 2020
Kenyan weightlifting Olympian trains daughter and granddaughter

Mercy Obiero was only the second African woman to compete in weightlifting at the Olympics. Now the 42-year-old works as a coach, and both her daughter and granddaughter are hoping to follow in her footsteps.
October 13, 2019
Kipchoge becomes first person to run marathon under two hours

It was regarded as the biggest achievement in athletics since Briton Roger Bannister broke the four-minute mile in 1954 and was likened by Kipchoge himself to landing on the moon.
September 28, 2019
Chepngetich beats Doha heat to win midnight marathon

Kenya's Ruth Chepngetich overcame extreme heat and humidity to win the world championship midnight marathon on Friday, in a gruelling test of survival that saw nearly a third of the 70 starters fail to reach the finish line.

Kenya

Kenyan court allows police to hold Tirop's husband for 20 days

World Championship medallist Tirop found allegedly stabbed to death

Race-walker Khatri gets India's second medal at World U-20 Athletics Meet

Kenyan start-up aims to turn locusts into fortune, makes protein-rich animal feed

Kenyan weightlifting Olympian trains daughter and granddaughter

Kipchoge becomes first person to run marathon under two hours

Chepngetich beats Doha heat to win midnight marathon

Man found dead in London garden likely a stowaway fallen from Kenya Airways plane

Greatest upsets in World Cup history

Kenya hotel siege over, militants and at least 21 victims dead