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Fondation H, Antananarivo (file photo, August 2025).

Madagascar's Temandrota gets Fondation H solo show from 13 November

Fondation H in Antananarivo opens a solo show by the Malagasy artist Temandrota on 13 November. It runs to 25 April 2027.

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The World Boxing Africa Elite Championships at the Kasarani Indoor Arena, Nairobi, 19 October 2026.

Sports 29 Oct 2026

Kenya's boxers win seven straight, then lose two, at World Boxing Africa Elite Championships in Nairobi

Kenya's boxers had won seven bouts in a row at the World Boxing Africa Elite Championships in Nairobi by the time the Fica News reporter left the Kasarani Indoor Arena on 19 October; the two Kenyans who fought later that day both lost 3-2.

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Farmers Market Nairobi at Rosslyn Square (Saturdays)
Market & food · Rosslyn Square, Nairobi
Shamba Café Farmers' Market, Loresho (Saturdays)
Market & food · Shamba Café & Shop, Nairobi
Golden Bell Resounds - Harmony Along the Silk Road
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The terminal building at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi (file photo, 2025).

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Kenya plans 21-day quarantine for citizens returning from the DRC

Kenyans returning from the DRC could face a 21-day quarantine under rules being drafted, Health CS Aden Duale said, The Star reported on 12 November.

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Kenya will not issue Ebola-free certificates or act as a quarantine centre, Duale says

2d ago

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A conference hall at the United Nations Office at Nairobi in Gigiri (file photo, June 2023; not the forum venue).

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Kenya opens first Africa Health Data Forum in Nairobi with over 300 participants

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Kenyan MPs ask China Road and Bridge Corporation to prove it uses local firms at JKIA

Members of Kenya's National Assembly transport committee asked China Road and Bridge Corporation on 10 November to show evidence that it is engaging Kenyan firms on the KSh 154 billion upgrade of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, due for completion in mid-2029, The Star and Kenyans.co.ke reported on 11 November.

Maize fields beside a road in Moiben, Uasin Gishu County, Kenya (file photo, 2023).

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A general view of Yiwu International Trade City in Zhejiang province, China (file photo, June 2017).

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Yiwu's Africa exports up 30.18% to 135.9bn yuan in nine months; People's Daily puts Kenya among leading markets

Cars and a heavily loaded lorry on Old Mombasa Road in Embakasi South, Nairobi, at dusk (file photo, 2023).

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China says Africa trade passed US$310bn in 9 months; Kenya's 2025 deficit with China was KSh654.3bn

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Matatu minibuses at a fuel station at night in Nairobi (file photo, 2023).

19h ago

Kenya extends fuel sulphur waiver by six months; pump price caps expire 14 November

Kenya's Trade Ministry extended the 50 mg/kg sulphur allowance for petrol and diesel by six months on 11 November, Citizen Digital and KBC reported.

19h ago

Kenya's competition regulator warns retailers on unfair supplier terms

A decorated matatu minibus on a highway in Nairobi (file photo, 2022).

19h ago

Kenya's transport inflation hits 17.1% in October, highest since 2018

A worker picks tea among the bushes of a plantation in the western Kenyan highlands (file photo, 2013).

1d ago

Sudan lifts 20-month ban on Kenyan tea imports

Tech More →

The Nairobi skyline above parkland (file photo, 2013).

2d ago

Kenya launches SecureKE security centre at Konza for state systems

The Konza Technopolis Development Authority and the State Department for ICT and the Digital Economy launched the SecureKE security operations centre in Nairobi on 10 November 2026 to provide cybersecurity monitoring and incident response for government institutions and private organisations, the Kenya News Agency reported. Government institutions are enrolling and private companies will pay an annual fee based on the assets they want protected, Business Daily reported.

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The Longonot Earth Satellite Station at Mount Longonot, Kenya (file photo, October 2010).

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A brightly painted roadside shop with an M-Pesa sign in Iten, Elgeyo-Marakwet County, Kenya (file photo, 2023).

2 Nov 2026

Leaving Kenya for months: will my number and M-Pesa be recycled, and how do I keep them?

Culture More →

3d ago

Chinese folk concert at Kenya National Theatre, Nairobi, on 14 November

A 70-minute Chinese folk music concert, Golden Bell Resounds · Harmony Along the Silk Road, is scheduled for 14 November at the Kenya National Theatre in Nairobi; tickets cost KSh 500 to KSh 1,800.

Antananarivo, Madagascar's capital, seen from the hill of the Queen's Palace (file photo; not from the exhibition).

4d ago

Madagascar's Prix Paritana marks tenth anniversary with Fondation H group show to 25 April 2027

A traditional dance performance on a lit stage in Nairobi (file photo, 2023).

6 Nov 2026

What's on in Nairobi and East Africa: 6–20 November

The skyline of central Kigali, Rwanda (file photo).

5 Nov 2026

Mashariki African Film Festival in Kigali runs 23–29 November with free entry

Africa More →

The terminal of Entebbe International Airport, Uganda (file photo, 2025).

26 Oct 2026

Uganda says citizens returning from DRC must pay for 21-day quarantine

Uganda's Health Ministry said on 25 October that citizens returning from the DRC must quarantine for 21 days at their own expense and that travellers with a history of travel to the DRC cannot transit Uganda, Al Jazeera and the AP reported. Uganda has required returnees from the DRC to self-isolate for 21 days since May.

27 Oct 2026

Rwanda makes its mines and petroleum board independent of RDB again

25 Oct 2026

Uganda discharges 60 contacts of Kenya's first Ebola case after 21-day monitoring

23 Oct 2026

First Ebola patients in Kenya and Nigeria may have crossed paths at Entebbe airport on 3 October

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Kenya's Sabastian Sawe running the Berlin Marathon on 21 September 2025, a race he won (file photo).

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Kenya's Sabastian Sawe makes final three for World Athlete of the Year

Kenya's Sabastian Sawe is one of three finalists for the 2026 Men's World Athlete of the Year, with Alison dos Santos and Mondo Duplantis; the winner will be announced in Monaco on 29 November, World Athletics said on 10 November.

Athletes on the track of a large athletics stadium in Kenya (file photo; not from the Dakar Youth Olympic Games).

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Kenya's Faith Rono wins Youth Olympic 3,000-metre gold; Kipkech and Chepkirui take silver

4d ago

Kenya's Lionesses win Africa Women's Sevens bronze; Uganda take title and SVNS 3 place

4d ago

Kenya's Kosgei and Tuitoek win Youth Olympic golds in Dakar in 6:30.24 and 8:07.69

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An open-air trading spot in Kawangware, Nairobi (file photo, 2023).

1d ago

Kenya's 90-day window for foreign small traders has under four weeks left

State House gave foreign nationals running small businesses in Kenya 90 days from 8 September to fix their immigration status, work permits, registration and licences. It named no end date; 90 days from 8 September falls on 7 December. Strict enforcement follows.

Apartment blocks and the skyline of Kilimani, Nairobi (file photo, 2023).

27 Oct 2026

Three Chinese nationals held hostage and robbed at Kilimani construction site in Nairobi

Nairobi's skyline beyond tree-covered neighbourhoods, seen from Kilimani (file photo, December 2022). It does not show the scene of the incident.

14 Oct 2026

Chinese man, Vietnamese woman found dead with suspected gunshot wounds in Nairobi flat

10 Oct 2026

Kenya Wildlife Service and Chinese youth group hold wildlife photo show in Nairobi

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Cheetahs at Lewa, Kenya (file photo; the picture is not of the camp).

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Kenya's Lewa Safari Camp: mid-season rates end 19 December, high season from 20 December

A recommendation: Lewa Safari Camp in Kenya's Laikipia charges mid-season full board of 442 per person sharing until 19 December and 724 from 20 December; room rates carry no currency label and conservancy fees are extra, Elewana's rates page shows.

A single-engine safari aircraft parked on a dirt airstrip in the Mara Naboisho Conservancy, Narok, Kenya (file photo, December 2022).

5 Nov 2026

Is there a single supplement for solo travellers at Porini Camps in Kenya between 1 November and 15 December?

The departures area of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), Nairobi (file photo, February 2026).

4 Nov 2026

Chinese visitors to Kenya must buy official health insurance before flying, embassy says

The stage at a reception in Nairobi marking the 77th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, 30 September 2026 (file photo).

4 Nov 2026

Kenyan China visa applicants told to apply 3–4 weeks ahead; visa centre website moves

Science More →

A Phlebotomus papatasi sandfly feeding on skin. Sandflies of the Phlebotomus genus transmit leishmaniasis; this species is shown as an example and is not necessarily a vector of the disease in Kenya (file photo, 2006).

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What is kala-azar, and how is it tested in Kenya?

Kala-azar is a sandfly-borne disease; WHO says diagnosis combines signs with lab or rapid tests, and KEMRI is part of a study of five rapid kits.

6d ago

Why does Kenya wait 42 days after the last Ebola patient is discharged?

Flooded grassland beside the road after heavy rains in Kenya (file photo, 2013).

4 Nov 2026

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31 Oct 2026

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A girls' secondary school in Timau, with Mount Kenya in the background (file photo, not from this year's exams).

3d ago

When do Kenya's KCSE 2026 exams end, and when are the results out?

The last KCSE paper is on Friday 20 November 2026. No date has been announced for the results; last year's came on Friday 9 January 2026.

3d ago

Kenyans must apply for 15 Chinese government scholarships via Education Ministry by 18 November

School buildings in the foreground of the Nairobi skyline (file photo, 2022).

6 Nov 2026

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Kenya launches joint service charters for its 35 border points of entry and exit

Fishermen in a canoe on Lake Victoria near Kisumu (file photo, September 2026).

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Storm destroys four hotels at Dunga Beach in Kisumu, Kenya, injuring four people

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Kenya targets 15 December for Nairobi–Talanta rail link ahead of Bayern–Ajax friendly

Ambulances parked under an AMREF building at Wilson Airport, Nairobi (file photo, 2023).

Kenya 2d ago

Kenya reports three weeks without new Ebola case; one patient still in treatment

Kenya 2d ago

Seven killed in ambush on road project team in Kenya's Mandera, police say

Nairobi city centre with the Kenyatta International Conference Centre, Times Tower and City Hall. Times Tower is the address given in the KRA notice (file photo).

Business 3d ago

KRA gives multinationals in Kenya until 30 November to declare minimum tax status

A jetty and submerged trees on the Lake Victoria shoreline at Rusinga Island, Homa Bay County, Kenya (file photo, 2025).

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EAC ministers adopt El Niño plan naming Kenya's Tana River and coast as hotspots

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Fica News · Kenya and East Africa news, China–Africa

Madagascar's Temandrota gets Fondation H solo show from 13 November

📍 Fica on the groundReported in person by Fica News.

Kenya's boxers win seven straight, then lose two, at World Boxing Africa Elite Championships in Nairobi

Kenya plans 21-day quarantine for citizens returning from the DRC

Kenya will not issue Ebola-free certificates or act as a quarantine centre, Duale says

Kenya discharges last Ebola patient, starting 42-day countdown

Kenya opens first Africa Health Data Forum in Nairobi with over 300 participants

Kenyan MPs ask China Road and Bridge Corporation to prove it uses local firms at JKIA

China–FAO armyworm project in Kenya, Ghana reviewed in Nairobi

Yiwu's Africa exports up 30.18% to 135.9bn yuan in nine months; People's Daily puts Kenya among leading markets

China says Africa trade passed US$310bn in 9 months; Kenya's 2025 deficit with China was KSh654.3bn

Kenya extends fuel sulphur waiver by six months; pump price caps expire 14 November

Kenya's competition regulator warns retailers on unfair supplier terms

Kenya's transport inflation hits 17.1% in October, highest since 2018

Sudan lifts 20-month ban on Kenyan tea imports

Kenya launches SecureKE security centre at Konza for state systems

Data bundle gone or overcharged in Kenya: how do I complain to my operator and the CA?

What do Kenya's draft satellite internet licensing rules require? CA comments close 6 November

Leaving Kenya for months: will my number and M-Pesa be recycled, and how do I keep them?

Chinese folk concert at Kenya National Theatre, Nairobi, on 14 November

Madagascar's Prix Paritana marks tenth anniversary with Fondation H group show to 25 April 2027

What's on in Nairobi and East Africa: 6–20 November

Mashariki African Film Festival in Kigali runs 23–29 November with free entry

Uganda says citizens returning from DRC must pay for 21-day quarantine

Rwanda makes its mines and petroleum board independent of RDB again

Uganda discharges 60 contacts of Kenya's first Ebola case after 21-day monitoring

First Ebola patients in Kenya and Nigeria may have crossed paths at Entebbe airport on 3 October

Kenya's Sabastian Sawe makes final three for World Athlete of the Year

Kenya's Faith Rono wins Youth Olympic 3,000-metre gold; Kipkech and Chepkirui take silver

Kenya's Lionesses win Africa Women's Sevens bronze; Uganda take title and SVNS 3 place

Kenya's Kosgei and Tuitoek win Youth Olympic golds in Dakar in 6:30.24 and 8:07.69

Kenya's 90-day window for foreign small traders has under four weeks left

Three Chinese nationals held hostage and robbed at Kilimani construction site in Nairobi

Chinese man, Vietnamese woman found dead with suspected gunshot wounds in Nairobi flat

Kenya Wildlife Service and Chinese youth group hold wildlife photo show in Nairobi

Kenya's Lewa Safari Camp: mid-season rates end 19 December, high season from 20 December

Is there a single supplement for solo travellers at Porini Camps in Kenya between 1 November and 15 December?

Chinese visitors to Kenya must buy official health insurance before flying, embassy says

Kenyan China visa applicants told to apply 3–4 weeks ahead; visa centre website moves

What is kala-azar, and how is it tested in Kenya?

Why does Kenya wait 42 days after the last Ebola patient is discharged?

What does 'above-average rain' in Kenya's November forecast mean, and how sure is it?

Do travel bans like Saudi Arabia's on Kenya stop Ebola from spreading?

When do Kenya's KCSE 2026 exams end, and when are the results out?

Kenyans must apply for 15 Chinese government scholarships via Education Ministry by 18 November

When do Kenyan schools open and close in 2027?

Chinese government scholarships for Kenyans: what the Ministry of Education required in the round that closed on 28 November 2025

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Kenya launches joint service charters for its 35 border points of entry and exit

Storm destroys four hotels at Dunga Beach in Kisumu, Kenya, injuring four people

Kenya targets 15 December for Nairobi–Talanta rail link ahead of Bayern–Ajax friendly

Kenya reports three weeks without new Ebola case; one patient still in treatment

Seven killed in ambush on road project team in Kenya's Mandera, police say

KRA gives multinationals in Kenya until 30 November to declare minimum tax status

EAC ministers adopt El Niño plan naming Kenya's Tana River and coast as hotspots

Kenya's KeNHA to close Thika-bound service lanes at Kihunguro from 15 November to 20 December

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