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Rows of secondhand shoes displayed for sale at an open-air Kenyan market

Ash Where the Bales Stood: A Night Fire in Machakos and the Two Hundred Traders Starting Over

A weekend blaze tore through Machakos Mitumba Market as firefighters battled without enough water. Governor Wavinya Ndeti has pledged KSh 1 million and restocked shops — traders want hydrants.

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A Kenyan matatu minibus travelling along a two-lane highway outside Nairobi under an overcast sky

The Slope at Nyanja: Six Lives Lost on the Highway Every Kenyan Journey Home Must Climb

A trailer lost control on a Rift Valley climb on Friday night and met a matatu head-on. For families scattered from Nairobi to New Jersey, the news carried a familiar dread.

2 days ago5 min

The historic Academy Building of Leiden University on the Rapenburg canal in the Netherlands

Twenty-Five Chances in a Thousand: Leiden University Opens Its Excellence Scholarship to Kenyan Master's Students

2 days ago4 min

Sunset over a city skyline at dusk

Diaspora Sunset, Sat Jul 4: The Day Home Came Calling

2 days ago3 min

The skyline of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with the Kingdom Centre tower rising above the city at dusk

Three Days in Riyadh: Mudavadi Carries the Hopes of 300,000 Kenyan Workers Into Saudi Talks

2 days ago4 min

A wall of grey wildfire smoke rises over homes and open ground in Superior, Colorado.

The Fourth Without Fireworks: Wildfires, Smoke and an Anxious Holiday for Kenyans in Colorado and Utah

4 days ago5 min

Sun setting over the ocean at dusk

Diaspora Sunset, Thu Jul 2: The Cost of Leaving, Counted in People

4 days ago3 min

Panoramic view of the Auckland skyline and harbour with the Sky Tower rising above the waterfront

The Long Way South: New Zealand Opens Two New Residency Doors as the Anglosphere Tightens

4 days ago5 min

The Juba-Nimule highway stretching through South Sudan, the trade corridor where Kenyan truck drivers face repeated attacks

The Longest Mile to Juba: A Beating on the Nimule Road Reignites Kenyan Drivers' Fight to Survive South Sudan's Trade Corridor

5 days ago5 min

Sunrise over an African landscape

Diaspora Morning Brief, Thu Jul 2: Australia's Visa Fees Jump; M-Pesa's Owner Changes Hands

5 days ago3 min

A city skyline at dusk, the sky glowing orange over silhouetted towers.

Diaspora Sunset, Wed Jul 1: The Gate, the Fee, and the Open Door

5 days ago3 min

BMO Field in Toronto, one of Canada's 2026 FIFA World Cup host venues, where most African fans were refused entry visas.

The Visa Was Harder Than the Ticket: How Canada Turned Away Nine in Ten Kenyan World Cup Fans

5 days ago4 min

Travellers move through the arrivals hall at O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa.

The Deadline With No Law: How South Africa's June 30 Ultimatum Emptied Homes Across the African Diaspora

6 days ago5 min

Sunrise over the hills, a new morning breaking

Diaspora Morning Brief, Wed Jul 1: Supreme Court Secures Birthright Citizenship

6 days ago3 min

The national flag of Kenya, symbolising families back home awaiting news of relatives lost abroad in the Russia-Ukraine war

The Phone Left Charging: How Russia's Compensation Offer Confronts Kenya With the Sons It Lost to Ukraine's War

6 days ago5 min

A city skyline glowing under a deep dusk sky

Diaspora Sunset, Tue Jun 30: The Day the Doors Swung Shut

6 days ago3 min

Travellers wait with luggage inside the departure hall of an East African international airport terminal.

The Layover With No Return: How Washington's Deportation Detour Through Ghana Reached an African Court

6 days ago6 min

Graduating UK university students throw their black mortarboard caps into the air at an outdoor ceremony.

The Withdrawal Before the Refusal: How Britain's New Student-Visa Regime Is Closing a Door on Kenya's Scholars

6 days ago6 min

A web-fed offset printing press runs newspaper pages, illustrating a story about a shuttered East African newspaper.

The Newsroom Under Siege: How a Ugandan General's Order Reached a Nairobi Stock Ticker

7 days ago5 min

Sunrise over an African savanna

Diaspora Morning Brief, Tue Jun 30: South Africa's Deadline Day Arrives

7 days ago3 min

Silhouette of a lone soldier holding a rifle against a dramatic twilight sky in a forest

The Shopkeeper Who Went to War: How a Fake Job Sent a Young Kenyan to Russia's Front Line

7 days ago6 min

A city skyline glowing under a dusk sky

Diaspora Sunset, Mon Jun 29: Priced Out, Locked In, Far From Home

7 days ago3 min

A bronze statue of Lady Justice holding balanced scales and a sword against a dark background

Eighty Years, and No Interpreter: A Baringo Runner's Plea for Justice From a Mexican Prison

7 days ago4 min

Morning newspaper and a cup of coffee at first light

Diaspora Morning Brief, Mon Jun 29: South Africa Exodus Beats June 30 Deadline

7 days ago3 min

A city skyline glowing at dusk

Diaspora Sunset, Mon Jun 29: Three Deadlines and the Weight of Paperwork

7 days ago3 min

A folded newspaper beside a cup of morning coffee at sunrise

Diaspora Morning Brief, Sun Jun 28: South Africa's June 30 Deadline Looms

8 days ago3 min

A city skyline at dusk

Diaspora Sunset, Sun Jun 28: The Cost of Coming Home, and Being Counted

8 days ago3 min

The Johannesburg skyline at daytime, a city where many Kenyan and other African migrants live and work.

The Bus Out of Johannesburg: How a June 30 Ultimatum Left 50 Kenyans Asking for a Way Home

9 days ago5 min

A city skyline at dusk under an orange sunset sky.

Diaspora Sunset, Sat Jun 27: The Credentialed Door and the Desperate One

9 days ago3 min

The Parliament Buildings in Nairobi, where Kenya's legislature will weigh ratifying anti-mercenary treaties.

The Recruits Kenya Wants Back: How a Mercenary Treaty Aims to Pull Citizens Off Russia's Front Line

9 days ago5 min

The Royal Courts of Justice building in central London, a symbol of the British legal system now seeking a suspect's return.

The Border He Almost Crossed: How a London Banker's Death Pulled a Kenyan Suspect Back Toward Trial

9 days ago5 min

A passport resting on travel paperwork, evoking the documents behind overseas job migration and its risks

The Job That Was Never Real: How Kenyans Keep Vanishing Into Myanmar's Scam Compounds

10 days ago5 min

Sunrise over a quiet landscape, symbolising a morning news catch-up

Diaspora Morning Brief, Sat Jun 27: Gulf Squeeze Turns Kenya's Remittances Negative

10 days ago2 min

A city skyline glowing at dusk

Diaspora Sunset, Fri Jun 26: Europe Wants Kenya — On Its Own Terms

10 days ago3 min

The hemicycle of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, where new EU migration and return rules were approved.

The Waiting Room at the Edge of Europe: Why Kenya Is Being Eyed as the Continent's Deportation Address

10 days ago5 min

Two construction workers in safety gear on a building site, illustrating migrant labour on a major construction project.

Less Than Two Euros an Hour: How Kenyan Hands Helped Build America's Milan Consulate for a Fraction of the Promise

10 days ago5 min

The stone facade of the Royal Courts of Justice in London, symbolising the British legal system seeking a suspect's return.

The Border That Ran Out of Road: How a London Killing Pulled a Kenyan Suspect Back Across Three Frontiers

11 days ago5 min

Sunrise over a misty African landscape at dawn

Diaspora Morning Brief, Fri Jun 26: Green Card Ruling Jolts Kenyan Travellers

11 days ago2 min

City buildings along the beachfront in Durban, South Africa, where many foreign nationals have faced anti-migrant threats.

A Field in Durban, a Plea to Nairobi: How Xenophobia Is Driving Kenyans Out of South Africa

11 days ago5 min

The Tokyo skyline glows at night, a destination that just became more expensive to enter for Kenyan visa applicants.

The Stamp That Costs Five Times More: How Japan's Visa Hike Lands on Kenyan Travellers

11 days ago6 min

City skyline silhouetted against an orange sunset at dusk

Diaspora Sunset, Thu Jun 25: The Lifeline Home Grows Thinner and Costlier

11 days ago3 min

The Dubai skyline at dusk, with the Burj Khalifa rising above the city's towers in the United Arab Emirates.

The Stamp at the Gate: How a New UAE Rule Just Made Dubai Easier for Kenyans Living Abroad

11 days ago5 min

Nairobi city skyline under daylight, with high-rise towers rising above the Kenyan capital

The Anniversary They Watch From Afar: How Kenya's Diaspora Marks June 25 as Nairobi Locks Down Again

12 days ago5 min

Construction workers on a building site, illustrating labour conditions on large overseas construction projects

The Wiring of a Promise: How Kenyan Electricians Ended Up at the Center of a US Consulate Labor Scandal in Milan

12 days ago5 min

Sunrise mist over a quiet landscape at dawn

Diaspora Morning Brief, Thu Jun 25: US Tightens the Border, Nairobi Lightens the Suitcase

12 days ago3 min

The Brandenburg Gate lit at dusk in Berlin, where Kenyan and German officials signed new cooperation agreements.

The Road North Reopens: How Kenya's Berlin Trade Push Quietly Widens the Path for Workers Bound for Germany

12 days ago5 min

A city skyline glowing at dusk

Diaspora Sunset, Wed Jun 24: Washington Raises the Toll, Nairobi Lowers It

12 days ago3 min

A single-engine Cessna 208 Caravan turboprop aircraft in flight over coastal water under a clear sky.

Twenty Kilometres Short of Juba: The Kenyan Pilot, the Bank Manager, and the Diaspora the Map Forgets

13 days ago6 min

Sunrise over a quiet horizon at the start of a new day

Diaspora Morning Brief, Wed Jun 24: Ebola Camp Stirs Home Unease; US Fee Hits Citizenship

13 days ago3 min

A woman cultivates land on a farm in Kenya, hoeing rows of crops under an open sky.

From the Diaspora to the Honour Roll: Five Kenyan Women and the Year of the Woman Farmer

13 days ago5 min

An industrial energy plant skyline at dusk, its towers, stacks and pipework silhouetted against the sky

The Night Shift at Ras Laffan: How a Qatar Gas Blast Reached the Villages That Depend on Gulf Wages

13 days ago5 min

City skyline at dusk under an orange sunset

Diaspora Sunset, Tue Jun 23: The Many Prices of Going Abroad

13 days ago3 min

A diverse group of international university students celebrating together outside a modern campus building.

The Two-Thousand-Dollar Threshold: How Australia's Steepest-in-the-World Student Visa Fee Reshapes Kenyan Family Dreams

13 days ago5 min

Sunrise breaking over a misty landscape at dawn

Diaspora Morning Brief, Tue Jun 23: Gulf Ceasefire Steadies Kenya's Workers; New Taxes Bite

14 days ago3 min

Rows of bookshelves in a grand university library reading hall, a symbol of higher education abroad

The Fee Before the First Lecture: How a Global Visa Squeeze Is Pricing Kenyan Students Out of Their Dreams

14 days ago5 min

A United States passport book resting on a table, symbolising the visa journey facing skilled Kenyan professionals seeking work in America

A Hundred Thousand Reasons to Wait: How the H-1B Fee Fight Leaves Kenyan Professionals in Limbo

14 days ago6 min

A city skyline glowing at dusk

Diaspora Sunset, Mon Jun 22: New Doors North, Old Doors Tightening

14 days ago3 min

Canada's flag flies above the Centre Block and Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario.

From Nairobi to the Night Shift: Inside the Kenya–Canada Pact That Could Reshape How Skilled Workers Migrate

14 days ago5 min

Graduating students in caps and gowns throw their mortarboards into the air against a city skyline at sunset

The Two-Thousand-Dollar Threshold: How Australia's Record Student Visa Fee Reshapes Kenyan Study-Abroad Plans

14 days ago5 min

The black front door of 10 Downing Street, the official London residence of the British prime minister

The Door Changes, the Queue Does Not: What Keir Starmer's Resignation Means for Kenyans in Britain

15 days ago5 min

Interior of the European Parliament hemicycle in Strasbourg, where lawmakers voted to accelerate deportations.

The Clock That Now Starts Ticking: How the EU's New Deportation Law Reaches Kenyans From Rome to Berlin

15 days ago5 min

Sunrise over a field, symbolising a new day of diaspora news

Diaspora Morning Brief, Mon Jun 22: US Denaturalization Jitters; Australia's $2,000 Visa Door

15 days ago2 min

The skyline of Johannesburg, South Africa, at dawn, the city where many Kenyan migrants live and work.

The Suitcase by the Door: Why Dozens of Kenyans in South Africa Are Asking Nairobi to Bring Them Home

15 days ago5 min

City skyline at dusk under an orange sunset

Diaspora Sunset, Sun Jun 21: Nairobi Answers for the Citizens It Sent Abroad

15 days ago3 min

A healthcare worker holds a stethoscope and medicine, representing the nurses and medical staff central to the Kenya-Canada labour mobility plan.

The Train-and-Place Bargain: How a Quiet Nairobi Meeting Could Open Canada's Job Market to Kenyan Workers

15 days ago5 min

The Big Ben clock tower and the Houses of Parliament rising over central London

The Tenant of Downing Street: What Keir Starmer's Expected Exit Could Mean for Kenyans in Britain

15 days ago4 min

Travellers move through the bright, columned interior of Terminal 3 at Dubai International Airport in the United Arab Emirates.

The Thirty-Day Window in Abu Dhabi: How Flight Chaos Handed Kenyans in the UAE a Visa Lifeline

16 days ago5 min

Morning newspaper and a cup of coffee at sunrise

Diaspora Morning Brief, Sun Jun 21: MPs Spare Remittances; US Flags June 25

16 days ago2 min

Aerial view of the Nairobi, Kenya city skyline on a clear sunny day, with high-rise buildings and roads

The Passport in the Glovebox: How a US Embassy Alert Reaches Kenyans Flying Home for June 25

16 days ago5 min

A row of fuel pumps at a service station, illustrating how global oil prices shape Kenya's cost of living

The Strait and the Shilling: How a US-Iran Truce Reaches Kenya's Fuel Pumps and Its Diaspora

16 days ago5 min

A city skyline at dusk

Diaspora Sunset, Sat Jun 20: Washington's Long Shadow Over Nairobi

16 days ago3 min

Auckland city skyline and Sky Tower silhouetted against a sunset sky in New Zealand.

The Threshold That Stops Moving: How New Zealand's Visa Overhaul Reshapes the Path for Kenya's Skilled Workers

16 days ago5 min