Nairobi attack: There's limits to beefed-up security
The attack in Kenya shows how increased security can be thwarted.
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Extremists attack hotel in Nairobi; al-Shabab claims role
A luxury hotel in Kenya's capital city has come under attack leaving many dead.
Migingo Island: Photos from Africa's busiest fishing island
On Lake Victoria the island is smaller than a soccer pitch and home to five hundred.
Africa: How we finally spotted a leopard
On an African expedition, an encounter with the elusive big cat is unforgettable.
Melania Trump hits back at fashion critics - but this is the real problem
Comment: Accusations were levelled against Mrs Trump of reinforcing colonialist attitudes
Watch: The Maybot is back! Theresa busts out more awkward dance moves
It's the second time in a week her unusual moves have drawn attention.
Can you spot the zebra among the wildebeest?
A photographer realised there was something hiding in his image of a herd of wildebeest.
Deadly botch up: 10th endangered rhino dies, sole survivor attacked
'Clear negligence' found in transfer of endangered species.
Rhino relocation goes horribly wrong
The eight rhinos were moved to Tsavo East National Park to help protect the species.
Police killed British aristocrat Alexander Monson, rules Kenya judge
Ruling is rare rejection of police testimony and raises hope other cases can be resolved.
Burst dam in Kenya kills at least 38
"We have recovered 27 bodies and many people are missing. It is a disaster."
Kenyan court rules forced anal exams as gay test unlawful
Kenya's use of forced exams to test whether men have had gay sex ruled unlawful.
Surgeon suspended for operating on wrong patient
Hundreds of Kenyan doctors have gone on strike over the suspension of surgical team.
Doctor who began brain surgery had wrong patient
Neurosurgeon opened a patient's skull to remove a blood clot. Only, there wasn't one.
Man who exposed ivory trade killed
Esmond Martin has spent decades risking his life to expose the ivory trade.
Ngati Tahu, Contact helping Kenya's Maasai
A Bay of Plenty iwi has enlisted Contact Energy's support to help Kenya's Maasai people.
'Dead' Kiwi to stand trial over African gold heist
Francis Strange's family thought he had been dead 30 years.
Tensions rise: Kenya to go to polls again
Polling stations in opposition strongholds shuttered, youths burned street barricades.
Building collapses in Kenya, 15 people missing
About 15 people are missing after a seven-storey building collapsed in Nairobi.
Kenya: In the Maasai Mara
The ultimate school field trip enchants Charmaine Noronha in the Maasai Mara.
Deal puts Colombia on NZ radar
A deal to allow for 14 flights a week to Colombia has been signed and more agreements are in the pipeline.
Psych patients escape Kenyan hospital
More than 80 patients, wearing their hospital-issued uniforms, climbed over the hospital walls and ran on to one of Kenya's busiest highways after the nurses went on strike.
Cheating couple locked together by 'voodoo curse'
A husband who suspected his wife was cheating on him used a 'voodoo curse' to catch the adulterous couple in the act.
Near Kenya's capital, escaped lions from wildlife refuge unnerve humans
Kenyans thought they could keep a wildlife refuge in the city. Now it's becoming a problem.
Rich lister: Tax system favours the wealthy
He's worth just under a billion dollars, and he says NZ's overheated property market is exacerbating social divisions.
Rich-lister Jennings settles defamation case
Kiwi-born businessman Stephen Jennings has reached an out-of-court settlement in his defamation case against Fairfax for a "substantial" sum.
Tribal tradition that gave Obama his name
Obama. We say it all the time. But what does the name mean?
The receding snows of Kilimanjaro
The mountains of East Africa are being dissolved by climate change, Jason Patinkin reports.
Kenya: Focus on Africa
Patience and speed are key to photographing African wildlife, learns Sarah Marshall.
Rangers kill Mohawk the lion
WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGE - Mohawk the lion, one of Kenya's most famous big cats, was fatally shot by wildlife rangers after they ran out of tranquilisers.
No tranquilisers, so famous lion killed
Mohawk the lion, one of Kenya's most famous big cats, was fatally shot yesterday by wildlife rangers.
Al Shabaab Islamists kill 200 Kenyan soldiers
As many as 200 soldiers were killed in an attack on a Kenyan military camp in Somalia by al Shabaab Islamists last month.
Fake bomb in plane toilet 'heard ticking'
Air France flight from Mauritius to Paris forced to make an emergency landing.
Lions poisoned as tensions rises
Eight lions from a pride that featured in the BBC TV series Big Cat Diary have been poisoned in the Maasai Mara in Kenya.
