Kenya Crash

Kenya's defence chief and nine other top brass died on Thursday in a military helicopter crash in a remote area of the country, President William Ruto said.

At least 48 people were killed when a truck rammed into a number of other vehicles at a busy junction in western Kenya on Friday night, police said.

Four Americans and their Kenyan pilot were killed when their helicopter crashed on a remote island in Lake Turkana in a national park in northwest Kenya, police said on Monday.

In October 2017 five passengers were killed when a helicopter crashed into Lake Nakuru, while in 2012 a helicopter carrying internal security minister George Saitoti crashed, killing all six passengers on board.

The 28-year-old Bett, the father of two-year-old twins, made his name at the World Athletics Championships in Beijing where he surprised the field by taking gold.

All 10 passengers of a small plane, whose wreckage was discovered in central Kenya two days after it went missing, died in the accident, the airline and government said Thursday.

The balloon, a part of a 10-balloon batch, was deployed for testing in Nakuru, Nanyuki, Nyeri, and Marsabit in July 2017.

More than 30 people died when a fuel tanker crashed into other vehicles and burst into flames outside the town of Naivasha in Kenya late on Saturday night, officials said.

The Kenyan capital's main international airport was shut on Sunday following the crash-landing of a domestic flight, airport officials said.

Two Australians were killed and 18 tourists hospitalised when a bus plunged into a river after a tyre burst on a steep section of road in Kenya, officials said on Monday.

At least four people died when a cargo plane crashed into a building shortly after takeoff on Wednesday from the Kenyan capital's main airport, the busiest in east Africa.

At least 41 people were killed on Thursday in a bus crash west of the Kenyan capital Nairobi, the Kenyan Red Cross said.

At least 35 people in eastern Kenya died on Wednesday when the bus they were travelling in veered out of control and rolled several times, police said.

Kenyan police say a cabinet minister who once served as Kenya's vice president has been killed in a helicopter crash near the capital.

Kenya's defence chief and nine other top brass died on Thursday in a military helicopter crash in a remote area of the country, President William Ruto said.

At least 48 people were killed when a truck rammed into a number of other vehicles at a busy junction in western Kenya on Friday night, police said.

Four Americans and their Kenyan pilot were killed when their helicopter crashed on a remote island in Lake Turkana in a national park in northwest Kenya, police said on Monday.

In October 2017 five passengers were killed when a helicopter crashed into Lake Nakuru, while in 2012 a helicopter carrying internal security minister George Saitoti crashed, killing all six passengers on board.

The 28-year-old Bett, the father of two-year-old twins, made his name at the World Athletics Championships in Beijing where he surprised the field by taking gold.

All 10 passengers of a small plane, whose wreckage was discovered in central Kenya two days after it went missing, died in the accident, the airline and government said Thursday.

The balloon, a part of a 10-balloon batch, was deployed for testing in Nakuru, Nanyuki, Nyeri, and Marsabit in July 2017.

More than 30 people died when a fuel tanker crashed into other vehicles and burst into flames outside the town of Naivasha in Kenya late on Saturday night, officials said.

The Kenyan capital's main international airport was shut on Sunday following the crash-landing of a domestic flight, airport officials said.

Two Australians were killed and 18 tourists hospitalised when a bus plunged into a river after a tyre burst on a steep section of road in Kenya, officials said on Monday.

At least four people died when a cargo plane crashed into a building shortly after takeoff on Wednesday from the Kenyan capital's main airport, the busiest in east Africa.

At least 41 people were killed on Thursday in a bus crash west of the Kenyan capital Nairobi, the Kenyan Red Cross said.

At least 35 people in eastern Kenya died on Wednesday when the bus they were travelling in veered out of control and rolled several times, police said.

Kenyan police say a cabinet minister who once served as Kenya's vice president has been killed in a helicopter crash near the capital.