Kenya Entertainment News API

Get the live top entertainment headlines from Kenya with one request to the Top Headlines endpoint of GNews API. Headlines are based on Google News rankings and returned as JSON.

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This request returns the current top entertainment headlines from Kenya. The response below is live: it was fetched when this page loaded. Every parameter is described in the Top Headlines endpoint documentation.

GET https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?category=entertainment&country=ke&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=entertainment" \
  --data-urlencode "country=ke" \
  --data-urlencode "apikey=YOUR_API_KEY"

import requests

API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY"

response = requests.get(
    "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines",
    params={"category": "entertainment", "country": "ke", "apikey": API_KEY},
    timeout=10,
)
response.raise_for_status()

for article in response.json()["articles"]:
    print(article["title"])

const API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY";

const params = new URLSearchParams({
    category: "entertainment",
    country: "ke",
    apikey: API_KEY,
});

const response = await fetch(`https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?${params}`);
if (!response.ok) {
    throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
}

const { articles } = await response.json();
for (const article of articles) {
    console.log(article.title);
}

On the Free plan, browsers can only call the API from localhost: see Using the API in the FAQ.

<?php

$apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

$params = http_build_query([
    "category" => "entertainment",
    "country"  => "ke",
    "apikey"   => $apiKey,
]);

$response = file_get_contents("https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?" . $params);
if ($response === false) {
    throw new RuntimeException("Request failed");
}

$data = json_decode($response, true);
foreach ($data["articles"] as $article) {
    echo $article["title"] . PHP_EOL;
}

using System.Net.Http.Json;

const string ApiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

using var client = new HttpClient();

var url = $"https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?category=entertainment&country=ke&apikey={ApiKey}";
var data = await client.GetFromJsonAsync<ApiResponse>(url)
           ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("Empty response");

foreach (var article in data.Articles)
{
    Console.WriteLine(article.Title);
}

record ApiResponse(List<Article> Articles);
record Article(string Title);

200 OK · Live JSON response

{
    "totalArticles": 37836,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "3f57a7d7e2c5fd46a68763f59535b9a9",
            "title": "‘She Made Children Disappear’: TikToker Recalls Her Childhood Friend’s Bizarre Claims About Being a Witch",
            "description": "A TikToker’s story about a childhood friend who allegedly made children disappear has sparked curiosity online. Manila, who posts on TikTok as @manila.333, says she became close friends with a girl in seventh grade who claimed she could make kids in their class disappear if they were mean to her. According to Manila, the children…",
            "content": "A TikToker's story about a childhood friend who allegedly made children disappear has sparked curiosity online. Manila, who posts on TikTok as @manila.333, says she became close friends with a girl in seventh grade who claimed she could make kids in ... [2778 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/articles/she-made-children-disappear-tiktoker-003600054.html",
            "image": "https://s.yimg.com/lo/mysterio/api/092f2411c5eb525475055b05a3a914e33edb13c0433df3dc7cbca4b69b7957aa/lightyear_networkapi/resizefill_w1200%3Bquality_80%3Bformat_jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fdaily_dot_articles_819%2Fb4c4f50ab5bf9eaaa9beef77d5a5398d.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T00:36:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "99e8a2cb4638bb798cf9167e5af5b83b",
                "name": "Yahoo",
                "url": "https://www.yahoo.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "9bda403b8405e4071f57a9baaf97dc0f",
            "title": "Pisces Horoscope for November 4, 2026",
            "description": "Fairness lands best when it arrives with kindness still in your voice.",
            "content": "Somewhere in a close partnership, there's a point you've wanted to make clear, something about what feels even and what doesn't. You might imagine that asking for fairness means hardening your tone or bracing for pushback. But the truth you're carryi... [1596 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/articles/pisces-horoscope-november-4-2026-000000235.html",
            "image": "https://s.yimg.com/lo/mysterio/api/b90b01e279ccebeb6213fb46c0688fdb332aceccecd431c26d62d793e2bef8b9/lightyear_networkapi/resizefill_w1200%3Bquality_80%3Bformat_jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fdailyom_385%2F8b83416c8bd79b6e007573b8796c2636.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T00:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "99e8a2cb4638bb798cf9167e5af5b83b",
                "name": "Yahoo",
                "url": "https://www.yahoo.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "3d3b19a26d77d6665e0a46a6781236ff",
            "title": "Ahn Jae-hyeon hesitates to join macho travel show with Kim Jong Kook and Choo Sung Hoon",
            "description": "Actor ##안재현## said he agonized over appearing on 'The macho man's way of traveling'.",
            "content": "Actor 안재현 said he agonized over appearing on 'The macho man's way of traveling'.\nOn March 3, actor 안재현 newly joined the SBS Plus·MBN variety program 'The macho man's way of traveling in Manado'.\nAt the pre-meeting, 안재현 said, \"It's an overwhelming tit... [1037 chars]",
            "url": "https://biz.chosun.com/en/en-entertainment/2026/11/04/J6WU3U3U5JC5VG355HBRVBJUZM/",
            "image": "https://biz.chosun.com/resizer/v2/GRSDEMDCGNRTSMTGHE3DANZXMI.jpg?auth=055bad2bc4f1115cef06b0bf483f80e035d7ef96f7a3fbc62cc5b03ffbedc4af&width=573&height=300&smart=true",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T23:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "7e093a5cd72ec69caa0804cf6b010fce",
                "name": "Chosunbiz",
                "url": "https://biz.chosun.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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