Kenya Nation News API

Get the live top nation 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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Request and live response

This request returns the current top nation 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=nation&country=ke&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=nation" \
  --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": "nation", "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: "nation",
    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" => "nation",
    "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=nation&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": 47790,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "c34a9f517401eb3285a3ed0d50df2c94",
            "title": "Kenyan women living longer and better lives, KNBS survey indicates",
            "description": "Driving this rise in survival is a historic reduction in pregnancy and delivery complications that once cut women's lives short.",
            "content": "A key report released on Tuesday suggests Kenyan women are now living longer and safer lives, with many of the gains having been made after 2022.\nThe report, known as the 2025–26 Kenya Mini Demographic and Health Survey, indicates the probability of ... [6118 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2026-11-04-women-now-live-longer-and-better-lives-study",
            "image": "https://cdn.radioafrica.digital/image/2026/11/db81e189-06f5-48ca-a12b-5a6ad2002cec.webp?1793759281495",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T02:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "78abb827b28c7c0ddfc220acd88d7776",
                "name": "The Star, Kenya",
                "url": "https://www.the-star.co.ke"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "195145938f7b5a3541ecb8eeae678af8",
            "title": "Numbers headache for Matiang'i, Muturi as Gachagua digs in",
            "description": "Ex-DP insists presidential ambitions must be backed by demonstrable electoral support",
            "content": "While defending his remarks, Gachagua yesterday questioned the ability of some opposition leaders to deliver votes in their own constituencies.\nThe former Deputy President insisted that presidential ambitions must be backed by demonstrable electoral ... [5934 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2026-11-04-numbers-headache-for-matiangi-muturi-as-gachagua-digs-in",
            "image": "https://cdn.radioafrica.digital/image/2026/11/0f9caa11-f456-4f1e-93fa-df9649e79eb9.webp?1793760957914",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T01:57:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "78abb827b28c7c0ddfc220acd88d7776",
                "name": "The Star, Kenya",
                "url": "https://www.the-star.co.ke"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "aa1568085c8873e6a88e8c215e80b999",
            "title": "Breast cancer: Why Kenyan women are still diagnosed too late",
            "description": "Fear, misinformation and barriers to diagnosis continue to undermine early detection as thousands of women face breast cancer every year. For many Kenyan women, the first warning of…",
            "content": "Fear, misinformation and barriers to diagnosis continue to undermine early detection as thousands of women face breast cancer every year.\nFor many Kenyan women, the first warning of breast cancer is not pain, but a change they may barely notice.\nA lu... [7378 chars]",
            "url": "https://peopledaily.digital/insights/breast-cancer-why-kenyan-women-are-still-diagnosed-too-late",
            "image": "https://peopledaily.digital/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/Breast-cancer-Pt.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T18:47:53Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "948beeb22d1fa1a98f8c7ca35e47de5c",
                "name": "People Daily",
                "url": "https://peopledaily.digital"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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