Kenya Nation News API

Get the live top nation headlines from Kenya with one request to the Top Headlines endpoint of GNews API. Stories are selected by Google News rankings and returned as clean JSON.

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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);
}

<?php

$apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

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

$response = file_get_contents("https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?" . $query);
if ($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": 44132,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "2ccf6eb919b5df53090c1b6a23bef33c",
            "title": "US broadcaster issues fresh on-air apology to Kenyans after Nairobi comments backlash",
            "description": "Embattled American television broadcaster and Newsmax host Rob Finnerty has issued a full, on-air apology to the people of Kenya following widespread backlash over disparaging remarks he made about Nairobi.",
            "content": "The controversy began during an October 9 segment discussing immigration and the condition of major American urban centers.\nDuring the broadcast, Finnerty remarked that migration into sanctuary cities was causing them to deteriorate, stating that the... [3322 chars]",
            "url": "https://citizen.digital/article/us-broadcaster-issues-fresh-on-air-apology-to-kenyans-after-nairobi-comments-backlash-n392045",
            "image": "https://assets.citizen.digital/175689/conversions/1c06e0a6-b9ec-4854-9a15-9cdc92f75ee3_1001222783-og_image.webp",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T20:28:24Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f86cbe39727b031bdd02d9e9da374b6d",
                "name": "Citizen Digital",
                "url": "https://citizen.digital"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "9b2a788eddb61b2ec08f6794dca94419",
            "title": "Mama Ida: I don’t believe Raila is gone, I still hope he will come home",
            "description": "Ida says she still waits for her late husband to return home, sometimes staying up late before realising he is not coming back",
            "content": "Mama Ida Odinga has spoken about the difficulty of coming to terms with the death of her husband, former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, revealing that she still finds herself hoping he will return home.\nSpeaking during a media interview as the family m... [2256 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2026-10-14-mama-ida-i-still-dont-believe-raila-is-gone",
            "image": "https://cdn.radioafrica.digital/image/2026/10/19c2badc-2f88-4bfa-ae45-e2cfbd9aaf10.webp?1792024066935",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T18:08:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "78abb827b28c7c0ddfc220acd88d7776",
                "name": "The Star, Kenya",
                "url": "https://www.the-star.co.ke"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "45e70d103b188c92b58ce295f8e64c3f",
            "title": "Mama Ida leads candle-lighting ceremony for Raila in Bondo",
            "description": "A sombre mood prevailed as the family arrived for the ceremony, which formed part of events organised to commemorate Raila’s first death anniversary.",
            "content": "The family of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga on Wednesday evening lit candles at Kang’o ka Jaramogi in Bondo, Siaya County, to mark one year since his death.\nRaila’s widow, Mama Ida Odinga, led family members in the candle-lighting ceremony, whic... [2020 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2026-10-14-mama-ida-leads-candle-lighting-ceremony-for-raila",
            "image": "https://cdn.radioafrica.digital/image/2026/10/97ab1695-be62-4d1c-904d-2b27a6ee1f65.webp?1792014987430",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T17:36:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "78abb827b28c7c0ddfc220acd88d7776",
                "name": "The Star, Kenya",
                "url": "https://www.the-star.co.ke"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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