Kenya News API

Get the live top 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 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=general&country=ke&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=general" \
  --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": "general", "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: "general",
    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" => "general",
    "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=general&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": 74870,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "ba3804c044dff5e4d3e77d8979d63cd3",
            "title": "Roma vs Real Madrid: The tactics board - Mourinho's late substitutions spark sensational comeback",
            "description": "Real Madrid overcame a two-goal deficit to defeat Roma 4-3 in a tactical thriller at the Stadio Olimpico.",
            "content": "Gasperini deployed a rigid 3-4-3 formation designed to suffocate Madrid’s build-up play. The primary objective was to execute a high-pressing system, with the midfield acting as the pivot to disrupt Federico Valverde and Aurelien Tchouameni as they a... [4842 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.goal.com/en-sa/lists/roma-real-madrid-the-tactics-board-jose-mourinho-champions-league/blt1d41ec0654897afc",
            "image": "https://assets.goal.com/images/v3/getty-2299670431/crop/MM5DIMBQGA5DEMRVGA5G433XMU5DMOBUHIYTEMI=/GettyImages-2299670431.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T22:32:41Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "90ada3ade3c66a756d5cd36c7829c359",
                "name": "Goal.com",
                "url": "https://www.goal.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f64d136b1bf59c697a1f3bbb6b59808f",
            "title": "US lawmaker targets Africa’s 5th-largest gold producer with proposed minerals-for-technology deal",
            "description": "A proposed US bill is putting Africa’s fifth-largest gold producer, Sudan in focus, seeking to exchange American agricultural and mining technology for access to its gold, uranium, oil and other natural resources. | Business Insider Africa",
            "content": "The Sudan IMPACT Act, introduced by Congressman Jim Baird, would make the partnership conditional on demonstrable progress in civilian protection, political stability and responsible resource management, tying potential economic cooperation to improv... [2957 chars]",
            "url": "https://africa.businessinsider.com/local/markets/us-lawmaker-targets-africas-5th-largest-gold-producer-with-proposed-minerals-for/52k7zfe",
            "image": "https://ocdn.eu/pulscms-transforms/1/7AuktkpTURBXy9jYzQyNmQ0NmQyYzA0MzM3OTZlZmNlMThhOGE5ZWRmYS5qcGeSlQMAzGXNCf7NBaCTBc0EsM0Cdg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T19:23:42Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "00e8b3d988b9e44beed452c70bcbf59f",
                "name": "Business Insider Africa",
                "url": "https://africa.businessinsider.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "45238515bf588fd55b0cc4a27e6037f4",
            "title": "Liverpool player ratings vs LASK: Bradley Barcola sparkles in a chaotic nine-goal thriller",
            "description": "Liverpool navigated a chaotic Champions League encounter in Austria, securing a 6-3 victory over LASK thanks to a hat-trick from Bradley Barcola.",
            "content": "Alisson Becker - 5/10:\nAn unusually busy evening for the Brazilian despite the scoreline. While he could do little about the sheer volume of goals conceded in the second half, the lack of clean-sheet security will frustrate him. He recorded just one ... [3771 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.goal.com/en-sa/lists/liverpool-player-ratings-lask-bradley-barcola-nine-goal-thriller-champions-league/blt5ed171b07eaa93ba",
            "image": "https://assets.goal.com/images/v3/getty-2300209232/crop/MM5DGNRUGM5DEMBUHE5G433XMU5DAORWGU======/GettyImages-2300209232.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T19:10:04Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "90ada3ade3c66a756d5cd36c7829c359",
                "name": "Goal.com",
                "url": "https://www.goal.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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