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Kenya News API

Get the live top headlines from Kenya with our JSON API.

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API Demonstration

This example demonstrates the HTTP request to make and the JSON response you will receive when you use the news api to get the top headlines from Kenya.

GET
https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?country=ke&category=general&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 10956,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "9bee9ab995121134e1dea0e2ef6099f7",
            "title": "Karua Warns Ruto’s Government Risks Collapse After Raila’s Death",
            "description": "Since Raila's demise in October, his party, ODM has fallen into factions, with one group hinting at supporting the cooperation agreement with Ruto beyond 2027, and the other calling for an end.",
            "content": "People’s Liberation Party (PLP) leader Martha Karua now says that President William Ruto’s government is on the brink of collapsing following the demise of the late former Prime Minister Raila Odinga.\nDuring an interview with TV47 on December 23, Kar... [1553 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.kenyans.co.ke/news/119335-karua-warns-rutos-government-risks-collapse-after-railas-death",
            "image": "https://www.kenyans.co.ke/files/styles/article_style/public/images/media/Raila%202_0.jpeg?h=7ed1f3cf&itok=9kA8IKpd",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-24T09:16:10Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "352e114f49b2444f593796fe47596766",
                "name": "Kenyans.co.ke",
                "url": "https://www.kenyans.co.ke"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "bed9e668beedb8b51e99879df983c32e",
            "title": "Kenyan filmmaker Emily Nderitu shows the world how to talk about climate change in Africa",
            "description": "\"We’re not short of knowledge or courage in Africa. We’re short of recognition. Storytelling can fix that. It can close the gap between visibility and value.\"",
            "content": "This story was originally published by Bird Story Agency on November 13, 2025. This revised version is republished below as part of a content-sharing agreement.\nEvery village in Africa has a story about the rain. Some are prayers, some are warnings, ... [6155 chars]",
            "url": "https://globalvoices.org/2025/12/24/kenyan-filmmaker-emily-nderitu-shows-the-world-how-to-talk-about-climate-change-in-africa/",
            "image": "https://globalvoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/1_E3_A6251-800x450.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-24T08:01:11Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "427870d2f581b26eaa27ea917dec0bfc",
                "name": "Global Voices",
                "url": "https://globalvoices.org"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "1b761753556870a9ee4c2e20cdbac3fb",
            "title": "Govt Condemns Assault of Nairobi Taxi Driver Over Fare Dispute",
            "description": "Several women were captured in a confrontation with a cab driver in Nairobi, with reports indicating the confrontation erupted after the passengers failed to pay.",
            "content": "The government has condemned an incident showing women allegedly assaulting a taxi driver in a viral video circulating on social media.\nIn a social media statement on December 23, the Principal Secretary for the State Department of Gender Affairs, An... [1819 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.kenyans.co.ke/news/119328-govt-condemns-assault-nairobi-taxi-driver-over-fare-dispute",
            "image": "https://www.kenyans.co.ke/files/styles/article_style/public/images/media/women-assaulting-driver.jpg?itok=rAb9F6gp",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-24T07:21:50Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "352e114f49b2444f593796fe47596766",
                "name": "Kenyans.co.ke",
                "url": "https://www.kenyans.co.ke"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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