Kenya News API

Get the live top headlines from Kenya with our JSON API.
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": 39516,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "e8a0191cea435aa45f4af460981fe555",
            "title": "Police arrest 13 suspected gang members in Trans Nzoia",
            "description": "Arrests are part of ongoing efforts aimed at dismantling criminal networks.",
            "content": "Police in Trans Nzoia County have arrested 13 suspects linked to criminal gang activities following a multi-agency security operation conducted in the Gitwamba area.\nThe operation, carried out on Saturday by a joint team of security officers, targete... [2832 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2026-05-10-13-suspected-gang-members-nabbed-in-trans-nzoia",
            "image": "https://cdn.radioafrica.digital/image/2026/05/3b7b376c-ea07-4ddd-b265-d17acbb3501e.png?1778407927082",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-10T09:47:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "78abb827b28c7c0ddfc220acd88d7776",
                "name": "the-star.co.ke",
                "url": "https://www.the-star.co.ke"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "9eb2d06dfbff715d729d3766a8f2be5f",
            "title": "Africa's Richest Man Aliko Dangote Picks Kenya for Mega Refinery Project",
            "description": "Aliko Dangote revealed he considers Mombasa for a mega oil refinery days after President William Ruto announced that the project would be put up in Tanzania.",
            "content": "Aliko Dangote explained why he prefers Mombasa for a new 650,000-barrel oil refinery over Tanga, Tanzania\nThe industrialist listed what he would require from President William Ruto to move the project forward\nHe hinted at the time he would start the ... [2219 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.tuko.co.ke/kenya/625762-africas-richest-man-aliko-dangote-picks-kenya-mega-refinery-project/",
            "image": "https://cdn.tuko.co.ke/images/1200x675/d6c782fd3e829ed4.jpeg?v=1",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-10T09:18:19Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "61865e17a687aaa6274387f9bc370f66",
                "name": "Tuko News",
                "url": "https://www.tuko.co.ke"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "88b5969e77fd6ac26f17f32165e6327b",
            "title": "Probe on after five-year-old boy found dead in Nyamira tea plantation",
            "description": "The body of the boy, a PP1 pupil at Jayden Academy, was discovered on Friday May 8 afternoon in a tea plantation.",
            "content": "Detectives are investigating the murder of a five-year-old boy whose body was found dumped in a tea plantation under disturbing circumstances in Borabu Sub-County, Nyamira County.\nAccording to police, the body of the boy who is a PP1 pupil at Jayden ... [1967 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2026-05-10-boy-5-killed-and-body-dumped-in-nyamira-tea-plantation",
            "image": "https://cdn.radioafrica.digital/image/2026/05/16e92864-5c61-4f31-9d97-4967db89ab46.jpg?1778404198084",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-10T08:41:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "78abb827b28c7c0ddfc220acd88d7776",
                "name": "the-star.co.ke",
                "url": "https://www.the-star.co.ke"
            }
        }
    ]
}
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