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Kenya World News API

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

Get API key for the Kenya World News 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=world&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 14294,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "2ffa9ff28daeeb858deb5242916722a8",
            "title": "Veteran president set to win sixth term in strategic Djibouti",
            "description": "Djibouti's leader Ismail Omar Guelleh is expected to win a presidential election on Friday, extending his 27-year rule of the tiny, highly strategic Horn of Africa nation.",
            "content": "Djibouti's leader Ismail Omar Guelleh is expected to win a presidential election on Friday, extending his 27-year rule of the tiny, highly strategic Horn of Africa nation.\nGuelleh, 78, known as \"IOG\", is one of Africa's longest serving leaders and ha... [3638 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/africa/article/2001544817/veteran-president-set-to-win-sixth-term-in-strategic-djibouti",
            "image": "https://cdn.standardmedia.co.ke/images/articles/thumbnails/cmj5bE2qVgIFolDZZ6rR8pCbvwDvhh7v1GGVWoRo.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-08T06:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "61ae3c4e7624ad1d3ba0dabc96e98a0d",
                "name": "standardmedia.co.ke",
                "url": "https://www.standardmedia.co.ke"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "7b2cb0e1165f39dbbcf23f44c3514c3f",
            "title": "Businessman Who Supplied Food to Supermarkets Found Storing Fish in Bathtub Beside Washroom",
            "description": "A businessman named Stephen Akuoko has pleaded guilty to food safety breaches after firefighters discovered fish stored in a bathtub beside a toilet.",
            "content": "Stephen Akuoko has been selling ready-made food to shops until a disturbing discovery unearthed a breach of safety standards\nThings took a turn when the 62-year-old was found storing fish in a bathtub beside a toilet before selling them\nThe disturbin... [2891 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.tuko.co.ke/people/family/622651-businessman-supplied-food-supermarkets-storing-fish-bathtub-washroom/",
            "image": "https://cdn.tuko.co.ke/images/1200x675/dca16a9dbbb7a351.jpeg?v=1",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-08T05:45:45Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "61865e17a687aaa6274387f9bc370f66",
                "name": "Tuko News",
                "url": "https://www.tuko.co.ke"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8b9582b6901155f3d8d9be9b7cbf2fa1",
            "title": "Global Oil Prices Plunge Following Strait of Hormuz Breakthrough",
            "description": "Global crude prices plummeted today as a US-Iran ceasefire agreement promises to reopen the vital Strait of Hormuz. What does this mean for Kenya`s pump?",
            "content": "The Market Reacts to Diplomatic De-escalation\nOil prices collapsed in early trading hours Wednesday as global markets reacted to a surprise US-Iran ceasefire agreement, signaling the imminent reopening of the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz. The... [5380 chars]",
            "url": "https://streamlinefeed.co.ke/news/global-oil-prices-plunge-following-strait-of-hormuz-breakthrough",
            "image": "https://nyjbuhvfbjutcfbphchh.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/business-media/thumbnails/455f1dcf-f021-4c3e-881e-7ad504c518a8/1775623168090-wr4j7ws9lkp.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-08T04:42:40Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a34be4b67213cc7436300c98929be0dd",
                "name": "streamlinefeed.co.ke",
                "url": "https://streamlinefeed.co.ke"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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