Kenyan President William Ruto announced on Thursday the dismissal of almost his entire cabinet and consultations to form a "broad-based government" following widespread anti-government protests.

Kenya: President Ruto dismisses nearly entire cabinet after anti-government protests

Suspected al Shabaab militants shot dead three teachers in Kenya near the border with Somalia on Monday and burned down a police station, police said, in what appeared to be the latest in a string of assaults by the group since the New Year.

Al Shabaab militants killed three teachers in Kenya: Police

Four Kenyan civilians were killed in a gunfight on Tuesday between police and al Shabaab militants from Somalia who attacked a telecommunications mast in the third such deadly incident in Kenya this week, police said.

Kenya: Four civilians killed in al Shabaab 'gunfight' with Police on telecom mast