Kenya is actively exploring the addition of gold to its foreign exchange reserves as a strategy to diversify beyond the US dollar and other major currencies, Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) Governor Kamau ...

Kenya has been reported as the leading country in the illicit gold trade in East Africa, serving as a central transit and resale point for smuggled gold from neighbouring conflict-affected countries.

The company plans further exploration in Kenya and east Africa after its hits a targeted increase in gold production at the Kilimapesa mine in Kenya, McCrae says. Kenya is “very underexplored” though ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A gold mining company said that three workers have been killed after a blast in western Kenya and blamed illegal mining activities. Karebe gold mining company said in a statement ...

Kenya is on the verge of a major economic breakthrough following the discovery of its largest gold deposits in decades, valued at an estimated Sh683 billion (US$5.29 billion) in Kakamega County.

It rained in the night, but that did little to eliminate the dust now floating inside the makeshift gold processing plant at Musali village in Kakamega, western Kenya, on this chilly morning. The sun ...

Kenya plans to buy gold to diversify its reserves and has held talks with the Bank of England on topics including bullion storage, the East African nation’s central bank governor said. The country is ...

A dozen people were trapped after a gold mine in western Kenya partially collapsed, police said on Tuesday. Kenya has a small mining sector compared to its neighbours. However despite rapid growth in ...

Under the relentless sun of Kehancha, Migori County, the earth tells a story of desperation and hope. On a recent visit, I waded through makeshift mining pits where hundreds of young men, shirts caked ...