Seven East African states are due to sign an agreement giving them more water from the River Nile – a move strongly opposed by Egypt and Sudan. Read the full story

The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor has said his case against perpetrators of Kenya’s post-election violence is “unstoppable”. Read the full story

Thousands of farm workers in Kenya have been temporarily laid off because of the volcanic ash over Europe that has grounded flights. Read the full story

Kenya’s President Mwai Kibaki has asked eight senior officials to step down pending inquiries into two corruption scandals. Read the full story

The Islamic administration of Al-Shabaab that controls Somalia’s southern regions of Jubba has on Sunday declared holy war on Kenya over reports that Nairobi is training Somali troops. Read the full story

Two companies linked to two former aides of retired President Moi caused a diplomatic row between Kenya and Britain when they froze accounts and assets belonging to Kenya in the United Kingdom three weeks ago. Read the full story

The government is invoking an obscure legal principle to dismiss claims of torture and rape by the British colonial administration in Kenya, campaigners claimed. Read the full story

Somalia’s insurgent group Al-Shabaab has threatened and also accused neighbouring Kenya of deploying more troops to the bordering towns. Sheikh Mahammed Arab, an Al-Shabaab administrator in Somali border town of Dhobley, near the Kenyan border said they have received reports that Kenyan military numbering more than 1500 with battle wagons are making military movement along the border. Read the full story

 At least six people have died after Kenyan police fired on protesters demanding the release of a Jamaican Muslim cleric, Sheikh Abdullah al-Faisal, hospital sources have said. The demonstration was blocked by police as it approached the heart of the capital, Nairobi, after Friday prayers at a central mosque. Read the full story