Kenya

Baby receiving inoculation as its mother holds it (© Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images)

Vaccines advance the fight against malaria

Child deaths from malaria have fallen 10% in parts of Africa where a new vaccine is used. Learn more about recent successes against malaria.
Kamala Harris walking and waving as schoolchildren cheer behind her (© Misper Apawu/AP)

Senior Biden officials deepen ties in visits to Africa

Several senior Biden officials have traveled to Africa recently, fulfilling a pledge the president made at the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit.
Fridah Okomo standing on balcony with buildings and colorful evening sky in view (Courtesy of Fridah Okomo)

Young leaders promote democracy at home

Meet activists from Kenya and Estonia who are advancing democracy in their home countries after participating in a U.S.-backed program.
Health care worker reaching for oxygen tank (USAID/Lameck Ododo)

Saving lives with medical oxygen in Kenya

USAID is training health care workers in Kenya to provide medical oxygen, part of wide-ranging U.S. efforts to fight COVID-19 abroad.
Woman holding her malnourished child (© Farah Abdi Warsameh/AP Images)

$1 billion in U.S. emergency food security aid rushed to Africa

A portion of the $2.76 billion in U.S. funding President Biden announced in June to address food insecurity has arrived in parts of Africa.
Three large screens set up in elaborate hall containing screen views of leaders at virtual meeting (© Leah Millis/AP Images)

The United States is committed to promoting a prosperous Africa

Secretary of State Antony Blinken emphasized the United States' commitment to Africa through his first virtual trip to Nigeria and Kenya on April 27.
Smiling woman holding bunch of green bananas (© Twiga Foods Ltd.)

U.S. invests in Kenyans building a reliable food supply

Learn how a $5 million loan from the new U.S. International Development Finance Corporation will help support women and boost food security in Kenya.
Young girl chasing locusts away from field by waving shawl (© Ben Curtis/AP Images)

Taking on a billion locusts in the Greater Horn of Africa

Learn how the United States is helping several African countries control billions of locusts that are threatening crops and communities.
Smiling woman standing with arms folded in open-sided building (Bobby Neptune/USAID)

A place to trade in Kenya

With help from the U.S. Agency for International Development, women are connecting to growing markets in drought-prone northern Kenya. Meet one of them.