At least five people were shot and killed by gunmen in a restaurant in the eastern Kenyan town of Garissa on April 18, Reuters reported, citing witnesses and local media reports.

Kenyan and Somali leaders have agreed to work closely to consolidate peace between their countries and will soon launch a commission for cooperation, Xinhua reported April 10.

A Kenyan police officer was killed and five others were injured in an explosion in the northern town of Mandera near the border with Somalia on March 19, an official said, NZWeek reported.

Uhuru Kenyatta was declared winner of Kenya's presidential election March 9, with 50.07 percent of the vote -- just enough to avoid a run-off, Reuters reported.

The vote count in Kenya's presidential election has been manipulated, Kalonzo Musyoka, the running mate of Prime Minister Raila Odinga, said March 7, the BBC reported.

At least one person was injured in an explosion near a church in Nairobi's Eastleigh neighborhood March 5, police said, Standard Digital reported.

Machete attacks have killed 17 people near the coastal Kenyan town of Kilifi during the opening of voting in the country's presidential election, Australia's ABC News reported March 4.

At least seven people were killed Feb. 21 when gunmen fired at a mosque during morning prayers in a northeastern Kenyan village near Liboi on the Somalian border, Kenyan newspaper The Standard reported.

At least one person, believed to be the perpetrator of the attack, was killed late Feb. 16 while attempting to set up an improvised explosive device in a field near the primary school where presidential hopeful Martha Karua was to speak Feb. 17, police officials said, Reuters reported.