Katharine Houreld

Nairobi, Kenya

Nairobi correspondent
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17 Kenyan schoolchildren burn to death in dormitory fire

Arson is often used by Kenyan students as a tool of protest over poor living conditions or harsh teachers.

September 6, 2024
Distressed parents stand near a burned-out dormitory following a fire at the Hillside Endarasha Academy in Nyeri, Kenya on Friday.

Ugandan Olympic runner dies after being set on fire by ex-boyfriend

Rebecca Cheptegei is the third high-profile athlete to be killed in a domestic violence incident in Kenya.

September 5, 2024

Warring parties in Sudan accused of carrying out rapes

Allegations by Human Rights Watch that captive women were repeatedly raped jibes with Post reporting from inside Sudan. The RSF said to be the main perpetrator.

July 28, 2024
A mother of five weeps as she recounts being imprisoned and raped by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, who accused her of being a spy. When she sought help from the military, they imprisoned her, and she has not seen her children for six months, she said.

    A rare on-the-ground look at Sudan’s civil war

    The Post's Katharine Houreld traveled to Sudan in June to see the world’s largest displacement crisis firsthand.

    July 19, 2024

    Inside Sudan, devastating warfare forces desperate choices

    A rare trip by Post journalists to five Sudanese cities revealed starvation, mass displacement — and acts of stunning heroism.

    July 19, 2024

    After weeks of protests, Kenya’s president sacks his much-reviled ministers

    Just six weeks ago, President William Ruto was visiting the White House and basking as a top U.S. ally in Africa, but Kenya has since exploded with anti-corruption protests.

    July 12, 2024
    Protesters gesture at Kenya anti-riot police around a burning barricade during an anti-government demonstration in downtown Nairobi on July 2.

    U.N. calls for end to siege of Darfur city amid Sudan civil war

    The U.S. envoy to the U.N. has called Sudan the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, with more than half of the country’s population needing assistance.

    June 14, 2024
    Women and children at the Zamzam displacement camp, close to El Fashir in western Sudan, in January. (Mohamed Zakaria/Reuters)

    South Africa’s ruling ANC on track to lose majority for the first time

    The election’s real winner, in third place with nearly 12 percent of the vote, was the new MK Party of former president Jacob Zuma, once an ANC stalwart.

    May 31, 2024
    A voter fills out a ballot in Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal, during South Africa's general election on Wednesday.

    Early election results in South Africa suggest major setback for ruling ANC

    The African National Congress looks likely to win the most parliamentary seats but fall short of a majority for the first time in three decades.

    May 30, 2024
    A voter casts her ballot during a special vote at the Glebe Community Hall voting station in Umlazi on Tuesday, the day before South African elections.

    Political killings rock South Africa as it heads into elections

    The epidemic of assassinations in the country looks to affect the vote for Parliament and the African National Congress’s bid to keep its majority.

    May 28, 2024
    An electoral poster for South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who is also president of the ruling African National Congress, is seen on a fence at a house in Hammanskraal on Tuesday, a day before South Africa's elections.