Kenya said on Monday said it had handed over four Turkish refugees after accepting an extradition request by Ankara despite Amnesty International raising concerns they could face persecution at home if they were deported.

A British national told the BBC he and several Turkish citizens had been abducted by masked men. He said he had been released after eight hours when he showed his alleged abductor

The government of Kenya has deported 4 Turkish Nationals days after they were reportedly abducted. In a statement, Foreign Affairs PS Korir Sing’oei confirmed that the four were taken back to their home country on Friday,

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's impeached deputy president, Rigathi Gachagua, said on Sunday his security protection team had been withdrawn and that President William Ruto would be responsible if anything happened to him. Gachagua - who has dismissed the charges against him as politically motivated - told journalists his safety was at risk.

Kenya’s president has nominated the country’s interior minister as his new deputy. The nomination came hours after Rigathi Gachagua was overwhelmingly voted out as deputy president in an impeachment motion tabled in parliament over allegations of corruption and ethnic division.

Kenya's senate voted to dismiss Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua from office by impeachment on five out of 11 charges levelled against him on Thursday, in an unprecedented move that risks pushing the country towards a political crisis.