Kenya Tension Score
building record · 49 days on fileLive 0–100 tension reading for Kenya, built by our own engine from 19,188 world headlines in the last 30 days. Refreshed every 10 minutes; a fresh headline count twice a day.
Where Kenya stands
#62 of 197 countries today, #14 of 53 in Africa (region score 64). Tension is steady this week.
Same 0–100 scale and zones as the World Tension Index.
Kenya news pulse
60 headlines in 30 days · newest firstEvery story the engine read that names Kenya, its capital or its leaders. Links go to the original outlet; the badge is the engine’s own 0–100 tension weight. This list is what moves the number above.
What is driving Kenya’s tension score
last 30 days- 93 headlines in 30 days — 0.48% of everything the engine read, up sharply on the previous 30 days (25).
- 19% of those were violent (attacks, strikes, casualties) and 5% scored as high-tension stories.
- Conflicts on the roster: none. Kenya is not a party to any conflict our engine tracks right now.
- Region: Africa reads 64 today; it carries 15% of this score.
Read it like this. Attention (how much the world is talking about Kenya) is the biggest input at 30%. Violence and high-tension share tell you what kind of talk it is. A country can be loud and calm — an election, a summit — or quiet and dangerous. The mix is the point.
Kenya tension month by month
average score, headline counts| Month | Avg score | Zone | Headlines | Violent | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | 24.2 | Calm | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| October 2026 | 18.8 | Calm | 102 | 23 | 31 |
| September 2026 | 11.5 | Calm | 12 | 0 | 13 |
Record for Kenya began on 18 September 2026. Nothing is revised after the fact.
How the Kenya score is built
Five inputs, fixed weights. Attention 30% (share of world coverage), violence 25% and high-tension share 15% (what kind of coverage), roster conflicts 15%, and the Africa region score 15%. A momentum nudge (+6 / −4) rewards a country whose coverage is accelerating or fading.
Same physics as the world score. The number rises 85% of the way to its new level at once and falls no faster than 3 points a day — fear arrives fast and leaves slowly.
No third-party index inside. Every count comes from the 41 public news feeds our engine reads itself; the full method is on the methodology page. Data is free under CC BY 4.0 via the API.
Questions people ask about Kenya
Is Kenya in a war right now?
Not on our roster. Kenya is not a party to any tracked conflict; the engine flags new candidates automatically when coverage repeats.
Is tension in Kenya rising or falling?
Easing: down 2 points in 7 days.
How does Kenya compare with the rest of Africa?
Below its region: Kenya reads 24 against 64 for Africa, ranking #14 of 53 there.
Keep exploring
Same region
Sudan 54 · South Sudan 44 · Somalia 36 · Ethiopia 35 · Eritrea 34 · Nigeria 31
The bigger picture
All countries on the map · Africa · World Tension Index · active conflicts · escalation watchlist
Kenya and world tension: the long view
evergreen · World Tension Meter teamEast Africa’s hub. Kenya is the region’s biggest economy, a Somalia frontline state and a frequent site of large protests. It also leads foreign missions, including in Haiti.
What our engine watches in Kenya
- Protests and police crackdowns
- Al-Shabaab attacks near the border
- Debt and currency pressure
Indexes to follow: Currency Stress.