Kenya

Scenes

WATCH: Kenyan 10-year-old tackling climate change by planting trees

In partnership with Media City

At just ten years old, Karen Wanjiru Kimani has planted more than 30,000 trees and cleared tons of plastic pollution from her local environment.

18/03/2024

Kenya

Euroviews. America's failed 'War on Terror' in Africa is a global security crisis

Without a drastic shift in policy that supports the emergence of strong and cohesive African societies, the world will be thrown into a global security crisis of earth-shattering proportions, Christine Odera writes.

12/03/2024

Kenya

Euroviews. A Trump win would see Africa (and the world) spiral into climate hell

Trump's election victory would see a return to policies that led to a whopping 110 million Africans facing humanitarian and environmental crises today. But what happens in Africa will not stay in Africa, Nathaniel Mong’are writes.

27/02/2024

Green News

Why the world parliament for the environment is meeting in Kenya

Every two years, all 193 UN Member States come together to address critical environmental issues facing the planet.

26/02/2024

Kenya

Kenyan Marathon superstar, Kelvin Kiptum, killed in car accident

The 24-year-old and his coach were killed after their car veered off the road between the towns of Eldoret and Kaptagat in western Kenya

12/02/2024

Kenya

Massive fire in Nairobi kills 3 and injures nearly 300

Blaze apparently caused by an exploding truck reached many residents in their homes overnight.

02/02/2024

Scenes

Meet the team crafting pencils out of recycled newspapers in Kenya

In partnership with Media City

“A pencil that changes the world, through that pencil we plant trees.”

25/12/2023

Green News

Kenya: Millions displaced by the worst flooding in 100 years

There is no end in sight for the extreme weather.

15/12/2023

Green News

Kenya: Maasai women are turning harmful cacti into food and bio-gas

Local farmers say the cacti now compete for critical resources, jeopardising community lands, wildlife reserves and livestock ranches.

03/11/2023

Kenya

King Charles visits Kenya as demands for colonial apology grow

Under a new King, the British Monarchy is grappling with ways to ease its relations with former colonies demanding recognition and reparation for imperial abuses.

31/10/2023

Scenes

Meet the Kenyan woman turning plastics into bricks

In partnership with Media City

"After taking that plastic waste, you can make roads. And if a kid can go to school and arrive on time through the roads I build, I'm happy."

25/09/2023

Green News

Tax fossil fuels to fund climate action, African leaders say

The declaration says no country should ever have to choose between development aspirations and climate action.

07/09/2023

Green News

World is 'losing the race' to meet climate goals, COP28 president says

It is just three days until the United Nations publishes the first-ever global stocktake which will assess how nations are doing in their efforts to tackle climate change.

05/09/2023

No Comment

Kenya police fire teargas at opposition protest rally

Kenyan police fired tear gas on opposition leader Raila Odinga's convoy on Friday as people joined anti-government protests in several cities over a harsh cost-of-living crisis and a raft of controversial tax hikes.

08/07/2023

Kenya

At least 51 people killed, 32 injured in road accident in west Kenya

A truck rammed into several other vehicles and market traders in western Kenya killing at least 51 people, police said.

01/07/2023

Tech News

Facebook content moderators' lawsuit lifts the lid on 'torture' work

They look at horrors so others don't have to. Now Facebook content moderators in Kenya are suing the company over work conditions in a landmark case.

29/06/2023

Scenes

Meet the refugees improving the lives of fellow refugees in Kenya

In partnership with Media City

In partnership with Media City, Qatar

19/06/2023

Nature

‘Paradise’: In the only capital city with a national wildlife park

117 km2 of green space filled with wildlife can be found just outside the centre of Kenya’s capital.

15/06/2023

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WATCH: Kenyan organisation upcycles plastics into household items

Kenyan organisation, Kibarazani Cocktail, is trying to tackle some of the country's waste problem by upcycling plastic into household items.

29/05/2023

Nature

One of the ‘world’s oldest’ lions has been killed in Kenya

Conservation groups have called the 19-year-old lion ‘a symbol of resilience and coexistence’.

15/05/2023

Kenya

Death toll from Kenyan cult could rise with 213 missing: aid groups

The death toll at a ranch in coastal Kenya, owned by a pastor accused of leading a religious cult and ordering his followers to starve themselves, has reached 90.

26/04/2023

Kenya

47 bodies found in three days amid probe into Kenya starvation cult

26 more corpses were uncovered by police in eastern Kenya on Sunday amid investigations into a cult whose leader allegedly told his followers to starve themselves in order to 'meet Jesus'.

24/04/2023

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WATCH: Muslim faithful attend Eid prayers in Kenya

The Islamic calendar is lunar and depends on the sighting of the moon, something Muslim religious authorities tend to disagree on. Ramadan sees worshippers fasting daily from dawn to sunset, ending with Eid al-Fitr celebrations.

21/04/2023

Destinations

Kenya: This East African country is a must for foodies

With a rich food heritage, Kenya is ready to put itself on the gastronomic map.

16/04/2023

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Kenyan police crack down on demonstrations

Kenyan riot police crack down on cost of living demonstrations fueled by opposition leader Raila Odinga.

20/03/2023

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WATCH: Protesters in Nairobi call for President Ruto to step down

At least one person was reportedly shot and several others were arrested when demonstrators clashed with police in Kenya's capital.

20/03/2023