Kenya

Cry Like A Boy

There are no male feminists | View

Published author and academic Mukoma Wa Ngugi recounts the process of becoming a man in Kenya in a feminist household.

26/11/2020

Green News

Ex-criminal youth help Africa's largest slums go green and clean

The young people cleaning up the Kibera slums, as Kenya faces a problem with plastic pollution.

24/11/2020

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Kenyan village with Obama links holds mock vote to support Democrats

Locals in a Kenyan village with links to Barack Obama had some fun of their own on US election day.

04/11/2020

Green News

There is an elephant 'baby boom' going on in Kenya

Record numbers of calves have been born this year. But what's changed?

01/11/2020

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COVID-19 restrictions squeeze incomes of waste recyclers

Nairobi's giant mountain of rubbish is usually covered with recyclers, people who scramble through the city's waste to earn some cash, but now they say they can't collect enough to feed their families.

16/10/2020

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Few show up to watch migration of Kenyan wildebeests amid pandemic

This year, few are witnessing the annual migration of thousands of wildebeest from the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania to Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya — one of the seven wonders of the world.

03/08/2020

Green News

The dark side of forest conservation: Who are the Sengwer tribe?

Eileen Gbagbo on Kenya's Sengwer tribe and why conservation efforts forced them out of their ancestral home.

20/07/2020

Green News

Drop in tourism leaves orphaned baby elephants without funding

African elephants could be extinct in 20 years according to the WWF.

12/07/2020

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Kenyans march to demand the end of police abuses amid COVID-19 flux

Over 50 people were arrested according to local media.

07/07/2020

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Locusts in Kenya threaten to cut off food supplies

Some experts are searching the most remote corners of Kenya for desert locusts to contain them before the wreak havoc on crops.

02/07/2020

Green News

Lions’ whisker patterns are as unique as a human fingerprint

Now they are being used to keep track of how many of these majestic big cats are left in Kenya.

29/05/2020

Green News

Good news: endangered Black Rhino populations increase in Africa

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) reported a population growth of around 2.5 per cent each year between 2012 and 2018.

25/03/2020

Kenya

'Devastating': Poachers kill 'last female' white giraffe and her calf

The slaughter of a white female and her calf leaves just one lone male alive in the country.

11/03/2020

Kenya

Kenya's former president Daniel arap Moi dies at 95

The former president of Kenya, who was in power for over 20 years, died at the age of 95.

04/02/2020

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Locust swarms threaten East Africa's food security

The most serious outbreak of locusts in 25 years is spreading across East Africa and posing an unprecedented threat to food security in some of the world's most vulnerable countries.

23/01/2020

Kenya

Three dead in Al-Shabab attack on base used by US military in Kenya

Three dead in Al-Shabab attack on base used by US military in Kenya

05/01/2020

Kenya

Nairobi: six-story building collapses in Kenyan capital

Is this another fatal example of unscrupulous developers bypassing regulations?

06/12/2019

Kenya

Body of Kenya Airways stowaway found in London garden

The body of a man believed to be a stowaway on a Kenya Airways flight was found in a garden in south London on Sunday.

02/07/2019

Destinations

Hippos play a key role in maintaining ecosystems... with their poop

The falling hippo numbers may be devastating in Kenya.

12/05/2019

Kenya

Giant 'lion' fossil discovered in Kenyan museum drawer

Simbakubwa kutokaafrika had a skull the length of a rhino’s and canines the size of bananas.

19/04/2019

Kenya

Fire disrupts one terminal at Kenya's main airport in Nairobi

Jomo Kenyatta Airport is the main gateaway into the East Africa nation.

04/04/2019

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Kenyan rangers free three elephants trapped in muddy waters

Kenya's Wildlife Service rangers rescued three elephants bogged down in the muddy waters of Lake Kapnarok on Monday.

03/04/2019

Kenya

Rare black leopards captured on camera in Kenya

The new images prove the elusive feline is alive and well.

14/02/2019

Kenya

Two arrested in Kenya hotel complex attack: police

Kenyan police said 21 people were confirmed dead.

15/01/2019

Kenya

Gunmen kidnap Italian aid worker during attack in Kenya

Gunmen have kidnapped a 23-year-old Italian female aid worker in the coastal region of Kilifi in Kenya, with five others also injured during the attack

21/11/2018

Kenya

Gunmen kidnap Italian aid worker during attack in Kenya

Gunmen have kidnapped an Italian volunteer in Kenya, according to police.

21/11/2018