Kenya
Kenyan court sentences police officer to death for triple murder
Three other accused will serve sentences of up to 30 years over deaths of Willie Kimani, Josephat Mwenda and Joseph Muiruri, in case that sparked national protests
Peter Muiruri in Nairobi
06, Feb, 2023 @10:26 AM
Wake up, Davos … global leaders must think local to solve the world’s problems | Kennedy Odede
Last week’s Swiss pow-wow was all very well, but the solutions to poverty and climate change lie in the field
Kennedy Odede
27, Jan, 2023 @7:15 AM
Children go hungry at Kenya refugee camp as malnutrition numbers soar
MSF charity reports 33% rise in malnourished patients at giant Dadaab complex after influx from drought-stricken Somalia
Caroline Kimeu in Nairobi
26, Jan, 2023 @6:00 AM
Brazil, Kenya, the US – tech giants are putting democracy in peril the world over | Odanga Madung
Billions of us are due to vote in the next two years as the scourge of online misinformation grows ever worse. It’s time to regulate
Odanga Madung
25, Jan, 2023 @7:15 AM
‘Culture is hard to break’: Kenya’s medical schools face a shortage of cadavers
Medical training is in demand, but hesitancy on body donation means students have little to work with, while an illicit trade in transplant organs flourishes
Caroline Kimeu
24, Jan, 2023 @1:10 PM
Kenya declares war on millions of birds after they raid crops
Toxic pesticides used to eradicate grain-eating quelea may harm the country’s endangered raptors, say conservationists
Peter Muiruri in Nairobi
17, Jan, 2023 @6:00 AM
The big picture: the champion runners of Iten
Shamil Tanna captures the hard training and collective spirit of the aspiring Olympic athletes of a tiny town in western Kenya known for its marathon winners
Tim Adams
15, Jan, 2023 @7:00 AM
New music for 2023: Nyokabi Kariũki, the Kenyan composer using field recordings to conjure Nairobi from afar
Kariũki’s intimate music summoned her home while she was stuck in the US during lockdown – and her darker new album delves into her experience of long Covid
Tara Joshi
03, Jan, 2023 @10:00 AM
‘Miracles and heartbreak’: saving orphaned elephants as Kenya’s drought devastates herds
Sheldrick Wildlife Trust is nursing record numbers of young animals back to health but as rains continue to fail, the vulnerable mammals face a challenging future
Lizzy Davies
26, Dec, 2022 @7:30 AM
British student stranded in Kenya for three months waiting for passport
Officials have refused to issue emergency documents to Michael Omidire, 21, who travelled to country on a Ghanaian passport
Amelia Gentleman
22, Dec, 2022 @7:00 AM
‘Every chemist has a backroom’: the rise of secret FGM in Kenya
A move away from public ceremonies to ‘medicalised’ cutting is one of the greatest threats to eliminating the abusive practice, say campaigners
Caroline Kimeu
15, Dec, 2022 @6:30 AM
Migrant worker dies at World Cup after falling from top of Lusail Stadium
John Njau Kibue, a security guard, has died from his fall from the eighth storey of Lusail Stadium after Friday’s World Cup quarter-final
Paul MacInnes
14, Dec, 2022 @1:48 PM
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