Kenya: Can Sugar Cane Waste Replace Plastic? the Kenyan Firm Pushing Sustainable Packaging

In a bid to replace single-use food packaging with a more sustainable alternative, one Kenyan company is making use of the waste left behind by the country's sugar industry. Read more »

Kenya: Meet the Kenyans On a Roll Manufacturing Electric Vehicles of the Future

Nairobi, Kenya - Electric mobility is emerging as a key issue across the African continent, with cleaner transport high on the agenda at the Africa Forward summit, in Nairobi,… Read more »

Kenya: France to Host African Summit in Kenya, in Bid to 'Diversify Alliances'

Paris - France is bringing together French and African business and political leaders in Nairobi, Kenya, on Monday at the Africa Forward summit - the first time it has staged such… Read more »

Africa: Macron Arrives in Kenya Ahead of Africa Summit

President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday met with his Kenyan counterpart William Ruto in Nairobi as part of an African visit aimed at renewing France's engagement with the continent… Read more »

Kenya: Lighting the Way to Protect Kenya's Lions and the Livestock They Prey On

As a boy, Richard Turere saw up close the threat lions posed to his family's livestock - and the threat to the lions in turn. His ingenious solution to the problem is now being… Read more »

Africa: Kenya Approves Defence Pact With France, As Paris Shifts Focus From West Africa

Kenya's National Assembly has ratified a bilateral defence agreement with France, underlining Paris's strategic shift away from its traditional West African sphere of influence… Read more »

Kenya: Anger Rises Towards Authorities As Torrential Rains Kill Over 80 People in Kenya

Storms that triggered flash floods in Kenya have killed at least 81 people so far this month, authorities said, as rain continued to pound much of the country. In the capital… Read more »

Kenya: Kenya, Uganda Open Rail Extension Burdened By Chinese Debt

Nairobi (AFP) - The presidents of Kenya and Uganda met near their shared border Saturday to mark the multi-billion-dollar, long-delayed extension of a Chinese-built railway that… Read more »

East Africa: Under the Same Sky, Climate Change Brings Drought to Somalia and Floods to Kenya

For east African neighbours Kenya and Somalia, the effects of climate change are worlds apart, with one country suffering drought and the other deadly flooding. Read more »

Kenya: Heavy Rains and Flash Floods in Kenya Kill At Least 23 in Nairobi

At least 23 people have been killed in flash flooding in Nairobi, police said Saturday, as search and rescue operations continued amid widespread devastation. Read more »

Kenya: 'Bring Our Sons Home' - Kenyan Families Demand Action Over Russian War Recruitment

Families of young Kenyan men who found themselves fighting in Ukraine after being duped into joining the Russian military are calling on the Kenyan government to provide… Read more »

Kenya: 'They Saw Potential When I Saw Only My Mistake' - Training Nairobi's Teen Mothers

Nairobi's Passion to Share Foundation is empowering young mothers and girls who dropped out of school to build their own futures, teaching them the skills they need to start… Read more »

Kenya: Kenya to Offer Patients Free Six-Month HIV 'Breakthrough' Prevention Jab

Kenya's health authorities have begun administering lenacapavir, a long-acting HIV prevention drug delivered by injection that offers protection for six months. The treatment will… Read more »

Kenya: Russian Embassy in Nairobi Denies Recruiting Kenyans to Fight in Ukraine

The Russian embassy in Kenya on Friday denied that embassy officials were behind networks recruiting soldiers from Africa to fight in Ukraine, calling the accusations "a dangerous… Read more »

Kenya: Childcare Solution Springs Up for Nairobi's Market Trader Mothers

While informal markets keep Kenya's economy going, childcare solutions for the mostly female traders are scarce. But now small daycare centres are opening at the markets, allowing… Read more »

Kenya: Kenya - the Accidental Librarian Keeping Kibera's Kids in Books

In Africa's largest slum town, a retired railway worker has turned an abandoned shack into a library for the local children. Read more »

Kenya: The Rocket Builder Sending Kenyan Kids' Imaginations Into Orbit

On the ground floor of an apartment block in the town of Ongata Rongai, south of Nairobi, two rockets stand upright on metal pillars, their aluminium skins catching the light. They… Read more »

Kenya: Conservationists in Kenya Pay Tribute to the Late 'Super Tusker' Craig

Kenyans are mourning the death of a beloved "super tusker" elephant whose 54 years in the wild came to symbolise the country's increasingly successful efforts to protect the… Read more »

Kenya: 'It's About Stopping Harmful Tourism' - the Fight Against Maasai Mara Luxury Hotel

In Kenya's Maasai Mara, local people say a new luxury safari hotel is threatening the ecosystem - and the livelihoods of those for whom tourism was supposed to bring opportunity. Read more »

Kenya: Stigma and Sisterhood - How One Kenyan Woman Knitted a Healthcare Revolution

Mary Mwangi turned to her knitting needles for solace during her cancer treatment - and then used them to help other women survivors reclaim their dignity. Read more »

Kenya: Nairobi Sounds Alarm Over Recruiters Luring Kenyans Into Russian War Effort

Kenya has pledged to crack down on overseas recruitment networks after hundreds of its citizens were lured to Russia with promises of work, only to be sent to military camps and,… Read more »

Kenya: Raila Odinga, an Enduring Voice of Kenya's Democratic Struggle, Dies Aged 80

Kenya's former prime minister and veteran opposition leader, Raila Odinga, has died following a decades-long career that defined the country's struggle for democracy. Read more »

Kenya: Skin Deep Surrogacy Row Puts Kenya's Medical Board On Trial

Nairobi - On the top floor of an unremarkable office block along Nairobi's Lenana Road, a long mahogany table dominates a hushed boardroom. This is where the Kenya Medical… Read more »

Kenya: The Karate Grannies of Korogocho, Fighting Back At Any Age

In the heart of Korogocho, a Nairobi slum where corrugated metal homes lean wearily against each other, a group of elderly women gathers every morning in a small community hall.… Read more »

Kenya: 'Hope Is All I Have' - the Refugees Searching for Family From Kenya's Kakuma Camp

Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya - At the Kakuma refugee camp in the northwest of Kenya, more than 200,000 refugees from across Africa have sought safety - in many cases leaving loved… Read more »