Kenya: Fears for Kenya's Urban Food Supply As Floods Drown Rice

Rice is a staple food in Kenya's urban areas, but with floods destroying young crops in recent weeks and imports restricted by the COVID-19 pandemic, stocks may run short Read more »

Africa: From Brazil to Kenya, Coronavirus Widows Lose Their Husbands and Then Their Land

With COVID-19, women around the world are being evicted and forced to marry male relatives hungry for land Read more »

Kenya: Hope 'Shattered' for Kenya's Forest People Three Years After Landmark Ruling

The African Court on Human and People's Rights ruled Kenya had violated the Ogiek people's right to live in the Mau Forest Read more »

Kenya: Herb Farmers Crushed By Virus Blow to Exports

For many farmers in Kenya, a bout of prolonged rain and flooding, as the East African nation has experienced since March, can wipe out a whole season of crops. But for herb grower… Read more »

Kenya: Juliani Stages Online Concert to Highlight COVID-19 Divide

Popular Kenyan hip hop artist Juliani will stage an online concert on Sunday to draw attention to the social inequalities exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic that has caused multiple… Read more »

Kenya: Kenya Floods Uproot Families, Complicating Coronavirus Fight

With tens of thousands displaced by heavy rains in western Kenya, following government guidelines to ward off COVID-19 is a major challenge Read more »

Kenya: Forced Evictions Leave 5,000 Kenyan Slum Dwellers At Risk of Coronavirus

At least 5,000 people in Nairobi were left homeless and at risk of contracting COVID-19 after slum demolitions Read more »

Kenya: Court Refuses to Lift Ban On Acclaimed Lesbian Romance Film

Rafiki was banned in Kenya in 2018 on the grounds that it promotes homosexuality in a country where gay sex is a criminal offence Read more »

Kenya: Chiefs Go Door-to-Door to Stop Female Genital Cutting Amid Coronavirus

Authorities are concerned villagers may take advantage of COVID-19 school closures to perform FGM on girls Read more »

Kenya: Boost for Farmers As Children Lend a Hand During Coronavirus

As outbreak closes schools, Kenyan farming families welcome help on the land from young people - and plan to use the money saved for their education Read more »

Kenya: Investigation After Gay Refugee Found Dead At Nairobi UN Office

Gay sex is illegal in Kenya, with punishment of up to 14 years in prison Read more »

Kenya: Farmers Battle Fruit-Fly Menace As Climate Warms

As the planet heats up, growing pest numbers threaten Kenya's lucrative mango, avocado and other fruit crops Read more »

Kenya: Farmers Brace for Second Onslaught of Crop-Devouring Locusts

With 3 million Kenyans already facing food shortages, new locust swarms are starting to appear - and farmers have been warned to prepare Read more »

Kenya: 'It's Harder Here' - African Climate Strikers Lack Support, Says Teen

'It's not like in the West where there is a lot more understanding of climate change and therefore more support from family, school and the media for youth activists. It's much… Read more »

Kenya: Farmers Find Sweet Spot With Nutritious, Drought-Hardy Crop

In drought-prone central Kenya, a farmers' cooperative is growing resilient sweet potato and making popular bakery products with it Read more »

Kenya: We Can End FGM/C, but We Can't Do It Alone

World leaders have promised to end female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) by 2030, and in my home country of Kenya, President Kenyatta went even further by pledging to end the… Read more »

Kenya: Traditional Crops Puff Hopes for Climate Resilience in Kenya

Can growing more climate-hardly crops - and finding ways to process them into popular products - help communities weather global warming? Read more »

Kenya: African LGBT+ Refugees Plead UN for Safe Shelter After Kenya Camp Attacks

Dozens of African LGBT+ refugees in northwestern Kenya's sprawling Kakuma refugee camp pleaded on Thursday with the United Nations to relocate them to a safer place, saying they… Read more »

Kenya: Water Harvesting Has Added Benefit for Kenya - Less Flooding

Efforts to trap and store more water to battle worsening climate change-related drought are helping cut flood risk too, experts say Read more »

Africa: From Parades to Punishments - 10 Headline LGBTI+ Stories in 2019

2019 brought change for many LGBT+ people, with some states launching crackdowns while others increased rights and freedoms Read more »

Kenya: Kenyan Scientist Builds With Bottles to Beat Plastic Pollution

'Eco Blocks and Tiles' is the first company in Kenya to manufacture roof tiles and other construction materials from plastic and glass waste Hope Mwanake understands the plastic… Read more »

Kenya: Charity Sues Kenya Over Treatment of Trafficked Indian, Nepali Women

The complaint says the women were made to stay in Kenya for months and testify against their traffickers, causing them psychological harm Read more »

Kenya: Scaling Alternative Justice for Kenya's Landless Widows

The disconnect between law and practice in Kenya is impacting the property rights of widows Read more »

Kenya: What's Mine is Mine - How Rock Quarrying Fuels Land Disputes

Once worthless rocks are now big business in rural Kenya as construction booms, but the rush for rocks is also fuelling land conflicts and family divisions Read more »

Kenya: When Did You Last See an African Game Hero?

What's wrong with being a plucky hero running from demon monkeys or a glamourous model in dress up games? Players get sucked into worlds full of violence and unhealthy body images,… Read more »