Kenya: In Kenya, Drought-Weary Farmers Reap Rewards of Early Warnings

What's the context? A sophisticated early warning system is helping farmers fight drought and could provide a blueprint for other nations Read more »

Kenya: From Protest to Power? Kenya Gen Z Seeks End to Politics As Usual

Kenya's youth-led, anti-tax protests have forced a government climbdown and ignited a wave of political activism Read more »

Kenya: Kenya Protests Echo a Year of Youth Uprisings Across Africa

The #EndSARS protests in Nigeria, #FeesMustFall protests in South Africa and now the #RejectFinanceBill2024 protests in Kenya all have one thing in common - the organising,… Read more »

Kenya: 'Not a Kenyan Issue' - Athlete Says Intersex Bill Can Inspire World

What's the context? Olympian Margaret Wambui hopes a Kenyan bill on intersex rights will lead to change on the international stage Read more »

Kenya: Kenyan Health Workers On Alert Over Us Funding for HIV/Aids Fight

What's the context? Kenya has made big strides against HIV/AIDS thanks to the PEPFAR programme, which was renewed for less time than usual last year Read more »

Kenya: Kenyan Health Workers On Alert Over U.S. Funding for HIV/Aids Fight

When Minne Gachau's husband died from AIDS-related complications in 2006, she was still in denial about being HIV-positive herself - too scared to confide in friends and relatives… Read more »

Kenya: Rejected By Banks, Kenyan LGBTQ+ Entrepreneurs Turn to Loan Sharks

Mary Akinyi, an intersex woman from the city of Mombasa, ended up borrowing money from a loan shark after being turned down for bank credit - a situation faced by many Kenyan… Read more »

Kenya: Ruling By Kenya's Supreme Court Buoys LGBTQ+ Community

Ten months since a Supreme Court win, LGBTQ+ Kenyans say they feel more emboldened to fight for their rights and report hate crime - even as they face protests and a legislative… Read more »

Kenya: LGBTQ+ Kenyans and Ugandans Hide From Wave of Homophobic Abuse

LGBTQ+ Kenyans say they are living in fear after a pro-gay court ruling triggered an outpouring of abuse and death threats, while an anti-gay bill in neighbouring Uganda has stoked… Read more »

Kenya: Righting Colonial-Era Wrongs in Land Rights

The continued dominance of colonial-imposed laws over pre-existing customary legal systems, has been the bane of land rights disputes involving indigenous peoples across the globe… Read more »

Kenya: With Refrigerated ATMs, Camel Milk Business Thrives

Halima Sheikh Ali is the proud owner of one of the few ATMs in Wajir town in northeast Kenya. But rather than doling out shilling notes, it dispenses something tastier: a fresh… Read more »

Kenya: Kenya's Traders Battle Food Waste With a New Ally - Camels

A herd of camels have become a low-carbon food waste recycling system in a Nairobi market - and they produce milk Read more »

Africa: Protecting Mangroves Can Lower Disaster Risks, Offer Cash - Experts

Better protecting the world's fast-disappearing mangroves could have big economic, social and environmental benefits, experts said at the U.N. climate talks in Lima this week. Read more »