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Four Kenyan cops to stand trial for murder over custody death of British aristocrat
Four Kenyan policemen will stand trial for the murder of a British aristocrat who died in police custody in 2012, a judge ruled this week. Alex Monson -- the 28-year-old...
Three giraffes electrocuted after walking into power lines in Kenya
Three rare giraffes have died after being electrocuted by low-hanging power lines in a wildlife conservation in Kenya, officials said. The devastating incident involved three Rothschild's giraffes, one of the...
Farmers fight back: Making animal feed from a locust plague
LAIKIPIA - Kenya is battling some of the worst locust plagues in decades, but start-up The Bug Picture hopes to transform the pests into profits and bring “hope to the...
Stowaway survives 5,000-mile journey in plane landing gear
A stowaway is recovering in a Dutch hospital this weekend after hitching a ride from Nairobi, Kenya to the Netherlands in the landing gear of an Airbus A330 Freighter. Authorities...
Kenya school gives second chance to teen mums forced out of classes
NYERI, Kenya - The sounds of baby coos and teenage giggles punctuate the lessons at Serene Haven Secondary, a school nestled into a hill below cloud-ringed Mount Kenya. Here, 17...
'Angry' giraffe charges at truck of tourists on safari
Would you laugh at a charging giraffe? A group of tourists didn’t seem to be too terrified of a giraffe that ran at their truck during a recent safari in Kenya, incredible video shows. Last...
Man declared dead shocks all on embalming table
Reports of his death were very premature. A Kenyan man who had falsely been declared dead made an unexpected return to life Tuesday as he was lying on a table...
US, Israel worked together to track and kill al Qaeda No. 2
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and Israel worked together to track and kill a senior al-Qaida operative in Iran earlier this year, a bold intelligence operation by the two...
Rampaging elephant won't tolerate dumbo car drivers
That'll teach them to mind the speed limit.
Kenyan documentary spotlights activist torn between family and struggle of activism
NAIROBI - Kenyan documentary “Softie” opens in 2013 with Njeri Mwangi standing in a doorway, light illuminating a sleepy toddler on her hip as her husband Boniface sieves buckets of...
Kenya sees surge in child labor, sex work amid COVID-19
NAIROBI, Kenya — The teenage girls cannot remember how many men they have had to sleep with in the seven months since COVID-19 closed their schools, or how many of...
Kenya harnesses fly larvae's appetite to process food waste
LIMURU, Kenya - Rotten bananas? Mushy avocados? Pulped oranges? Talash Huijbers wants them all. The 25-year-old is the founder of Insectipro, a Kenyan farm rearing black soldier fly larvae for...
Chickens replace students in closed Kenyan school
These aren’t what your typical classrooms look like. An educator who is one of many struggling to make money in Kenya after the country ordered schools to be closed until...
Oil companies accused of wanting to dump plastics in Africa
NAIROBI, Kenya — The oil industry has asked the United States to pressure Kenya to change its world-leading stance against the plastic waste that litters Africa, according to environmentalists who...
Doctors in Kenyan capital end strike over pay delays, lack of PPE
NAIROBI - Doctors employed by Kenya’s Nairobi County government resumed work on Thursday following a six-day strike over delayed salaries and a lack of protective equipment when handling patients who...
Kenyan woman's ordeal highlights newly identified sex-trafficking route
NAIROBI -- J’s cousin promised her a well-paid job in India as a housekeeper. Instead, she found herself in a brothel until the United Nations brought her home to Kenya...
More eggs harvested from last 2 northern white rhinos
OL PEJETA, Kenya — An international team of scientists said they successfully extracted eggs from the last two remaining northern white rhinos, a step on the way to possibly saving...
Kenyan all-female wildlife ranger team breaks down barriers
KAJIADO, Kenya — On the sweeping plains at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro, a group of female wildlife rangers is making history by defying patriarchal norms that have been passed...
Obama's half-brother rips 'cold and ruthless' ex-president
A "cold and ruthless" President Obama abandoned his Kenyan family in their greatest hours of need, according to a new tell-all by estranged half brother Malik Obama.
12-year-old girl in Kenya rescued after being married to 2 men within a month
A children's rights campaigner and government officials in Kenya rescued a 12-year-old girl whose father had married her off to two men within a month. The girl's father in Narok...