Down, but not out: How Kakamega locksmith who dropped out of school and lost leg in road accident towers over peers
Despite the challenges, Amateshe says another opportunity came his way when he diversified to a hardware shop on Outerring Road, in Donholm, in Nairobi’s Eastlands, in addition to the “mitumba shoes” business.
Karachuonyo ‘happy’ monkeys in Kenya’s Lake Victoria Basin carve a reputation as wildlife that sneak into kitchens for cooked food
Beside monkeys, some villages in Homa Bay are also invaded by hyenas that kill domestic animals. Officers from KWS are setting up traps to capture them and relocate them to their natural habitat,” Kibor said.
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela play explores Black women’s long wait for absent husbands during South African freedom struggle
Madikizela-Mandela, who died in 2018 aged 81, was accused of kidnapping and murdering people she allegedly suspected of being police informants under apartheid. She also faced allegations of being unfaithful to Mandela during his 27 years in prison.
How community policing is silencing guns and banditry in northern Kenya, promoting livestock trade
Speaking during IMPACT community accountability and feedback forum in Juakali, Laikipia County, Rachachore said the two-year campaign has resulted in some 62 moran age group leaders abandoning criminal activities and become peace ambassadors.
Kenya, Egypt, Cameroon and South Sudan implicated again in smuggling of Sudan’s gum Arabic used in manufacture of Coca-Cola
In the year after Sudan’s civil war began, the country’s gum arabic exports to the EU fell, even as exports from countries like Egypt, Kenya, Cameroon and South Sudan rose.
Serious funding questions raised as new Somali peace support takes over from previous under-resourced military mission
Past missions – the AU Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and ATMIS – depended heavily on donor funding. The EU paid for troops’ stipends, while the UN provided logistical support packages to the missions and Somalia Security Forces through the UN Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS).
High-altitude Kenyan town Iten adapts as Olympic champions and amateurs flock to rarefied air
Iten is home to some 42,000 people, mostly subsistence farmers and it has also been a temporary home to plenty of world champions, including two-time Olympic gold medallists Eliud Kipchoge (marathon) and David Rudisha (800 metres), both of Kenya. British four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah would train in Iten for months at a time.
‘Wildlife corridors’ are encouraged to support Kenya’s recovering animal populations
Lewa’s elephant population increased from 350 individuals in 2014 to over 450 in 2024, according to figures provided by the conservancy. Similar growth was seen among white and black rhinos, a major draw for visitors.
Market beckons Kenyan honey producers as US beekeepers report 62 per cent losses as winter wreaks havoc
It adds that respondents have lost 1.1 million colonies from late summer through winter, according to the data. Those losses account for 41 per cent of total colonies in the United States, Downey said during a YouTube livestream on Friday that covered survey results.
GMO crops are not resistant to pests after all, farmers discover as maize glut in US Corn Belt results in massive losses
rootworm resistance to Bt corn is documented in at least six states in the US Corn Belt, and 29 cases of resistance to Bt crops have been documented in 11 pest species in seven countries, he said. The scientists were surprised to find much higher levels of corn rootworm in the western Corn Belt compared to the east.
