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Kenyan Fossil Footprints Reveal Gender Divide Among 1.4-Million-Year-Old Human Relatives

Twenty-one fossil footprints from Kenya's Lake Turkana reveal that Paranthropus boisei moved in male-dominated groups 1.43 million years ago and was substantially larger than skeletal evidence had suggested, according to a new

July 28, 2026

by Jennifer Hicks

Tuktuks navigate floodwater on KM4 street in Mogadishu Somalia during El Nino flooding 2026

Record El Niño Threatens Famine and Floods Across East Africa and South Asia

At least 15 Rohingya refugees are dead and 10,000 displaced in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar as an intensifying El Niño threatens catastrophic flooding and famine across East Africa and South Asia. The US Climate Prediction Center puts the odds of a

July 14, 2026

by Amanda Graham

Landsat satellite image of Beledweyne Somalia submerged by Shebelle River floodwaters in November 2023

Kenya Becomes the First African Country to Tap the UN’s Loss and Damage Network

Kenya has secured $700,000 in technical assistance from the UN's Santiago Network on Loss and Damage

Kenya’s Ousted Deputy Goes Into Seclusion to Build the One Opposition That Could End Ruto

Rigathi Gachagua, impeached as deputy president in 2024, has begun a 45-day retreat to try to unite Kenya's fractured opposition behind a single candidate against William Ruto in 2027, targeting the Mount

June 13, 2026

Government and Politics·News

NASA SeaWiFS satellite image of East Africa including the Horn of Africa and the Indian Ocean coastline

Africa Will Host the Ocean Summit for the First Time on Monday, and It Wants the Fossil-Fuel Conversation in Writing

The 11th Our Ocean Conference opens Monday in Mombasa, the first time the global ocean summit will be held on the African continent in its eleven-year history. Kenya is using the moment

June 13, 2026

Climate·News·Technology

Demonstrators confront Kenyan police during the protest against the US Ebola quarantine centre in Nanyuki

Kenya Police Kill a Protester at the US Ebola Camp a Court Already Blocked

Kenyan police shot a man in the head as hundreds protested the US quarantine camp rising at Laikipia Air Base, the third death in a week over a facility Kenyan courts have

June 10, 2026

Government and Politics·Health·News

Lawyers Antonia Mulvey and Willis Otieno address media in Nairobi after filing Sudan RSF war crimes complaint

Sudan War Crimes Complaint Filed in Kenya Tests Nairobi’s Dual Role in RSF Conflict

Twelve Sudanese survivors filed Kenya's first-ever universal jurisdiction complaint against the RSF, asking Nairobi's prosecutors to investigate torture and sexual violence by paramilitaries some of whom are believed to reside in Kenya.

June 9, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Activists carry a mock coffin during a protest against the US-built Ebola quarantine centre in Kenya

US Races to Build Kenya Ebola Facility as Police Fire on Protesters

The United States is racing to finish a quarantine centre for its own Ebola-exposed citizens at a Kenyan air base, pressing ahead despite court orders that suspended the work, as police fire

June 9, 2026

Government and Politics·Health·News

Health worker washes hands at Mpondwe border crossing between Uganda and DRC during 2026 Ebola outbreak

Kenya Has No Ebola Cases. The US Wants to Quarantine Americans There Anyway.

Two people are dead after protests erupted in Nanyuki over a US plan to quarantine Ebola-exposed Americans at a Kenyan air base. The country has no Ebola cases. The decision has exposed

June 7, 2026

Health·News

$250 million COVID scam in Minnesota FBI secures dozens of convictions in food aid fraud case

MINNEAPOLIS — A sweeping federal investigation into one of the most brazen COVID-19 relief frauds in the United States has led to dozens of convictions in Minnesota, exposing how pandemic-era emergency funds

July 19, 2025

Government and Politics·News

Al-Shabab commander killed in joint US-Somali operation

The Somali government recently announced a significant development in the fight against terrorism, confirming the death of a senior al-Shabab commander in a US air strike. The operation, which took place near

December 22, 2023

Conflicts, Military and War·News

IMF approves additional $1 billion for Kenya

Kenya has a public debt of $70 billion, but loan repayments have soared as the value of the shilling, the local currency, has fallen to its lowest level against the dollar. In

May 25, 2023

News

Kenya begins autopsies of victims of ‘Chakhula Forest Massacre’.

Experts dissected the bodies of nine children, aged between one and ten, and a woman. “Most of them were hungry,” the government’s chief pathologist, Johansen Odur, said after autopsies at the Malindi

May 2, 2023

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Kenyan Fossil Footprints Reveal Gender Divide Among 1.4-Million-Year-Old Human Relatives

Record El Niño Threatens Famine and Floods Across East Africa and South Asia

Kenya Becomes the First African Country to Tap the UN’s Loss and Damage Network

Kenya’s Ousted Deputy Goes Into Seclusion to Build the One Opposition That Could End Ruto

Africa Will Host the Ocean Summit for the First Time on Monday, and It Wants the Fossil-Fuel Conversation in Writing

Kenya Police Kill a Protester at the US Ebola Camp a Court Already Blocked

Sudan War Crimes Complaint Filed in Kenya Tests Nairobi’s Dual Role in RSF Conflict

US Races to Build Kenya Ebola Facility as Police Fire on Protesters

Kenya Has No Ebola Cases. The US Wants to Quarantine Americans There Anyway.

$250 million COVID scam in Minnesota FBI secures dozens of convictions in food aid fraud case

Al-Shabab commander killed in joint US-Somali operation

IMF approves additional $1 billion for Kenya

Kenya begins autopsies of victims of ‘Chakhula Forest Massacre’.

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