Fossils found in Kenya shed light on the origin of human hands
Researchers say the remains of ‘Paranthropus boisei’ reveal that this ancient relative was capable of powerfully manipulating objects and food, climbing trees, and perhaps making tools
Europeans seek sex at African prices in Kenya: ‘They push me onto the bed without even saying hello’
Mercedes Ortuño Lizarán|Nairobi / Watamu|
Three sex workers recount the violence and scams their peers face in the country’s tourism zones
Passing the knowledge: How Ogiek peoples conserve medicinal plants for future generations
Daniel Kobei|
The connection of Indigenous peoples with the forest is not just a question of survival: it is about maintaining our identity and keeping alive the knowledge of our ancestors for those who will come after us
WHO declares second international health emergency over spread of monkeypox
The organization has taken the measure due to the expansion of an apparently more lethal variant of the virus in Africa, which declared its first-ever public health emergency in response
EU nations reach major breakthrough to stop shipping plastic waste to poor countries
Only a third of plastic waste in Europe is recycled, and half of the plastic collected for recycling is exported to be treated in countries outside the EU
Kenyan senator and period poverty activist Gloria Orwoba: ‘Some girls exchange sex for pads’
The lawmaker was asked to leave Parliament in February after arriving with blood-stained pants, in a country where 65% of women cannot afford menstrual products
Jill Biden talks safe sex, condoms with Kenya’s young adults
Biden has been highlighting U.S.-backed efforts to empower these groups during a five-day, two-country visit to Africa this week
The strange rodent that’s immune to cancer also holds the key to infertility
A group of researchers is studying the biological tools that allow the naked mole-rat to be fertile until old age with a view to helping humans
Jill Biden to visit Namibia, Kenya, part of US-Africa push
The first lady will highlight issues around empowering women and young people and food insecurity in the Horn of Africa
Stone Age discovery fuels mystery of who made early tools
The tools date back to around 2.9 million years ago, when early humans used them to butcher hippos for their meat
The brutal murder of activist Edwin Chiloba in Kenya shocks the LGBTQ+ community
The young designer and model died of asphyxiation after socks were stuffed in his mouth. The main suspect is photographer Jacktone Odhiambo, with whom Chiloba was in a relationship
Where the tigers roar: A journey through history, myth and geography
In his book ‘The trails of a tiger’ expeditionist José Luis Rivera chronicles his experiences with the felines and discusses what can be done to protect them
Climate change: 460 World Heritage glaciers will be wiped off the map by 2050
UNESCO warns that these ice masses will have disappeared entirely from emblematic places such as the Pyrenees, Kilimanjaro and the Yellowstone and Yosemite National Parks