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Without refugee status people aren’t able to receive valuable support, like the right to live and work in a country.
School children witness the launch of Nairobi’s school feeding programme by county government officials.
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School meals should strive to provide nutritious diets by serving diverse, safe, palatable, and locally available foods.
Groundwater is vital to communities in northern Kenya during droughts.
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Better monitoring of groundwater is important for sustainable management.
Faith Kipyegon won two gold medals at the 2023 World Athletics Championships.
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With three world records to her name, Faith Kipyegon is competing for two gold medals at the World Athletics Championships.
Haitian authorities are fighting a losing battle against organized gangs.
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The recent kidnapping of a US nurse has put a focus on the plight of Haitians living with organized crime every day. But few governments are willing to intervene.
Najin, one of two northern white rhinos left in the world, grazes in a paddock in Kenya.
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Efforts to save one species can provide scientific knowledge that enables us to save other creatures in need.
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From the moment a male lion is born it faces a gauntlet of challenges, ranging from snakebite to infanticide.
Raila Odinga, the leader of the Azimio la Umoja coalition in Kenya.
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The government and opposition have a duty to work towards creating a Kenya in which all citizens can live peacefully.
Slum-dwellers with high blood pressure struggle to get proper treatment.
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Hypertension is a manageable condition – but left untreated, it can damage organs such as the kidneys, heart and brain.
A scout from Kenya’s forest protection unit walks past mangrove tree stumps in Malindi.
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The Kenyan state has historically viewed forests in terms of production and economic development – not biodiversity and conservation.
Effective African economic development depends on economic integration and free movement of people.
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Immigration policy is so highly politicised that the South African government seems afraid to move.
Protesters in Kisumu confront police officers after Kenya’s disputed 2017 elections.
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Kenya’s inability to move past ethnic ideology has made it difficult to develop alternative bases for political organisation.
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Queer theory tells us that people’s identities are complex. If all research subjects are approached this way, we can understand their responses more fully.
Kenya’s first president Jomo Kenyatta waves at a crowd.
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Jomo Kenyatta and his successor Daniel arap Moi set the tone for ethnic and authoritarian politics which Kenya has wrestled to free itself from in recent decades.
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A world without pastoralists would not only be a poorer place, but we would lose an important lifeline to our collective future.
Increases in the number of women lawyers does not equate institutional change in the legal profession.
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Philanthropic investments must support the capacity of women in law and leadership.
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Africa contributes less than 1% of research worldwide on movement behaviours in children. This means that research on movement behaviours has largely excluded over 16% of the world’s population.
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Kenya’s experienced fast population growth and urbanisation - this has brought about some big challenges.
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In a world where economic sanctions make trade in US dollars almost impossible, gold has offered a way to evade these restrictions.
Kenya has over 18.2 million children and youth in educational institutions.
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Kenya’s budgetary allocation misses opportunities to improve basic education and address unemployment.