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Millions of hectares are still being cut down every year. How can we protect global forests?
The Conversation  |  Dec 13, 2025

After failing to secure consensus, COP president Andre Corrêa do Lago announced these roadmaps as a voluntary initiative. Brazil will report back on p...

COP30 delivers mixed results on climate action, WEF experts say
Alfred Onyango  |  Dec 13, 2025

COP30 was intended to be an opportunity to significantly step up countries' ambitions by having parties present new and revised Nationally Determined...

Roger Lumbala is accused of horrific war crimes in DRC: can his trial in France bring justice?
The Conversation  |  Dec 13, 2025

Lumbala is being tried before a special war crimes tribunal in Paris because France exercises “universal jurisdiction” over international atrocity cri...

Managing conflict between baboons and people: what’s worked - and what hasn’t
The Conversation  |  Dec 13, 2025

Changing human behaviours is difficult. And preventing bad baboon behaviour – like raiding human foods – is easier than trying to change baboon behavi...

Bus driver recounts fatal crash that killed Cyrus Jirongo on Nakuru–Naivasha Highway
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Dec 13, 2025

The bus driver, Kamau Githinji, said he was on a scheduled trip from Nairobi to Busia, carrying 65 passengers, when the crash occurred shortly after d...

Kenya, Sweden partner to curb billions lost in post-harvest food waste
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Dec 13, 2025

Trade and Industry PS Juma Mukhwana said the initiative is designed to create a stronger, more reliable food system by promoting value addition and su...

Water Resources Authority regulator warns illegal users of fines and jail terms
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Dec 13, 2025

Kenya’s Water Resources Authority has warned individuals and organisations using water without permits that they face fines, jail terms and prosecutio...

UNEA-7 concludes in Nairobi with bold global environmental commitments
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Dec 13, 2025

UNEA-7 in Nairobi closed with 186 nations adopting 11 resolutions, a Ministerial Declaration and UNEP’s new strategy, setting a roadmap to tackle clim...

UK sanctions Sudan’s RSF commanders over atrocities amid ongoing conflict
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Dec 12, 2025

The sanctions target Abdul Rahim Hamdan Dagalo, the RSF Deputy Leader and brother of RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti, along with...

INTERPOL operation nets thousands of protected animals, plants and timber
Mary Wambui  |  Dec 12, 2025

Interpol’s Operation Thunder 2025 seized thousands of protected plants, animals and timber across 134 countries, exposing global wildlife crime networ...

President Ruto presides over 'Trooping of Colour' for Kenya’s elite 20 Parachute Battalion
Mary Wambui  |  Dec 12, 2025

President William Ruto led the trooping of colour for the Kenya Army’s 20 Parachute Battalion at Nyayo Stadium, highlighting the unit’s history, airbo...

Kenya faces deepening drug shortages as delivery times hit 24 days
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Dec 12, 2025

Kenya’s public health facilities now wait an average of 24 days for essential medicines, as Kemsa’s fill rate drops to 55 per cent, leaving patients f...

UNEA-7 opens in Nairobi as global environmental diplomacy faces major challenges
Mwangi Maina  |  Dec 11, 2025

The seventh UN Environment Assembly opened in Nairobi as emissions rise, plastic treaty talks stall and geopolitical rifts test global cooperation on...

Tanzania mourns as CCM MP Jenista Mhagama dies amid post-election tensions
Barack Oduor  |  Dec 11, 2025

President Samia described Mhagama's long-standing service to the nation, noting that for 38 years, she had been a prominent member of Chama Cha Mapind...

Maternal and newborn health in crisis as millions born in conflict zones, Save the Children warns
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Dec 12, 2025

Save the Children says an estimated eight million babies were born in 2025 into conflict, climate disaster and humanitarian crises, mostly in under-re...

Gaza faces humanitarian disaster with thousands trapped in flooded camps
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Dec 11, 2025

Heavy rains are flooding Gaza displacement camps, killing a baby and forcing thousands to move. Officials warn of an imminent humanitarian disaster am...

Kenya records over 1,000 homicides as family and community conflicts rise
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Dec 11, 2025

Nairobi County reported the highest number of cases at 80, followed by Kilifi with 47, Homa Bay with 42, and Kiambu and Narok tied at 41 each.

Commission sounds alarm as new data shows rising gender-based violence in Kenya
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Dec 11, 2025

NGEC says the statistics reflect a broader national crisis that leaves millions of women and girls vulnerable to abuse.

Most Kenyans killed by police were shot in the back while fleeing - IMLU report
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Dec 11, 2025

An IMLU report says 97 Kenyans were extrajudicially killed by police in a year, most shot from behind while fleeing protests, with Nairobi the epicent...

Senate committee approves Bill protecting governors from early impeachment
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Dec 11, 2025

By setting clear rules, timelines, and communication requirements, the Bill seeks to protect county officials from politically motivated impeachments...

WHO warns of rising malaria threat in Kenya as mosquitoes develop insecticide resistance
Lucy Mumbi  |  Dec 11, 2025

The World Malaria Report 2025 warns that failure to address resistance could reverse years of progress in reducing infections and deaths across the co...

State directs free maternity services at level 2 and 3 facilities under Primary Health Care Fund by January
Lucy Mumbi  |  Dec 10, 2025

The National Treasury has been directed to disburse all personnel emolument costs to county governments by the third day of every month.

Men are majority of homicide victims in Kenya despite media focus on women, state report reveals
Mary Wambui  |  Dec 10, 2025

A new NCRC study using 2024 DCI data shows men made up 70 per cent of Kenya’s homicide victims and most perpetrators, while women were mainly killed i...

Kenya homicide cases stabilise after 2021 peak
Charity Pancras  |  Dec 10, 2025

Kenya recorded 3,015 homicide cases in 2024, down slightly from 2022 and 2023. Police data shows a stabilising trend after a decade-high peak in 2021,...

Court halts Nakuru’s Sh2.1 billion roads deal with NYS over procurement concerns
Lucy Mumbi  |  Dec 10, 2025

The High Court has suspended Nakuru County’s Sh2.1 billion NYS roads deal over alleged lack of public participation and procurement compliance, freezi...

2025 set for second-hottest year on record
DW News  |  Dec 10, 2025

This year is expected to match 2023 as one of the warmest on record, second only to 2024, EU scientists warn. They cite greenhouse gas emissions from...

The growing threat of unconstitutional power in Africa: AU’s mixed response under fire
The Conversation  |  Dec 10, 2025

A new study of African coups from 2001–2022 finds the AU firmly sanctions most military takeovers but rarely confronts leaders who rig constitutions o...

Nyeri climate change activist Truphena Muthoni attempts 72-hour tree-hugging record
Lucy Mumbi  |  Dec 09, 2025

Nyeri climate activist Truphena Muthoni is attempting a 72-hour nonstop tree hug outside the governor’s office to break her own record and highlight c...

Betty Bayo’s family petitions ODPP for independent inquest over her death, alleged cover-up
Carolyne Kubwa  |  Dec 09, 2025

The family of late singer Betty Bayo has petitioned the ODPP to order an independent inquest into her death, citing withheld medical records, missing...

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