Conscious Travel

How can we travel to remote communities while still being ethical?

Jenny Southan talks with three industry experts about how to take part in community immersion trips responsibly.

29 January 2021

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Kenyan inventors create bio-robotic arm controlled by brain signals

The arm has several component materials including recycled wood.

25 January 2021

Cry Like A Boy

How I learned that sharing my emotions doesn’t make me less of a man

I Shall Speak: How I learned that sharing my emotions doesn’t make me less of a man | View

24 December 2020

Partner content

Global challenges turn to constructive solutions for all

Partner content presented by Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing Dubai

Business Line looks at how innovative business opportunties are arising from plastic waste, the search for a COVID-19 vaccine and shops going digital due to pandemic restrictions.

21 December 2020

Ecotech

Kenyan women turn plastic waste into bricks stronger than concrete

Waste is recycled and turned into bricks at this innovative, African organisation.

16 December 2020

Earth News

Ex-criminal youth help Africa's largest slums go green and clean

The young people cleaning up the Kibera slums, as Kenya faces a problem with plastic pollution.

24 November 2020

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Kenyan village with Obama links holds mock vote to support Democrats

Locals in a Kenyan village with links to Barack Obama had some fun of their own on US election day.

4 November 2020

Poland

Kenya's Jepchirchir sets world mark in women's half marathon

The 27-year-old clocked 1 hour, 5 minutes and 16 seconds.

17 October 2020

Nature

Scientists harvest eggs in last bid to save northern white rhinos

With only two females left, the subspecies is in critical danger.

20 August 2020

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Few show up to watch migration of Kenyan wildebeests amid pandemic

This year, few are witnessing the annual migration of thousands of wildebeest from the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania to Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya — one of the seven wonders of the world.

3 August 2020

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Kenyans march to demand the end of police abuses amid COVID-19 flux

Over 50 people were arrested according to local media.

7 July 2020

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Locusts in Kenya threaten to cut off food supplies

Some experts are searching the most remote corners of Kenya for desert locusts to contain them before the wreak havoc on crops.

2 July 2020

Earth News

Lions’ whisker patterns are as unique as a human fingerprint

Now they are being used to keep track of how many of these majestic big cats are left in Kenya.

29 May 2020

World

Cultural showcase, Media for the deaf, and Anti covid-19 comedy

Though the world is affected by the coronavirus pandemic, inspiring stories still abound all around us.

27 May 2020

World News

UN warns of humanitarian disaster if locust swarms aren't stopped

Billions of locusts have been swarming across the Arabian peninsula and East Africa

14 February 2020

Kenya

Kenya's former president Daniel arap Moi dies at 95

The former president of Kenya, who was in power for over 20 years, died at the age of 95.

4 February 2020

No Comment

Locust swarms threaten East Africa's food security

The most serious outbreak of locusts in 25 years is spreading across East Africa and posing an unprecedented threat to food security in some of the world's most vulnerable countries.

23 January 2020

Kenya

Three dead in Al-Shabab attack on base used by US military in Kenya

Three dead in Al-Shabab attack on base used by US military in Kenya

5 January 2020

Kenya

Nairobi: six-story building collapses in Kenyan capital

Is this another fatal example of unscrupulous developers bypassing regulations?

6 December 2019

World News

Euroviews. Targeting environmental activists with counterterrorism measures is an abuse of the law ǀ View

Protecting the endangered Asiatic cheetah. Tweeting a satirical poem. Attending a climate conference. Campaigning against a power plant. These actions hardly conjure images of suicide bombers or coup plotters. Yet, they have been labelled “eco-terrorism,” “extremism,” “threats to national security".

28 November 2019