The Latest Breaking News from Kenya

The world is halfway towards a legally binding treaty to end plastic pollution, as negotiators in Kenya spend this week debating the best way to slash the waste building up in oceans and ecosystems. Plastic is largely made from fossil fuels, which means oil-rich countries have a significant stake.

Mathematics has long been the backbone of innovation, driving technological, engineering, and economic advancements. Yet, across the United States, a persistent struggle with math literacy remains. “Mathematics is a powerful tool that transforms lives, unlocking opportunities in every field imaginable,” says Edward Ochieng Oyugi, a distinguished mathematics educator from Kenya.

Elephants in Kenya's Amboseli National Park appear to call to each other with individual names using low, complex "rumbles," a study has found.

Delegates mulling two options: a wide-ranging strategy that would target plastics production or a limited approach.

Government sets up national holiday in hope of planting 15bn trees by 2032 to tackle climate crisis and deforestation

Kenya’s president William Ruto has acknowledged that his government is having a tough time in delivering what it promised in the campaign leading up to the elections.

Efforts to create a landmark treaty to end global plastic pollution advance Monday in Nairobi as most of the world’s nations, petrochemical companies, environmentalists and others affected by the pollution gather to discuss draft language for the first time

Representatives from more than 170 nations are meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, from Monday to negotiate what concrete measures should be included in a binding worldwide treaty to end plastic pollution.

It’s more than a year since President William Ruto was sworn into office as Kenya’s fifth president. He assumed power at a time when Kenya was beset by rising food and fuel prices, high unemployment and a worrying debt burden.

After years of discussion, international negotiations on a global plastics treaty resume this week in Nairobi, Kenya, at the UN Environment Programme headquarters.

Delegates in Nairobi for talks in what experts say could be most important multilateral treaty since Paris accord