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Community wildlife conservation isn't always a win-win solution: the case of Kenya's Samburu

Community-based wildlife conservation is often promoted as a win-win solution. The idea behind this approach is that the people who live close to wildlife can be involved in protecting it and have an interest in doing so.

The Conversation

System disturbance causes power outage across parts of Kenya - distributor

A system disturbance has caused a power outage across various parts of the Kenya, the country's sole electricity distributor Kenya Power said on Thursday.

Reuters

Al-Shabaab: sensational media reports about Kenyan terror attacks keep kids out of school

Sensational reporting on terror attacks in Kenya is keeping children out of school, with dire consequences for their education and their futures.

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Kenyan government halts baobab exports to Georgia after outcry

President orders Ministry of Environment and Forestry to launch investigation over contractor’s licence for removing trees

The Guardian - UK

Oxfam France warns of worsening humanitarian situation in Mali

Humanitarian groups are warning that the situation in Mali risks deteriorating rapidly after Bamako announced a ban on NGOs financed by France. The move came in response to France's decision to cut off public funding to Mali because of its alleged involvement with the Russian paramilitary group Wagner. Also in…

France 24

Al-Shabab gunman kills three Kenyan peacekeepers in Somalia

Kenyan military official said a lone attacker fired indiscriminately, wounding five soldiers, before he was gunned down.

Al Jazeera

‘It all hinges on the herders’: world’s largest soil carbon removal project enlists Kenyan pastoralists

A scheme that sets down strict grazing plans to benefit the environment and generate revenue for local people was highlighted at Cop27 as a future model

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Scottish university hails world-first decade of partnership with Kenya on mangroves

THE world’s first community-led mangrove conservation and restoration project, “Mikoko Pamoja”, has marked its 10-year anniversary.

The National (Scotland)

Kenya's Ruto says East African troops will enforce peace in eastern DR Congo

Kenya's President William Ruto says East African troops will enforce peace in eastern DR Congo. The region has been in the grip of an offensive by the M23 armed group and 900 Kenyan soldiers were recently sent to the area. Also in this edition: South Africa's disgraced ex-president Jacob Zuma…

France 24

Kenyan athletics on “dangerous path” and “road to nowhere” after spate of doping scandals

Kenya athletics are in a difficult spot at present following a number of suspensions due to positive drug tests this year and the 2015 javelin world champion had his say on the matter

Daily Mirror

Australia’s Awer Mabil: ‘Football has been my life’s guide’

The player whose penalty ultimately took the Socceroos to the World Cup tells Sid Lowe about his incredible journey from Kenya to Qatar

The Guardian - UK

‘Thousands of livelihoods destroyed’ after masses of fish die in Kenya's Lake Victoria

Kenyan fish cage farmers in Lake Victoria have suffered enormous losses following the death of their fish stock in early November, which experts have attributed to upwelling and pollution. Images circulating online and sent to us by our Observers show thousands of lifeless fish in cages in Lake Victoria. More…

France 24

Kenyatta and Rwanda request M23 ceasefire and withdrawal from east Congo

(This Nov. 18 story has been refiled to correct headline to show Kenyan former president Kenyatta, not Kenya, requested ceasefire and withdrawal) Kenya's former president Uhuru Kenyatta and Rwanda's President Paul Kagame have agreed on the need for M23 rebels to cease fire and withdraw from captured territories in east…

Reuters

Rwanda agrees on ‘immediate ceasefire’ in eastern DR Congo

Kenya’s former president and Rwanda’s leader agree on need for M23 rebels to cease fire and withdraw from eastern DRC.

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Kenya, Rwanda request M23 ceasefire, withdrawal from east Congo

We cross to Kenya, as former president Uhuru Kenyatta and Rwanda's President Paul Kagame agree on the need for M23 rebels to cease fire and withdraw from captured territories in eastern DR Congo. The rebels have waged several offensives there this year in their first major comeback since 2012, prompting…

The Independent UK

How women and girls vulnerable to climate change are fighting back

ActionAid’s photo essay series features women and girls from Bangladesh, Kenya, Somaliland and Senegal who are battling against climate change

The Independent UK

Gates Foundation pledges $7B for health, farming in Africa

Bill Gates, on a visit to Kenya, has announced his foundation will spend $7 billion to improve health, gender equality and farming in Africa

Reuters

Gates Foundation pledges $7 billion for Africa as Ukraine war diverts donor cash

The Bill Melinda Gates Foundation said on Thursday it was committing $7 billion to Africa over the next four years, as Bill Gates warned that the Ukraine crisis was reducing the amount of aid flowing to the continent.

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The Independent UK

2 killed in second Kenya building collapse this week

Authorities say two people have died after a multi-story building under construction collapsed on a neighbor’s home on the outskirts of Kenyan capital Nairobi

The Guardian - UK

‘You’ll rarely find a climate denier in east Africa’

Having spent years in the US, journalist Caroline Kimeu is now seeing the agonising impacts of the climate crisis in Kenya

Reuters

Former Kenya president calls for urgent intervention in Congo fighting

Kenya's former President Uhuru Kenyatta called on Wednesday for urgent intervention in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where fighting between the army and M23 rebels has flared again in the last week causing hundreds to flee their homes.

Belfast Live

Antrim GAA star set to depart for ‘Plant the Planet’ GAA games in Kenya

Saffron legend Neil McManus will join 50 leading GAA players heading to East Africa to to highlight the impact of climate change and raise sufficient funds to plant one million trees

The Independent UK

Kenya's president dismisses suggestions of unlimited terms

Kenyan President William Ruto urged lawmakers not to remove presidential terms limits from the country’s constitution, dismissing comments by a legislator that there should be no such limits on a capable leader

The Guardian - UK

Three UK foreign secretaries ‘failed to call for release of Briton held in Nigeria’

Nnamdi Kanu was unlawfully detained and tortured in Kenya before being taken to Nigeria, high court told

The Independent UK

Building under construction collapses in Kenya's capital

A multi-story residential building under construction has collapsed in Kenyan capital Nairobi

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