Year in review: Pandemic puts Safari Rally’s return on hold

By Alex Kinyua,

@Alex_Kins It has been over a year since the Federation of International Automobile (FIA) sports announced the return of the Safari Rally to the Worl...

Safari Rally

Namibia is auctioning 170 wild elephants amid drought and rising population

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Namibia has put 170 "high value" wild elephants up for sale due to drought and an increase in elephant numbers, the southern African country's environ...

Elephants , Namibia

Covid-19: FKF mourns death of Ivory Coast FA chief Diallo

By Citizen Reporter,

Football Kenya Federation on Sunday joined Africa's football fraternity in mourning the death of Ivory Coast Football Association president Augustin S...

Augustin Sidy Diallo , condolences , COVID-19 , dies , FKF , Ivory Coast FA president , Nick Mwendwa

Safari Rally adventure excites drivers

By Citizen Reporter,

World rally drivers are looking forward to next year’s WRC Safari Rally Kenya with great expectations. Speaking in a recent WR Magazine clip, leg...

FIA , Sabastien Ogier , WRC Safari Rally

Kirinyaga: 2 men nabbed with Elephant tusks worth Ksh.1M

By Johnson Muriithi,

Two men were arrested with six pieces of Elephant tusks with an estimated worth of  Ksh 1.4 million on Tuesday evening in Kutus, Kirinyaga county ...

Kirinyaga

Virtual Lewa Safari Marathon powered by Huawei raises over Ksh.20M

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The Lewa Safari marathon, which was held virtually this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic has raised over Ksh.20 million for wildlife conservation, co...

Lewa Safari Marathon

DIAZ: Wildlife still need attention to stop mass die-off amidst COVID-19 pandemic

By Guest Writer,

The world is keen on containing the COVID-19 pandemic and reopening economies but another disaster is slowing lurking as wildlife face a great danger ...

Botswana , diaz , Elephants , Wildlife

More than 360 elephants in Botswana die from mysterious causes

By CNN,

More than 360 elephants in Botswana have died in mysterious causes in the past three months, according to local conservationists. Also Read: Wildli...

Botswana , Elephants

The silent extinction: Less than 100,000 giraffes left in the wild

By Moses Ngugi,

As the World celebrated World Giraffe Day on June 21, 2020, there remains growing concern over the endangered status of the world's tallest animal. ...

giraffe meat , somali girafe , white giraffe

DIAZ: A silver lining amidst COVID-19 pandemic

By Guest Writer,

The better part of Sunday April 12 saw the majority of social media platforms remain awash with doctored images showing Mt. Kenya as supposedly seen f...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , diaz , kilimanjaro

Kenyan conservationist Abdullahi Hussein bags the coveted Whitley Award

By Moses Ngugi,

Smack in the middle of the coronavirus disquiet that has gripped the world, a Kenyan conservationist has won the most coveted award in the conservatio...

It’s a zonkey! Zebra gives birth to rare foal at Chyulu Hills after mating with donkey

By CNN,

If you thought baby donkeys were cute, wait until you get a load of this zonkey! A zebra at the Chyulu Hills National Park in Kenya was recently fo...

Chyulu hills , zonkey

‘The Elephant Queen’ to screen on Citizen TV this Easter Sunday

By Citizen Team,

The internationally acclaimed feature documentary, The Elephant Queen, filmed in Tsavo East National Park and the Greater Amboseli Tsavo ecosystem wil...

Easter Sunday , Mark Deeble , The Elephant Queen , Victoria Stone

Botswana kills five suspected poachers in effort to save Rhinos

By VOA,

Botswana has seen an unprecedented rise in rhinoceros poaching in the last 12 months. The government reports nearly 50 of the animals have been kil...

botswana executes poachers , Botswana poaching

‘Angry’ soldier storms shopping mall, kills 26

By Reuters,

A Thai soldier who killed at least 26 people, most of them in a shopping mall in the northeast of the country, was angry over a land deal involving a ...

Prayuth Chan-ocha , soldier , Thailand

Iconic Tim, one of Africa’s biggest elephants, dies at Amboseli National Park

By Citizen Reporter,

One of Africa's largest elephants which was at the Amboseli National Park in Kenya has died. The celebrated elephant named Tim died early Tuesday m...

Iconic Tim , kws

Why this Ksh.3K gin made with elephant poop is all the rage in SA

By CNN,

A vacation is often an inspiring experience -- but that inspiration can take many forms. Following a holiday to a game reserve a couple of years ag...

gin , indlovu , poop

Herd of One: Unique elephant conservation initiative launched

By Agencies,

The World Wide Fund for Nature-Kenya and Sankara Nairobi have launched a unique partnership to enhance elephant conservation and the livelihoods of th...

Sankara , World Wide Fund for Nature-Kenya

Property worth millions destroyed at luxurious Larsens Camp in Samburu

By Josphista Namnyak,

Property worth millions of shillings was destroyed at Larsens Camp inside the Samburu National Reserve. River Ewaso Nyiro broke its banks due to he...

larsens camp , Samburu National Reserve

Six elephants fall to their deaths while trying to save each other

By Ian Omondi,

Six elephants on Saturday reportedly fell to their deaths while trying to save each other from a waterfall in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand. Acc...

Elephants , Haew Narok , Khao Yai National Park , Thailand