‘No tourist, no dollar’: Pandemic decimates livelihoods at Maasai Mara

By Reuters,

For more than 50 years, Loiman Letolo, 70, has peddled her colourful beaded necklaces and bracelets to safari-goers at the entrance gates to Kenya’s...

coronavirus , Maasai , Maasai Mara

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

OPINION: This should be the new normal when protecting our natural capital

By Guest Writer,

By Major (Rtd) Steve Leakono Sun Tzu, one of the greatest military strategists and a renowned philosopher said that the greatest victory is that wh...

WATO: What next where livelihoods almost entirely depend on biodiversity?

By Guest Writer,

Over 190 countries adopted the Convention on Biological Diversity in 1992 as a commitment to reverse the pervasive biodiversity loss globally. Unde...

Biodiversity , International Day for Biodiversity

Black rhino, Akinyi, gives birth to 4th calf at Meru National Park

By Citizen Reporter,

A black rhino known as Akinyi has given birth at the Meru National Park in Kenya. Tourism and Wildlife CS Najib Balala said this is the black rhino...

Rhino

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

Rare white Kenyan giraffe, calf killed by poachers

By Tonny Ndungu,

A rare white giraffe that had gripped headlines in 2017 has been killed at the Ishaqbini Hirola Community Conservancy in Garissa County, reports say. ...

rare white giraffe

KWS marks World Wildlife Day, decry Roan antelope as most endangered

By Agencies,

As the world marked the Word Wildlife Day on Tuesday, it has now emerged that the Roan antelope is now the most endangered species with only 12 of the...

Roan antelope , Word Wildlife Day

Chinese officials temporarily ban trade of wild animals over coronavirus

By VOA,

Chinese officials have temporarily banned the trade of wild animals, following an outbreak of coronavirus in the central city of Wuhan. Officials n...

coronavirus

Pollack cautious as K’Ogalo host Sofapaka in Kisumu

By Milton Ochieng,

Defending champions Gor Mahia will be out to reclaim leadership of the league when they take on Sofapaka at Moi Stadium in Kisumu in one of their matc...

GOR MAHIA , KPL , sofapaka

Penalty-shy Leopards maul Kisumu All Stars

By Isaac Swila,

Winger Vincent Oburu and John Mark Makwatta were the star men scoring a goal apiece in either side of the half as AFC Leopards mauled Kisumu All Stars...

AFC Leopards , John Mark Makwatta , Kisumu All Stars , KPL

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

Mwalala takes blame for Bandari’s slump

By Jacob Icia,

Bandari FC head coach Bernard Mwalala has conceded the club has lost the mojo that propelled them to second spot league finish last season and took re...

Bandari FC , Bernard Mwalala , KPL

WWF says it did not push for rhino relocation process where 11 died

By Reuters,

The World Wildlife Fund has rejected the findings of a Kenyan parliamentary inquiry that said the conservation group pushed Kenyan authorities to spee...

Rhino , WWF

PHOTOS: Prince Harry, Meghan and child Archie begin South Africa tour

By Imani Mitchelle,

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex have officially begun their 10-day tour to South Africa with their child Archie. According ...

baby archie , Meghan Markle. , Prince Harry , south africa

Africa’s gentle giraffes threatened with ‘silent extinction’

By VOA,

vFor most of his life as a Samburu warrior, Lesaiton Lengoloni thought nothing of hunting giraffes, the graceful giants so common a feature of the Ken...

africa , Extinction , Giraffes

First Lady Margaret Kenyatta talks tough on ivory trade war

By PSCU,

First Lady Margaret Kenyatta has reaffirmed Kenya’s push for closure of all ivory trade markets across the world. She said Kenya will continue wi...

ivory trade , Margaret Kenyatta