PROFILE: Chris Diaz, pushing for youth to get involved in conservation

By Tony Owori,

Meet Chris Diaz, a business leader and conservationist born in Mombasa, Kenya. Through his career, Diaz has made great strides and contributed a lo...

conservation , diaz , Forest conservation

Black boxes located at Indonesian airliner crash site

By CNN,

Rescuers searching for the wreckage of an Indonesian passenger jet that crashed into the ocean with 62 people on board on Saturday say they have locat...

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

Kenyan farmers and young guides enlisted to protect city forests

By Reuters,

Peter Wainana remembers when the forest near his home outside Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, was so thick with trees and vegetation it was difficult to w...

forestry , Kenya Forest Service , logging , trees

New FAO Kenya boss Carla Mucavi takes office

By Citizen Reporter,

The newly appointed Food and Agriculture (FAO) Representative to Kenya Carla Elisa Luis Mucavi has taken office. On Monday, she was welcomed by the A...

Trump and Biden clash over U.S. wildfires as campaign turns to climate change

By Reuters,

Joe Biden branded President Donald Trump a “climate arsonist” on Monday for refusing to acknowledge global warming’s role in deadly wildfires sw...

Donald Trump , Joe Biden , Wildfires

The Making of The Kipchoge Led 1:59 Tree Planting ‘Marathon’

By Citizen Team,

159 tree seedlings holes were pitted, early morning on Saturday at the 50.8 acres Kaptagat Forest bloc, in Elgeyo Marakwet County, adopted for restora...

1:59 , Eliud Kipchoge , Kaptagat forest , Tree Planting

Namibia warns citizens against using elephant dung as COVID-19 cure

By Reuters,

The Namibia government is warning its citizens not to trust claims on social media that elephant dung can cure COVID-19, as coronavirus infections ris...

coronavirus , elephant dung , Namibia

Kenya’s tourist sites are safe, open and ready for visitors, Uhuru says

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has expressed satisfaction with the measures being taken by stakeholders in the hospitality sector to protect tourists from C...

Balala , tourism , Uhuru kenyatta

KFS leads planting of over 2,000 trees at Kibiku Forest block

By Agencies,

The Kenya Forest Service (KFS) on Tuesday hosted Principal Secretary for Cooperatives Ali Noor Ismail at Kibiku Forest block in Ngong for a tree plant...

Scientists using sewage to measure the prevalence of Covid-19

By CNN,

As the need for widespread Covid-19 testing grows, officials are looking to flush out hidden cases of the virus by examining sewage. Groups of scie...

Biobot , coronavirus , COVID-19 , Johns Hopkins University

FULL LIST: KMPDU boss Ouma Oluga among 32 appointed to Nairobi Metropolitan Services

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Thirty-two public officers have been redeployed from the National and County Governments to take charge of the Nairobi County Government under the new...

Nairobi Metropolitan Services , Ouma Oluga

First Lady Margaret Kenyatta flags off 100-men run at Karura forest

By PSCU,

The First Lady Margaret Kenyatta  on Friday set the ball rolling for this year’s Beyond Zero Half Marathon by flagging off a 100-men run at Karura ...

beyond marathon , First Lady Margaret Kenyatta

Full list: Uhuru’s new appointments to Cabinet, reshuffle

By Citizen Reporter,

This is the full list of the Cabinet reshuffle and new appointments as announced by President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday: Cabinet Secretary nominati...

President Kenyatta moves 9 PS’s in new government changes

By Citizen Reporter,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has announced new changes in the government that sees eight Principal Secretaries move offices. In a statement released on...

Gordon Kihalangwa , Uhuru kenyatta

Change food production and stop abusing land, major climate report warns

By CNN,

Humans have damaged around a quarter of ice-free land on Earth, United Nations scientists warned in a major report Thursday, stressing that further de...

climate report , food production , Global emmissions , Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) , World Wildlife Fund's (WWF)

12 Counties Flout Procurement Rules

By Citizen Reporter,

Twelve counties & nine parastatals flout public procurement laws according to a new report by the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) w...

Counties , PPRA , Public Procurement

Indonesia vows to send back illegal plastic waste

By VOA,

Among the tons of paper that comes into Indonesia for processing from overseas are countless pieces of plastic. “I found food packaging. That’s...

Indonesia , waste material

As Gabon’s new forests minister,UK conservationist aims to lead by example

By Reuters,

Gabon hopes to lead by example in stamping out illegal logging of the world’s tropical hardwoods, a prominent British conservationist said on Tuesda...

British conservationist , gabon , Lee White , President Ali Bongo

Bleak future for million dollar Mara River

By Wangui Ngechu,

For decades, the country has been grappling with how to save the Mau Forest and now there is a red alert over the popular wildebeest migration. Lan...

Amala , Enapuipui , Mara River , Mau forest