Kenya

May 31, 2021

The aim of the census, launched this month, is not to create an exact count, but rather to establish a baseline of wildlife data, and will focus predominantly on counting terrestrial and aquatic mammals.

Environment

This start-up turns locust swarms in Kenya into animal feed

The World

March 24, 2021

The Bug Picture has worked for the last six weeks in Kenya to pilot a program that pays farmers to collect locusts from their fields in exchange for cash.

Critical State

When it rains, it wars: Tracking intersecting security threats, Part I

Inkstick Media

March 02, 2021

Critical State, our foreign policy newsletter, takes a deep dive into new research by political scientist Jana Krause on interactions between post-election violence and sexual violence in Kenya and Nigeria.

Arts, Culture & Media

The pop culture that got us through 2020

The World

December 29, 2020

In 2020, we leaned on pop culture more than ever for moments of levity, distraction — and sometimes even clarity — during a chaotic year. Looking back, here are some of the pop culture moments that stuck with us.

The Big Fix

‘Connecting with God by caring for the environment’: Franciscan monk in Kenya shares Christmas message

The World

December 24, 2020

Pope Francis's teachings about the moral urgency of the climate crisis are being spread from the Vatican all around the world by the Global Catholic Climate Movement.

Kenya launches Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine trial amid second wave of coronavirus

The World

November 23, 2020

The global trial has enrolled more than 24,000 participants from across the world, including in the UK, South Africa and Brazil.

Education

After months of closure, Kenya's schools adjust to sudden reopening

The World

October 16, 2020

In July, Nairobi announced that schools across the country would stay closed for the rest of the year due to the coronavirus pandemic. This week's last-minute reopening is a pleasant surprise for many teachers, parents and students.

Migration

US-based Somali Bantu face deportation to a country they've never known

The World

September 16, 2020

In the early 2000s, the United States resettled thousands of Somali Bantu, a group of marginalized tribes who have faced years of discrimination. Nearly 20 years later, many of their adult children are facing the unimaginable: deportation to Somalia.

Migrant workers stuck in Beirut in wake of blast

The World

August 14, 2020

Dozens of domestic workers have been stranded in Lebanon since last week's blast. Many have lost their jobs and homes. They say they have no money for plane tickets back to their countries. The coronavirus pandemic has made the situation even more complicated.