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    Kenya wildlife reserves threatened as tourists stay away amid pandemic

    14 Jul 2020

    In the majestic plains of the Maasai Mara, the coronavirus pandemic spells economic disaster for locals who earn a living from tourists coming to see Kenya's abundant wildlife.

    Kenya's flower industry rebounds as lockdowns ease

    22 Jul 2020

    Kenyan farmers were forced to throw away millions of roses in March as Europe sealed borders and residents put weddings and funerals on hold.

    Tourism collapse in Masai Mara could lead to poaching

    23 Jul 2020

    There are growing fears that the COVID-19 ecotourism collapse could spell disaster, as whole communities reliant on tourism stare at poverty, which is a massive driver of poaching.

    'Like the speed of the wind': Kenya's lakes rise to destructive highs due to climate change

    20 Oct 2020

    Peering into the lake, the village elder struggled to pinpoint where beneath the hyacinth and mesquite weeds lay the farm he lived in his entire life until the water rose like never before and swallowed everything.

    Kenya crisis

    22 Oct 2020

    Yet another story adds to the climate change repertoire. The common thread in these stories besides climate change of course, is that the victims are people of the grassroots and seemingly inconsequential people of the planet

    Long-missed pink flamingos return to Kenya's Lake Nakuru

    03 Sep 2020

    Eight years ago, rising water levels in Kenya's Lake Nakuru drove away the clouds of pink coloured flamingos that were the park's biggest draw.

    Big Heart Foundation launches project to build school for girls in Kenya

    06 Dec 2020

    The project is funded by a US$1m grant from Sharjah Charity House to provide education and boarding facilities to 360 girl refugees at the Kalobeyei Integrated Settlement in Kenya.

    VIDEO: Giraffe starts walking tall — after dramatic rescue from island surrounded by crocodiles in Kenya

    04 Dec 2020

    International conservation charity Save Giraffes Now has assisted in hand-building a barge allowing the animal to cross safely into the plains.

    Avocado farm could spell trouble for elephants

    07 May 2021

    Within the sprawling plains of Kimana area in Amboseli in Kenya, overlooked by the scenic snow-capped Mount Kilimanjaro, a territorial fight for survival between an avocado farm and a wildlife and livestock conservation area is rife. Conservationists and

    Archeologists discover evidence of earliest known human burial in Africa

    06 May 2021

    Subsequent microscopic analysis and luminescence dating confirmed that Mtoto's tiny body had been carefully covered with dirt from around the pit, and had rested undisturbed for nearly 80,000 years.

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