Bereaved families emerged weeping from a hospital mortuary in Kenya on Tuesday after recovering the remains of loved ones who were forced to starve themselves by a doomsday cult leader. Watch to know more.

Kenya Families weep for starvation cult victims as first bodies released

Researchers in Kenya are developing an artificial intelligence app which they hope will accurately diagnose tuberculosis and possibly other chest infections. They're seeing whether the software can distinguish between coughs of people with the disease, and those without.

AI app trialled to detect tuberculosis cough

In Kenya's Mombasa local startup that's named Twende Green Ecocycle has taken the initiative for recycling ocean waste into school furniture for the children. Watch to know more!

Kenya: Mombasa startup 'Twende Green Ecocycle' recycles Ocean waste into furniture

Here we bring to you WION's climate tracker that showcases climate stories from across the globe: The UK's largest zoo, Whipsnade, has released a video showing a three-week-old baby porcupine dakari. Dakari can be seen wandering around the family's cosy indoor den for the first time. Air pollution has been a defining feature of life in Thailand for quite some time, making for some harrowing stories. More than 10 million Thais sought treatment for illnesses linked to air pollution in 2023, reported the national economic and social development council (NESDC). Watch to know more!

Thailand's air pollution crisis | UK Zoo welcomes new baby porcupine 'dakari'

An unknown number of prisoners have escaped after armed gangs stormed the main prison in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince on Saturday (Mar 2) evening, reported news agency AFP citing the French embassy and local media.

Haiti: Several prisoners escape after gangs storm main jail in Port-au-Prince

In Kenya, the Ogiek indigenous people are fighting their ongoing eviction from their ancestral Mau forest. Kenyan human rights advocates have taken legal action to block further evictions and accuse Kenyan authorities of serious violations. In at least the past decade, over 100,000 people have been evicted; many have scattered across the forest area and are living in makeshift structures made of nylon bags as the government refuses to provide alternative housing.

Kenya's Ogiek fight evictions from ancestral Mau Forest

Pineapples: beloved by chefs - and cocktail makers - the world over for bringing a reliable tropical sweetness. Now an innovative firm in Kenya is gaining fans by turning waste from the fruit's harvest into footwear. It comes as the fashion industry looks to embrace more eco-friendly materials.

Footwear from pineapple waste in Kenya

World marathon record holder Kelvin Kiptum and his coach Gervais Hakizimana died in a car crash in western Kenya that left a third passenger injured, police said Sunday (Feb 11).

Marathon world-record holder Kelvin Kiptum dies in car crash in Kenya

A Kenyan high court on Tuesday (Feb 6) charged cult leader Paul Mackenzie and his 29 associates with the murder of nearly 200 children who were found among hundreds of others from the Shakahola forest, last year.

Kenyan doomsday cult leader charged with murder of nearly 200 children

A truck loaded with gas canisters exploded in Kenya's capital Nairobi on Friday (Feb 2), setting off a massive fire that claimed the lives of three people and wounded 280 others, according to the authorities.

Massive gas truck explosion leaves three dead in Kenya's Nairobi, injures nearly 300

A gas explosion at an unlicensed cooking gas-filling plant in Kenya’s capital on Thursday night killed at least three people and injured 270 others, according to authorities in the East African country. Watch to know more!

Kenya: Blast at Kentainers company in Nairobi's Embakasi district kills 3

Kenyan President William Ruto on Saturday blamed incompetent and corrupt government officials for a deadly gas blast in Nairobi that killed three people and injured 280.

Kenyan president criticises 'incompetence', 'corruption' after deadly blast

Kenya: 3 dead, over 100 injured after truck laden with gas explodes in Nairobi

At least three people were killed and more than 270 were injured in a massive fire started by a gas explosion in Kenya's capital Nairobi. Kenyan Red Cross said 271 people have been evacuated to different health facilities in Nairobi.

Watch: People flee as gas explosion fire in Kenya kills two, injures over 200

Massive blaze & explosion reported in the Embakasi area of Nairobi. The fire from gas explosion in Kenya killed 2 and injured at least 165. Kenyan firefighters battle massive blaze. Watch to know more!

Kenya: Fire from gas explosion in Nairobi kills 2, injures at least 165

A gas explosion at an unlicensed cooking gas-filling plant in Kenya’s capital on Thursday night killed at least three people and injured 270 others, according to authorities in the East African country.

Nairobi: Kenyan firefighters battle massive blaze, at least 3 dead from explosion

Nairobi: Fire from gas explosion in Kenya kills 3, injures at least 270

Here we bring you a quick round-up of all the latest news and top headlines from all across the globe: Massive blaze & explosion reported in the Embakasi area of Nairobi. The fire from gas explosion in Kenya killed 2 and injured over 300. Kenyan firefighters battle massive blaze. Watch to know more!

Kenya Gas Explosion: 3 people dead & over 270 injured in capital Nairobi

Massive blaze & explosion reported in the Embakasi area of Nairobi. The fire from gas explosion in Kenya killed 2 and injured over 300. Kenyan firefighters battle massive blaze. Watch to know more!

Kenya: Fire from gas explosion in Nairobi kills 2, injures at least 300

The murders of two Kenyan women this month are spotlighting a worrying regularity in gender-based violence in the East African country, with activists calling for more government measures to protect women. They are only two of at least four reported gender-based murders in Kenya since the start of the year, as the country faces an increasing number of killings and abuses meted on women... Amid social media outrage, women say they plan to assemble in protest every week to demand more action from authorities...But what’s causing an epidemic of violence against women?

Kenya Femicide: Women angered at Gender Based Violence

Kenya has confirmed the discovery of its first coltan deposits, a valuable mineral integral to the production of various electronic devices. Coltan, short for columbite-tantalite, is a valuable mineral that is used in various industries.

Kenya discovers first deposits of coltan, a valuable mineral used in electronic devices

A Kenyan judge on Wednesday ordered cult leader Paul Mackenzie and 30 associates to undergo mental health evaluations before being charged with the murder of 191 children whose bodies have been exhumed since April 2023 from the Shakahola forest in Kenya.

Kenyan cult leader to face murder charges in starvation deaths

In Kenya, malaria claims an estimated 10,700 lives every year, according to the US-based centre for disease control....and climate change is only aggravating this situation. According to the world health organisation, extreme weather events like heat waves and flooding are influencing the survival of the malaria-carrying anopheles mosquito, now hope is at hand in the form of a rollout of two new vaccines in Africa in 2024 that could curb the transmission.

Climate change effects on spread of malaria

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