Climate change has impacted many countries across the globe. Kenya's agricultural lands have been severely impacted by change in weather patterns. These lands are drying out and turning barren, droughts have left farmers without crops.

WION Climate Tracker: Kenyan farmers endure painful drought, battling it for four years now

A Kenyan journalist received an uninvited guest on camera while he was filming a piece to camera from a baby elephant orphanage in southern Kenya. Alvin Kaunda was speaking on conservation of wildlife species.

WATCH | Baby elephant says hello as Kenyan journalist reports on wildlife conservation

Kenya is witnessing its worst drought in the last 40 years. Hundreds of animals, including elephants and zebras, have died. It's a crisis that is threatening to impact Kenya's tourism industry.

WION Climate Tracker | Kenya drought: Herders dig well to deal with drought

A top Pakistani journalist, who works for a local media outlet Dunya TV, said that Arshad Sharif's death was "premeditated" and he was tortured and brutalised for three hours before being shot.

Was Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif tortured before death? Controversy deepens as shocking claims emerge

Kenya's new President William Ruto released loan documents related to a controversial Chinese railway project that his predecessor's government fought a years-long battle in the courts to keep classified.

Kenya discloses loan documents of Chinese-built railway amid looming debt crisis

Africa's largest tusked female elephant died in Kenya. 'Dida' was a matriarch aged around 65 years. She used to live in Tsavo East National Park Wildlife. Officials confirmed that she passed away due natural causes. She was famous for her long tusks and was extremely popular with the tourists.

Africa: Kenya's largest female elephant 'Dida' dies

As drought continues to ravage the horn of Africa, people living in big cities are turning to urban farming. Traditionally rural areas used to supply food, but dwindling crops have forced city dwellers to become innovative. Here's a report from Kenya.

World of Africa: Why are Kenyans embracing urban farming

A plane carrying the coffin of prominent Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif landed in Islamabad early Wednesday, said the local media. Sharif was killed by Nairobi police on Sunday night after the car he was in sped through a checkpoint out of the capital city which prompted the police to open fire, the Kenyan police said in a statement.

Pakistan: Body of slain journalist Arshad Sharif arrives in Islamabad from Kenya

Discarded fashion from the US, Europe and Asia has found its way to Kenya where it has become a dumping ground for textile waste.

Gravitas: Kenya: Dumping ground for textile waste

WION Climate Tracker: Kenya becomes the dumping ground for textile waste

Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif was killed in Kenya. It is being reported that Sharif was shot by the Kenyan police forces. The Kenyan police say that he was killed by accident.

Pakistani Journalist Arshad Sharif shot down in Kenya

Arshad Sharif, a well-known Pakistani journalist was shot dead in Nairobi, Kenya when police, hunting car thieves, opened fire on the vehicle he was travelling in, said a Kenyan police report on Monday (October 24).

Prominent Pakistani journalist shot dead in Kenya

A close aide of Kenyan President William Ruto has claimed that the two missing Indians in Kenya have been killed by the disbanded DCI unit, a media report said on Friday.

Missing Indians in Kenya killed by disbanded DCI unit, claims Kenyan President's aide

A Nairobi-based green transport company unveils an electric bus. Its inventors hope to encourage environmentally friendly commuting in a city where polluting exhaust fumes contribute to a thick smog.

Tech in Trend: Kenya debuts electric bus in clean energy push

At present millions of people around the globe cannot afford to eat while others are suffering from malnutrition. As a result of climate change and failing crop production, now the United Nations food and agriculture organization says that 80% of the world's poorest people live in rural areas.

WION Climate Tracker: People in Kenya struggle to feed their families due to drought

Zulfiqar Khan's loved ones had just about started enjoying the Masai Mara through his Instagram photos when their joy was abruptly cut short. Since July of this year, the Mumbai-born, veteran of the entertainment world has been reported missing in Nairobi, Kenya.

Former COO of Balaji Telefilms missing in Kenya; family seeks help from government

Last year's Boston marathon winner Diana Chemtai Kipyokei and her Kenyan teammate Betty Wilson Lempus have been provisionally suspended over anti-doping rule violations, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced Friday.

Boston Marathon winner and her Kenyan teammate provisionally suspended for doping

Kenya's National Museums launches phone app to track wildlife and record how mammals thrive in their habitat. Here is a report by Erik Njoka.

World of Africa: Kenya's wildlife tracker app

Uganda's "Tweeting General" Muhoozi Kainerugaba started a diplomatic row with Kenya by claiming his forces could capture Nairobi in a week. The leader has been relieved of his duties, and promoted to a full 5-star general. Priyanka Sharma tells you what's going on between Uganda and Kenya.

WION Fineprint | Uganda's "Tweeting General" both fired and promoted

Northern Kenya is facing its worst drought over 40 years, the failure of annual rainfall has now left millions of people on the verge of a famine. Many people have fled from their homes and their livestock and crops have been destroyed.

WION Climate Tracker: Kenya ravaged by alarming drought; 1.5 mn people forced to abandon homes

Brigid Kosgie will not be participating at this year's London marathon. She's pulled out of the race after a hamstring injury.

Kenya's World record holding runner to miss London marathon | Latest World News | WION

Kenyan great Eliud Kipchoge has beaten his own world marathon record by 30 seconds, running 2hr 01min 9sec in Berlin on Sunday. At the halfway point the back-to-back Olympic champion in Rio and Tokyo looked set to become the first to officially run under the elusive two-hour mark.

Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge breaks marathon world record in Berlin

Kenya scrapped subsidy on petrol as soon as new president William Ruto was inaugurated. Ruto said subsidies were unsustainable, in a move that could add to upward pressure on inflation. The new president faces the challenge of bringing down the high cost of fuel and food in East Africa's most dominant economy. But he will also have to grapple with subsidy measures that policymakers warn could empty the country’s coffers – and debt inherited from his predecessor, Uhuru Kenyatta. Here's a report from Nairobi

World of Africa | Consumers in Kenya hit by fuel price shock

William Ruto was sworn in as Kenya's fifth post-independence president at a pomp-filled ceremony on Tuesday, five weeks after his narrow victory in a bitterly-fought but largely peaceful election.

Ruto sworn in as Kenya's president after disputed poll

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