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LGBTQ refugees in Kenya's Kakuma refugee camp say they are subjected to violent attacks and destruction of pr…

On the night of June 1, demonstrators took to the streets in Bondeni-a subsection of Mathare, one of Nairobi'…

Kenya's police force, which can trace a direct lineage back to its colonial-era forerunner, has played a star…

On the 30th anniversary of the Saba Saba day, grassroots human rights defenders and allies held a protest and…

With a pen and notepad in hand, Elizabeth Akinyi approaches the entrance of a corrugated-metal home in Mukuru…

"Test, test, test" has been the mantra for defeating the novel coronavirus, but African countries are finding…

Guangzhou's "Little Africa" was a window to a more complicated, ungovernable, shared future for Chinese and A…

As a viral respiratory pandemic sweeps the world, the machine that breathes for patients - a ventilator - has…

Countries struggling to contain the COVID-19 pandemic are scrambling to buy intensive care equipment, especia…

NAIROBI-For the past week, every morning, Akonya Shimeseru wakes up in her single-room home that she shares w…

Africa was one of the last regions to register a confirmed coronavirus case, but COVID-19 is now spreading fa…

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa has surpassed 800, an eightfold increase from just one week …

The fears the epidemic has stoked have far outpaced its spread, and discussion of the disease's politics, for…

As the coronavirus continues to spread beyond mainland China, the medical journal The Lancet has released a s…

Africa has so far escaped the spread of the coronavirus, which first appeared in the Chinese city of Wuhan on…

On January 31, eight days into the lockdown of Wuhan, 17 members of the Kenyan Students Association of Wuhan …

As more Chinese follow the Belt and Road trail to Kenya, Jehovah's Witnesses are learning their language in t…

Like Kibra, Chinatowns were enclaves at the frontiers of Othering, designed into nascent cities that had only…

Kitenge is made in China, but sold, worn and inscribed with meaning in Kenya.

Exploited for years, these vital wetlands near Nairobi are blooming anew thanks to a remarkable grassroots ef…

Almost all the new developments that have come to define the Kenyan capital's fast-paced growth are technical…

Menstrual products have become the "silver bullet" of development. But why isn't anyone talking about the rea…

Cultures are always in flux. But when change comes from the outside, people often see it as an attack. Here's…

In other countries, it is understood that the intention of terrorists is to make crowded spaces "empty" - to …