Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I returned home to Kenya's coast after months of winter in Germany, and the heat felt extreme. Temperatures rose past 35°C by ...

Rebecca Lolosoli came up with the idea of a female-only village in 1990. She was in the hospital at the time, recovering from an attack by a group of men who were angry that she had spoken to other ...

On the outskirts of the coastal Kenyan city of Mombasa, a women’s organization in Jomvu Creek aims to transform livelihoods and the environment through mud crab farming. A blue economy grant is ...

This story was written by Jackson Okata and originally published by Minority Africa on July 18, 2024. An abridged version is republished below as part of a content-sharing agreement. Emelda has been a ...

In 2025, Kenyan women didn’t just make headlines; they made history. Across sports, activism, media, culture, and public service, women shattered ceilings, set records, won major awards, and took up ...

Each fresh killing seems more gruesome than the last. In July the hacked-up remains of nine women were found stuffed into sacks in a quarry in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital. In September Rebecca Cheptegei, ...

A hotel beachfront in Kilifi, Kenya with stone structures built as protection against rising ocean waters. Courtesy Lucy Atieno. Author provided (no reuse) I returned home to Kenya’s coast after ...