Women took to the streets to tackle a growing femicide epidemic after data revealed that more than 20 women have already been killed in Kenya this year.

The march against femicide serves as a plea for the dismantling of patriarchal structures that contribute to the vulnerability of women.

The Kenyan Airways flight was due to land at Heathrow Airport from the Kenyan capital, Nairobi.

Statements by G20 ministers ahead of a key summit are "woefully inadequate" about addressing the climate emergency, the UN's climate change chief told AFP in an interview Wednesday, calling for stronger action from the nations responsible for most planet-heating pollution.

The head of the International Energy Agency urged the United States and China to set aside their differences and align on climate change, warning in an interview Monday that "geopolitical fractures" risked holding back the clean energy transition.

African policymakers will kick off a landmark climate summit in Kenya on Monday aimed at reframing the continent as a budding renewable energy powerhouse and calling for international financial help to unlock its potential.

Following the COP27 climate summit, a ceremony that commemorated the start of construction for the Menengai Geothermal Power Plant occurred with officials in Kenya.

Russia warned the West on Monday that a deal allowing Ukrainian grain to be exported from the Black Sea would cease unless a United Nations agreement aimed at overcoming obstacles to Russian grain and fertiliser exports was fulfilled.

The European Union said Tuesday that it would increase its investments in Kenya by hundreds of millions of dollars, looking to bolster ties in the face of competition from China.

Meta Platforms was accused in a lawsuit filed in Kenya on Wednesday of letting violent and hateful posts from Ethiopia flourish on Facebook, inflaming the Ethiopian civil war.

Nearly 400 staff at BBC World Service will lose their jobs as part of a cost-cutting programme and move to digital platforms.

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Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga rejected as "null and void" the result of an Aug.

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Millions of Kenyans will head to the polls on Tuesday to pick a new president in a fiercely contested election that pitches veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga against Deputy President William Ruto.

Liz Njue had just arrived to vote in her party primary when opponents attacked her, pulling her hair and tearing her blouse.

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Finance for adaptation is best seen as an investment in avoided costs, the IPCC report says.

A senior diplomat told AFP that "most of the net-zero pledges are void of content".

Roshi Bhadain, former Mauritian government minister, should face possible prosecution over the controversial cut-price sale of a stake in investment company Britam Kenya.

The woman did not harm her 2-month-old infant

Although Covid-19 lockdowns and travel restrictions saw emissions plunge in 2020, concentrations of planet-warming CO2 continue to climb ever higher.

Sunday's eclipse arrived on the longest day of the year -- the summer solstice -- when Earth's north pole is tilted most directly towards the Sun.

The domestic violence survivor's hands had to be amputated due to the injuries sustained during the attack.

India, Mexico, Norway and Ireland were chosen as non-permanent members, while Djibouti and Kenya will go to a second round of voting on Thursday.

Attackers breached heavy security at Camp Simba at dawn but were pushed back and four jihadists killed.