Full Coverage: Kenya

06.11.2009 Campaigners have appealed to the UN to intervene to halt the evictions of thousands of families from their ancestral home in a Kenyan forest.

09.09.2009 The Kenyan government's use of the army to distribute food has been criticised by an international development charity.

07.09.2009 The Kenyan drought is now so prolonged that nomadic farmers are abandoning their traditional way of life. Guardian

23.08.2009 The Kenyan food crisis provides a reminder of the importance of adequate nutrition in sustaining ARV regimes. IRIN PlusNews

19.08.2009 A gunman has attacked a leading Kenyan women's initiative in northern Kenya, threatening its members and chasing residents out of their homes.

10.08.2009 The Kenyan government has identified potential construction sites for a nuclear power plant — potentially the first on the continent outside South Africa.

02.08.2009 Encouraging news of plans for the biggest windfarm in Africa which could provide a quarter of Kenya's installed capacity - and perhaps inspire other countries. Guardian

19.05.2009 The situation of Somali refugees in overcrowded refugee camps in Kenya "is simply scandalous", warns an international medical charity, whose representative in Nairobi says: "These refugees have risked everything to escape the fighting in Somalia. Now some are telling us they would rather take their chances in Mogadishu than die slowly here."

11.03.2009 Graft seems to be getting out of hand in Kenya and Kenyans are blaming the government for tolerating the vice, according to a new report.

26.02.2009 The UN has intervened in two African political controversies, with Secretary-General Ban ki-Moon calling for the release of Zimbabwean detainees and a United Nations independent human rights expert calling on Kenya to end “systematic, widespread and carefully planned” police killings.
+ Police killings cannot be ignored
+ Vendors fear selling book on Githongo over libel suits

14.02.2009 The British supermarket chain Asda came under fire today over claims that workers earn a living wage supplying Valentine’s flowers on sale in its stores for £2 a dozen.
+ Defending the rights of Kenya's flower workers
+ Valentine Day South African wine shame
+ How many more will be raped?
+ Bail for WOZA protesters

13.01.2009 Key medicinal plants used for cancer, malaria and other remedies are being over-exploited — potentially putting the health of millions at risk, warns an international conservation group.

10.01.2009 One in every three Kenyans is in danger of starvation due to crop failure and the Government plans to declare the food shortage a national emergency.

18.12.2008 Sixteen thousand children in seven African countries are due to undergo final-stage tests of a potential malaria vaccine early next year after research showed it halves the risk of malaria among infants and children in Kenya and Tanzania.

12.11.2008 An impoverished Kenyan indigenous community, evicted from their land to make way for a world-famous nature reserve, is launching a special appeal on World Responsible Tourism Day, to lay claim to a slice of lucrative tourism revenue.

28.08.2008 The Kenyan government has failed to support vital peace-making efforts aimed at healing ethnic divisions in the country, following the country’s worst outbreak of violence since independence, says an international human rights organisation.

24.07.2008 Millions of people in East Africa are facing a humanitarian crisis driven by drought, conflict, and rising global food prices, says an international charity as it launches a fund-raising appeal.

24.06.2008 Kenya has approved a controversial biofuel project that environmentalists say could destroy some of the country's most pristine wetlands.

18.06.2008 An immediate increase in assistance is needed for the people of Mount Elgon in western Kenya and an end to the indiscriminate violence they have been enduring for almost two years, says a leading international medical group.

02.05.2008 Once one of the few Maasai girls able to attend school and now the chairperson of a leading coalition of indigenous peoples' organizations in Africa, Mary Simat embodies the changing gender norms of the Kenyan Maasai community.