Tag: Kenya
Mexican-Kenyan Lupita Nyong’o, first black president of the jury of the Berlin film festival
The 2024 edition of the Berlinale opens this Thursday, February 15 in the evening in the German capital. It promises to be agitated and the Mexican-Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong’o will…
death of Kenyan Kelvin Kiptum, marathon world record holder
Kelvin Kiptum, who set the marathon world record in October 2023, died on Sunday February 11 in a road accident which also cost the life of his coach, Gervais Hakizimana.…
Kenya is shaken by a record number of murders of women: “My daughter is no longer there”
Gender-related killings are the most brutal manifestation of violence against women and girls. Despite decades of activism by women’s rights organizations around the world, increased awareness and action by several…
main suspect in Embakasi explosion investigation arrested
In Kenya, the main suspect in the investigation into the Embakasi explosion has been arrested, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations announced on Tuesday February 6. During the night from Thursday…
Cult leader in Kenya charged with murder of 191 children
It was in April last year that the police found a mass grave with over 400 people in the Shakahola forest in southeastern Kenya. The autopsy showed that most had…
Hundreds injured in explosion Kenya
According to the post, a truck loaded with gas reportedly exploded just before midnight for an unknown reason, resulting in a “large fireball that spread widely.” The incident caused several…
Flames engulfed apartment buildings! Natural gas explosion in Kenya: Hundreds injured
The government spokesman stated that “a giant fireball was formed” as a result of the explosion of gas carried by a truck in the Embakasi region at 23:30. LIFE MARKET…
First IVF of a white rhino, a breakthrough to save the species
A major medical breakthrough in embryo transfer could save Africa’s northern white rhinos from danger of extinction. Present on earth for 26 million years, this species of rhino could survive…
Kenyan justice judges the deployment of police officers in Haiti “illegal”
A court in Nairobi this Friday, January 26 ruled “ unconstitutional, illegal and invalid » the decision to send a thousand Kenyan police officers to Haiti to lead a multinational…
The ant and the lion, or the story of an upheaval of the ecosystem of the Kenyan savannah
In Kenya, the invasion of the big-headed ant has forced lions to change their diet. Studies have shown that the arrival of this species led to five to seven times…