Cactus has overtaken a significant portion of Maiyanat’s land, rendering it barren and unsuitable for traditional economic activities.
Training one doctor in Kenya takes at least Sh3.5 million in fees, locking out poor students.
According to the World Health Organisation, Kenya’s stillbirth rate is currently at 22 deaths for every 1,000 births.
Some children walk more than five kilometres to school, hoping that they will get porridge at 11am before being served rice and beans at lunch time.
After the government ordered Shauri Moyo residents who lived near rivers to shift to higher grounds Beatrice moved in with her friend whose 11-year-old son defiled her four-month-old.
As budgeting undergoes a significant shift, the kitchen garden is touted for its potential to slash expenses by half
When cows consume contaminated feed, aflatoxins can pass into their milk, though usually in much lower concentrations.
In Africa, the possibility of being sick or dying from diseases that are resistant to drugs has been spiking in recent years, posing a headache to health experts and systems.
This is the story of CODA—Children of Deaf Adults—who navigate the world with a different first language and a deep connection to both the hearing and deaf communities.
It happens when a baby is exposed to high levels of sex hormones, like oestrogen during the gestation period. It usually occurs within the first few days to the first two weeks after birth.
Mpeketoni was a peaceful area, insecurity had never been a problem, but the attack in 2014 left residents living in fear
On finding permanent solutions, The County Government of Tana River has set aside land for relocating flood victims to higher grounds.
"I was mourning, mourning the loss of a baby that I will never hold, mourning the mother I could’ve been and crying for my womb"
I went to bed a rich man, only to wake up poor and waiting for relief food
For some women in Tana River County, delivering underwater during floods was an aberrant experience that came without the comfort of a choice.
Imagine growing up a girl, then realising, at adolescence, that you do not have a uterus or any reproductive structure that defines a woman.
The IDP camp tents have almost no privacy. Displaced families sleep on mats then cover themselves with sheets. Parents also sleep on the floor with their children.
Echoes of terror: 10 years on, Mpeketoni residents still live in unease
Kenya has confirmed four new polio cases in children in Kakuma Refugee Camp, Turkana West sub county.
Globally, an estimated 600 million people (almost 1 in 10) fall ill annually from consuming contaminated food
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