In the 30 years that Josephine Muthoni has lived in Nairobi's Mukuru slum, she has never had a steady supply of clean water.

Sitting on a low bench at her shop in a Nairobi slum, Grace Wangari sifted through a handful of grains that a waiting customer had just ordered.

Residents can trade discarded plastic for "green points", or credits, they can redeem for services such as drinking water, toilets, showers, laundry and even meals.

From firewood shortages to clean energy innovation, the idea is redefining school kitchens across Kenya. When Justine Abuga walked into a children’s home in Dandora Phase Five 13 years ago, he had no ...

In Kawangare, one of the many “informal settlements” – or slums – in Kenya’s capital Nairobi, Jane is often worried about the weather. The droughts and flood events that hit her neighbourhood are ...

In the heart of one of Nairobi's most impoverished neighborhoods, where corrugated iron roofs stretch across the Mukuru slum, ...

Comedian Daniel Squiro faced severe hardship and depression. After collapsing, he seeks support from Kenyans as he struggles ...

Raila Odinga, who has died aged 80, was a politician and champion of democracy who led the opposition to the one-party rule of Daniel arap Moi in Kenya, spending years in prison or under house arrest, ...

The Kenya Meteorological Department (KMD) issued a statement on the low-pressure system “CHENGE” (Residual Depression) ...

Founder and CEO Dr. Kennedy Odede was on Tuesday crowned a Kaya Elder by the Mijikenda Kaya Elders Association during a colorful and spiritually rich ceremony held deep within the sacred Kaya Similani ...

In the first of a two-part series, experts warn that without urgent action, drug-resistant infections could cause millions of ...

Kenya's veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga, who was imprisoned multiple times while fighting one-party autocracy and ran five times unsuccessfully for president, died aged 80 on Wednesday in India ...