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.

Perhaps no age group better illustrates Kenya's great health divide than women in their 40s. The report shows that women aged ...

Illegally placed electrical wires that are sometimes poorly insulated, plus the dumping of fuel in storm drains, spell ...

The Hungarian and German visitors were travelling from the town of Diani on the Indian Ocean to the Maasai Mara reserve.

Kenyan authorities have intercepted a massive drug shipment in a high-seas operation supported by INTERPOL, seizing more than ...

He was one of the most pivotal public figures in Kenya. He died this week after fighting against tribalism for decades. By Jeffrey Gettleman Jeffrey Gettleman was the Times’s East Africa bureau chief ...

Parliament was designed to be the heartbeat of democracy. The place where the will of the people finds voice, where truth challenges power, and where justice is defended through law. But in Kenya ...

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 ...

The proposal to build a 1,000-MW nuclear power plant on Kenya’s southeastern coast has faced strong opposition from residents and environmental experts, who warn of potential harm to communities, ...