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Rare twin baby elephants born in Kenya
Still-unnamed twin elephants were born this week in Kenya's Samburu National Reserve, becoming only the second set of twins ever encountered by local charity Save the Elephants.
Africa sees elephant baby boom thanks to pandemic
In a one truly unexpected upswing to the pandemic lockdown, in Kenya, the lack of tourism and dearth of expensive safari trips led to — a lot — of sex...
Cocky cheetahs jump onto safari SUV
Say cheese-tah! Two camera-loving cheetahs climbed atop a safari Land Cruiser in this wild video out of Kenya. The majestic animals basked in the spotlight for 20 minutes — to...
Biden hosts Kenyan leader who is also facing family corruption claims
President Biden on warmly welcomed Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, whose family — like Biden's own — is accused of shady overseas business ventures.
In Nairobi slum, women train to fend off sexual assault
Sexual assault can happen to anyone, and the women are determined to fight back. Aged 60 to well over 90, they meet every Thursday afternoon to practice Taekwondo.
Amnesty reports widespread rapes ‘with impunity’ in Tigray
Dozens of women have described shocking sexual assaults by Ethiopian soldiers and allied forces in the country’s Tigray conflict, says an Amnesty International report.
'Vampire' confesses to murdering 10 kids, drinking some victims' blood
Masten Milimo Wanjala was arrested Wednesday in connection to the killings of two children whose bodies were found in a wooded area of the capital Nairobi, Kenya.
US Embassy official's body found hanging in Nairobi hotel
A body of a senior officer at the US Embassy in Nairobi was found Wednesday in his hotel room in what Kenyan officials believe to be a suicide, according to...
Scavengers help keep world clean, but left to plead for COVID vaccine
NEW DELHI — The scavengers wait patiently for a dump truck to tip the trash on the summit of the landfill outside New Delhi. Armed with plastic bags, they plunge...
Sarah Obama, former president's step-grandmother, dead in Kenya hospital
Former President Barack Obama's step-grandmother died at around 4 a.m. local time in Kenya's third largest city, Kisumu, on Monday. Known as the family's matriarch, Sarah Obama was at least 99 years old...
Four Kenyan cops to stand trial for murder over custody death of British aristocrat
Four Kenyan policemen will stand trial for the murder of a British aristocrat who died in police custody in 2012, a judge ruled this week. Alex Monson -- the 28-year-old...
Three giraffes electrocuted after walking into power lines in Kenya
Three rare giraffes have died after being electrocuted by low-hanging power lines in a wildlife conservation in Kenya, officials said. The devastating incident involved three Rothschild's giraffes, one of the...
Farmers fight back: Making animal feed from a locust plague
LAIKIPIA - Kenya is battling some of the worst locust plagues in decades, but start-up The Bug Picture hopes to transform the pests into profits and bring “hope to the...
Stowaway survives 5,000-mile journey in plane landing gear
A stowaway is recovering in a Dutch hospital this weekend after hitching a ride from Nairobi, Kenya to the Netherlands in the landing gear of an Airbus A330 Freighter. Authorities...
Kenya school gives second chance to teen mums forced out of classes
NYERI, Kenya - The sounds of baby coos and teenage giggles punctuate the lessons at Serene Haven Secondary, a school nestled into a hill below cloud-ringed Mount Kenya. Here, 17...
'Angry' giraffe charges at truck of tourists on safari
Would you laugh at a charging giraffe? A group of tourists didn’t seem to be too terrified of a giraffe that ran at their truck during a recent safari in Kenya, incredible video shows. Last...
Man declared dead shocks all on embalming table
Reports of his death were very premature. A Kenyan man who had falsely been declared dead made an unexpected return to life Tuesday as he was lying on a table...
US, Israel worked together to track and kill al Qaeda No. 2
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and Israel worked together to track and kill a senior al-Qaida operative in Iran earlier this year, a bold intelligence operation by the two...
Rampaging elephant won't tolerate dumbo car drivers
That'll teach them to mind the speed limit.
Kenyan documentary spotlights activist torn between family and struggle of activism
NAIROBI - Kenyan documentary “Softie” opens in 2013 with Njeri Mwangi standing in a doorway, light illuminating a sleepy toddler on her hip as her husband Boniface sieves buckets of...