As heatwaves scorch cities across the globe and wildfires rage through once-pristine forests, the climate crisis is no longer a distant threat — it’s a present-day reality. 2024 has already seen some of the hottest temperatures on record, with July marking the warmest month ever documented globally. Yet, amidst these extreme conditions, communities on the […]
In 1974, the discovery of Lucy—a 3.2-million-year-old fossilized skeleton of Australopithecus afarensis—forever changed the way we understand human evolution. Unearthed in Hadar, Ethiopia, by a team led by Donald Johanson, Lucy provided the first nearly complete glimpse of an ancient ancestor, capable of upright walking long before the development of a larger brain. Fifty years […]
Detectives from the Anti-Narcotics Unit (ANU) in the coast region have made a significantbreakthrough in the fight against drug trafficking. They detained a suspect and the stolenCannabis sativa valued at over Sh11 million.The operation unfolded when a vehicle suspected of carrying illegal drugs was caught. Thedriver fled into a nearby thicket, escaping capture. However, his […]
In Kogony village near Kisumu International Airport, residents live in fear due to a violent gang.Unlike thieves who steal, this gang attacks people with pangas, causing injury and death.The gang begins their attacks at dusk, especially around Riat market. Victims suffer frombeatings, stabbings, and slashing. Surviving often means being left maimed.One victim, Rashid Psama, a […]
The burial of Denzel Omondi, a third-year student at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agricultureand Technology (JKUAT), has intensified calls for justice and an end to illegal killings in Kenya.Omondi’s body was discovered in a quarry in Juja after he participated in protests against theFinance Bill at the parliament buildings.Respectable figures such as Embakasi East MP […]
On a Monday morning students from Mburi Primary School found a dead body in theclassroom. The body was confirmed to be the night guard in that school. John Wachira was a74-year-old man working as a night guard in that institution.Reports indicate the guard might have been killed on Saturday night and the body was dumpedin […]
Another 200 Kenyan police officers have been deployed to Haiti as part of a United Nations-backed mission to combat uncontrolled gang violence in the troubled Caribbean nation. Seniorpolice officers confirmed the deployment on Tuesday, marking the second significant dispatch ofKenyan forces to Haiti this year.This latest deployment follows the initial sending of 400 officers to […]
“I’m afraid the elephant that killed my father could come back to attack again,” says 13-year-old Alna Joseph. On 10 February, Ms. Joseph was returning from morning prayers at her village church in Mananthavady town in the hilly Wayanad district of the southern Indian state of Kerala when she saw a vehicle carrying a bleeding […]
A massive fire has killed at least four people in a high-rise residential block in the Spanish city of Valencia, emergency services say. The blaze engulfed a 14-storey block in the Campanar neighborhood and spread to an adjoining building. Firefighters were seen rescuing people from balconies, and 19 are believed to be still missing. At […]
Kenyan scientists and their counterparts from other areas globally are an inch closer to saving the Northern white rhino species from extinction through in-vitro fertilization (IVF), with only two remaining at Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Laikipia County. The BioRescue team who are racing against time, have harvested about 29 oocytes which were flown to a lab […]