Across Western Kenya, foreign mining corporations and commercial interests are expanding deep into ancestral lands in search of gold. Local communities find themselves...
In all our comforts, we either watch news on television or scroll our phones; journalists update us on events where we are not able to reach especially in conflict zones...
By Keletso Thobega Jwaneng, Botswana The hot Kalahari sun batters the tarmac as pedestrians swipe beads of sweat from their faces. Tshenolo Kebadiretse 42, tends to a...
By Teresia Gitau LOITOKTOK, Kenya — Every morning feels surreal to Naila Nashipae, 42. She walks two kilometers from her house to the Noolturesh River to check if water...
By Teresia Gitau When Halima Abdi leaves Mandera for Somalia’s Beled Hawo each morning to restock her kiosk, she doesn’t see foreign soldiers or security...
By Paul Odil Tens of thousands of mourners packed the Mamboleo Stadium in Kisumu on 18 October 2025 to view the body of veteran opposition leader, Raila Odinga. As they...
By Joel Massibo Bungoma County, Kenya Sharon sits on the edge of a wooden bed in Bukembe, gently rocking her infant to sleep. She is 16. Her baby is seven months old...
Deep inside the Mukogodo Forest in Laikipia County the indigenous Yaaku community faces an existential crisis. Having lived as traditional forest dwellers and hunter...
On this episode of Voices in Darkness, we uncover the gripping story of a man who was officially declared dead, tagged with a body number, and woke up inside a mortuary...
My Father’s Land tells the story of families in Kihoto, Naivasha, whose homes, farms and livelihoods are being swallowed by the rising waters of Lake Naivasha. For Joyce...