Selina Denman charts the story of this part of East Africa--where African, Arab and European influences merge--as well as her own chapter in it.

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Kiunga’s rangers patrol coastal waters, battling poachers, pollution and habitat loss to protect one of the world’s most critically endangered sea turtles - Anadolu Ajansı ...

Since being deployed, the starlicide has killed around 200 crows in a month in the coastal town of Watamu, said Eric Kinoti, a crow control officer at A Rocha Kenya. Kinoti said the crows have ...

The water supply for Nairobi’s five million people — and four million others besides — depends on the Tana river, which flows ...

In a heartwarming display of community spirit and sporting excellence, thousands of soccer enthusiasts gathered at Mwahima Stadium to launch the Coast Soccer Revolution, a groundbreaking initiative ...

Phyllis Omido, the executive director at the Centre for Justice Governance and Environmental Action, which organized the protest, said Kenya’s eastern coastal towns depended on eco-tourism as ...

KILIFI, Kenya — Dozens rallied against a proposal to build Kenya’s first nuclear power plant in one of the country’s top coastal tourist hubs which also houses a forest on the tentative list ...