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Kenya Announces Death Penalty for Poachers
Kenya is the natural habitat of numerous iconic animals, like cheetahs, giraffes, elephants, rhinoceros, and leopards, many of which are prime targets to poachers. It is illegal to kill the endangered animals in Kenya, and the Wildlife Conservation Act from 2013, carries a life sentence or fine of $200,000 for offenders. Unfortunately, Najib Balala, the cabinet secretary in the Ministry of Tourism, says: “This has not been deterrence enough to curb poaching.”
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Umbrella Thorn
Vachellia (Acacia) tortilis The Umbrella Thorn is one of the most characteristic large trees of our dry savanna regions, and occurs from South Africa through eastern Africa into northern Africa and…
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Kenyan girls forced into sex in exchange for sanitary products
Girls in Kenya are forced to have in sex in exchange for sanitary products due to the prevalence of period poverty and the shame, stigma and public health misinformation which surrounds menstruation. New exclusive research by Unicef found 65 per cent of females in the Kibera slum – an area of the capital of Nairobi which is the largest urban slum in Africa – had traded sex for sanitary pads. The humanitarian charity found 10 per cent of young adolescent girls admitted to having transactional sex for pads in western Kenya.
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Kenya burial site shows community spirit of herders 5,000 years ago
Large-scale cemetery in Africa points to shared workload without social hierarchy
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Tourist Killed, Another Injured in Kenya Hippo Attack
A Chinese tourist was attacked and killed by a hippo while taking pictures on the edge of Lake Naivasha in Kenya’s Rift Valley, just hours after a local fisherman was mauled to death in the same area, authorities said Sunday. A second Chinese tourist was injured in the incident Saturday night and received treatment in the local hospital in Naivasha, 91 kilometers (56 miles) miles southeast of Nairobi, the Kenya Wildlife Service said in a statement.
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Sunset over the Kenyan savanna
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Poachers Will Soon Face Death Penalty in Kenya, Spurring Debate
The measure has been met with mixed responses. Life sentences and steep fines were not enough to deter poachers in Kenya. Now, those caught killing protected animals will be sentenced to death, according to the Independent. The measure hasn’t been legalized yet, but it will be “fast-tracked” for approval, the Independent reports. It’s the most extreme penalty in the world for poaching, and it represents a tipping point in the global fight against the decline of wildlife.
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Obama to visit Kenya for the first time since leaving office
Former President Barack Obama will travel to his father's homeland of Kenya next month as part of a trip that will include stops in South Africa, Spain and Portugal. Obama will visit Kenya from July 15-16, where he'll attend the inauguration of a youth sports center founded by his sister, Auma Obama. The vocational center in Siaya County aims to provide educational and economic opportunities to help young people serve their communities, and shares a similar mission as the former President's Obama Foundation.
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Cave found in Kenya in which people lived for 78,000 years
Unique discoveries in tropical forest cave show gradual development of weapons and other skills, negating the theory of sudden spurts of innovation. Nice beads, too
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Suswa Rift: Kenya is splitting
Somalia and half of Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania are expected to split from Africa to form a new continent. Forces of the Earth are the strongest at the base of the valley, yet it is also here that geological processes are most active. The rains have only aggravated the situation by washing away the ash, eventually exposing the cracks.
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Heavy rains in Kenya reveal a crack that shows Africa will split into two continents
Heavy rains caused havoc in Kenya in March, collapsing hospital walls, flooding entire neighborhoods, and closing off major highways. The downpour also exposed a fault line that geologists now say is evidence that the African continent will split into two over the next tens of millions of years.
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Last of the Northern White Rhinos
A warden watches over Najin and her daughter Patu, the last two northern white rhino females, in their enclosure at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Laikipia National Park, Kenya, March 7, 2018.
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Wrong patient given brain surgery
Staff at a Kenyan hospital suspended after reports a brain surgery was performed on the wrong patient.
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A village in Kenya is quietly disproving the biggest myth about basic income
A 12-year basic income experiment in Kenya is showing that people typically spend free cash on necessities, not vices like alcohol or gambling. Maurice Owiti is 47 years old and works as a caregiver in a rural Kenyan village. In a poor community such as his, Owiti is lucky to have a job. But until late 2016, spending even $20 a month on school fees for his son was a struggle.
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Senator, atheists defend Nairobi sex workers
Nominated Senator Millicent Omanga has criticised members of Nairobi County Assembly over plans to pass a motion outlawing commercial sex work. The senator termed the move impulsive and unfair to the ‘poor’ commercial sex workers whom she said depend on the trade for survival. The senator has now challenged the MCAs to provide alternative sources of livelihood for the commercial sex workers before condemning them.
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5 killed as Kenyan police, Odinga supporters clash in Nairobi
Five people were killed as Kenyan police contronted supporters of Raila Odinga. The opposition leader and his convoy were making their way from the airport to Nairobi when police began firing live rounds and tear gas onto the convoy and Odinga's supporters.
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Kenya court nullifies president's win, calls for new vote
President Uhuru Kenyatta's re-election victory last month was thrown out Friday by Kenya's Supreme Court, which ordered new voting within 60 days in a stunning decision that plunged the East African country back into political chaos. The move to nullify an election was unprecedented on the...
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The wealth gap in the US is worse than in Kenya
Kenya has been called an unsafe place for tourists because of frequent violent crimes. Former president Barack Obama said in a speech that it's time for the country to "change habits" because "too often here in Kenya … corruption is tolerated." But there is at least one thing the country gets better than the United States: Income equality.
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Loss of Fertile Land Fuels ‘Looming Crisis’ Across Africa
The two elders, wearing weather-beaten cowboy hats with the strings cinched under their chins, stood at the edge of an empty farm, covering their mouths in disbelief. Their homes — neat wooden cabins — had been smashed open. All their cattle had been stolen. So had their chickens. House after house stood vacant, without another soul around. It was as if some huge force had barreled into the village and swept away all the life.
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Kenyan Official Found Tortured and Killed Days Before Presidential Election
An official crucial to running Kenya's presidential election next week has been found tortured and killed, the electoral commission chairman said Monday, as concerns grew that the East African nation's vote again would face dangerous unrest.
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