The battle for the Maasai Mara: Can Kenya’s most iconic ecosystem be saved?
Court cases over new lodges have raised questions about protecting one of Africa’s greatest wildlife spectacles.

Court cases over new lodges have raised questions about protecting one of Africa’s greatest wildlife spectacles.




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Six found and one missing, NGOs say, after arrests at memorial gatherings for protesters killed in 2024.
Kibiwott Kandie initially faced an eight-year ban split evenly across two violations, but received a one-year reduction.
Demonstrators mark the second anniversary of a 2024 protest where 60 people were killed by security forces.

Kenya passes controversial bill two years after deadly Gen Z protests
Families of those killed and missing say investigations have stalled as accountability remains out of reach.
Two years since Gen Z protests rocked President Ruto’s government, thousands gear up to take to the streets again.

Kenya’s Health Minister has stopped the construction of a US Ebola facility in Kenya.
A UN report found the facilities are operated by foreign nationals who were trafficked by criminal gangs.
Health Minister Duale disobeyed an order to halt construction at the proposed facility for infected US nationals, court says.
First African nation to host the global oceans conference defends deportations, saying it ‘recognises only one China’.