Kenya

Kenyan preacher Paul Nthenge Mackenzie has appeared in court following the discovery of scores of bodies in a remote forest. He is accused of encouraging followers to starve themselves to death - hundreds of relatives are now wondering…

Kenyan fashion designer Nthenya Mwendwa is in Los Angeles with the aim of getting her luxury bags worn and photographed on the Oscars red carpet. Mwendwa's bags are available for celebrities to take from a so-called "gifting suite". At…

Evarline Okello breaks down in tears as she tells me she is hundreds of dollars in debt, after paying a pastor to pray for her. She lives in a tiny shack in Kibera, a vast slum in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, and can no longer provide…

One of Kenya's leading athletes says she wants to create a "safe place" for the next generation of female stars after starting the country's first girls-only running camp. As a junior, Mary Ngugi received her training and education at a…

The river was deep and unpredictable, and infested with crocodiles I live in Samburu, in northern Kenya, but I was raised even farther north, on the border of Ethiopia. Where I grew up, there were elephants living in the wild. I was…

‘I relished how familiar it all felt’ … Eric Otieno Sumba. Photograph: Supplied image

Nujuum Hashi, who has overcome traditional prejudice to become a respected artist in Somalia, decided on her career as she drew pictures in the sand as a seven-year-old in the capital, Mogadishu. Her family had no fixed abode as this…

Marathon runner Eliud Kipchoge believes he can get even closer to a possible sub-two hour marathon after narrowing the gap by 30 seconds when setting his recent world record in Berlin last month. The 37-year-old ran a time of two hours,…

Appointed as Kenya's first female chief justice in May 2021, Martha Koome has handed down the most important judgment in her short career as the nation's most senior judge by upholding Deputy President William Ruto's victory over Raila…

Armed with hope, a winning resolve and the promise of getting an untaxed salary for a two-year contract, Ms Diana Chepkemoi, boarded a plane to Saudi Arabia to seek out a better fortune for herself. All she wanted was to complete her…