Tag: Kenya

Accused of witchcraft then murdered for land

Seventy-four-year-old Tambala Jefwa stares vacantly out of his one remaining eye as…

Olympic fencer and model champions body positivity

Not many athletes have switched from competing for Germany to Kenya, but…

Kelvin Kimathi Kelvin Kimathi

Kenya’s Okutoyi not giving up on Olympic tennis dream

Kenyan tennis player Angella Okutoyi says she has not given up hope…

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The mother who fled Shakahola forest to save her children

Salema Masha speaks softly, but her slender frame is animated by an…

Barbara Plett-Usher Barbara Plett-Usher

Kenya starvation cult: ‘My wife and six children followed Pastor Mackenzie’

Kenyan preacher Paul Nthenge Mackenzie has appeared in court following the discovery…

Humans of Africa Humans of Africa

How the Oscars changed the life of a Kenyan woman

Kenyan fashion designer Nthenya Mwendwa is in Los Angeles with the aim…

Carmel O'Grady Carmel O'Grady

I went into debt, trying to secure a miracle

Evarline Okello breaks down in tears as she tells me she is…

Lebo Diseko Lebo Diseko

The Lioness running a ‘safe place’ for Kenya’s young female athletes

One of Kenya's leading athletes says she wants to create a "safe…

Michelle Katami Michelle Katami

I saved an elephant from drowning

The river was deep and unpredictable, and infested with crocodiles I live…

David Daballen David Daballen

Born and raised in Kenya, I yearned for Croydon

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

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