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High-rise living in Nairobi’s Pipeline estate is stressful – how men and women cope

Within sight of Kenya’s main international airport in Nairobi’s east, Pipeline residential estate stands out like a sore thumb. Composed almost entirely of tightly packed high-rise tenement flats, the estate has been described by the media as an urban planning nightmare. They point to its garbage problem, its waterlogged and…

The Conversation · Nov 23, 2025

How US evangelicals are using Trump’s aid cuts to attack human rights in Africa

INVESTIGATION: As Donald Trump's aid cuts leave African health programmes scrambling, The Independent pieces together events at a number of conferences where American religious organisations are looking to move in to shape the future. Rachel Schraer reports

The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2025

‘Every day’s a fight’: join the commuters in Africa’s rapidly growing cities

With more and more people moving to big cities such as Nairobi and Abidjan, daily commutes are becoming tougher

The Guardian - UK · Oct 26, 2025

Suspect in the fatal stabbing of a Kenyan presidential guard will be assessed

Police in Kenya have been granted 14 days to hold a man accused of killing a guard outside the presidential office in Nairobi

The Independent UK · Oct 14, 2025

How climate crisis is creating hellish conditions for waste pickers at Nairobi dump declared ‘full’ 24 years ago

ON THE GROUND: Nairobi’s Dandora dumpsite continues to receive 2,000 tonnes of waste each day despite being declared full in 2001. Waste pickers who come each day searching for valuables to sell tell Nick Ferris how extreme heat and rains are making the work increasingly difficult

The Independent UK · Oct 10, 2025

He lives alongside lions in Nairobi. The human-wildlife collision is dazzling — and dangerous

The Kenyan capital Nairobi is renowned for having the only national park in a city

The Independent UK · Oct 8, 2025

Kenya’s slum-dwellers are struggling to survive on the climate crisis frontline

ON THE GROUND: A terrible mix of unemployment, poverty, crime, and the climate crisis is making life unbearable for those living in the informal settlements of Nairobi, writes Nick Ferris in the Kenya capital. Cuts to foreign aid programmes are now threatening what little support is available

The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2025

Skin deep surrogacy row puts Kenya’s medical board on trial

On the top floor of an unremarkable office block along Nairobi’s Lenana Road, a long mahogany table dominates a hushed boardroom. This is where the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council (KMPDC) convenes when doctors are accused of crossing professional lines. The atmosphere is clinical: no flashing cameras, no political…

Radio France Internationale · Oct 7, 2025

Trump’s aid cuts bring fresh hate for young people with HIV in Kenya: ‘It takes little to push people back’

IN FOCUS: The slashing of foreign aid and closure of HIV programmes earlier this year is continuing to impact people living with HIV, writes Nick Ferris in Nairobi, causing serious damage to long-term efforts to end stigma around HIV and its treatment

The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2025

The karate grannies of Korogocho, fighting back at any age

In the heart of Korogocho, a Nairobi slum where corrugated metal homes lean wearily against each other, a group of elderly women gathers every morning in a small community hall. Some use canes, others steady themselves on their friends' arms, but all share the same determined focus. They're not here…

Radio France Internationale · Sep 23, 2025