Wildfires in Maasai Mara Mt. Kenya and Aberdare Forests. The Forest Service stated that since January 2025, significant fires ...

NAIROBI, Kenya . Kenyan authorities on Wednesday confirmed that wildfires have erupted in the Aberdare and Mt. Kenya forests, two of Kenya’s most important water catchment areas, prompting ...

Mount Kenya was inscribed as a World Heritage Site in 1997 by the United Nations, which lists climate change as being "probably one of the most serious long-term threats to the site." Subscribe to ...

A succession of battering droughts starting in late 2020 in the Horn of Africa region brought mass internal movement and displacement, particularly within Kenya’s Mount Kenya Forest Reserve, despite ...

Long-running evictions of Indigenous Ogiek communities from Kenya’s Mau Forest, whom the government blames for deforestation, haven’t led to any letup in rates of forest loss, satellite data show.

The volunteer members of the Chehe Community Forest Association are playing an active role in protecting forests on the southwestern slopes of Mount Kenya. Despite this, 20% of the Afromontane ...

Families inside the caves. More than 100 families living in caves in Mt Elgon are demanding an alternative place to stay after they were evicted from Cheptais forest.

The “Forest of the Lost Child” in Kenya is sacred to the Maasai people and critical to wildlife. Its future hangs in the balance.