Family’s agony as child suffers from rare ailment

A three year old  who lives with his parents at an internally displaced camp in Eldoret, Kenya is suffering from a rare ailment that has left his tongue swollen to almost five times its normal size. The family cannot afford to take the kid for specialized treatment and...

Kenya suffers wave of elephant killings

Poachers seeking valuable ivory have killed up to 20 elephants across north Kenya in the last two weeks, locals said on Wednesday. Residents said the elephants were shot and stripped of their tusks in remote areas of Samburu, Laikibia and Marsabit districts, where wildlife is...

Five die of cholera, 400 undergoing treatment in Northern Kenya

By Adow Jubat Five people are reported to have died from cholera and more than 400 others are undergoing treatment in hospital in Laisamis, Marsabit, Kenya. A herder who returned from Samburu District on May 12, was the first to be diagnosed with the disease. In a telephone...