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Follow Kenya  


## Kenya


* ![Officials inspect a forest where bodies were found near the Good News International Church](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8dcdc2c15391655d/698a3df0db2987170e26919a/good-news-international-church-deaths-02.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 15, 2023  
## [Kenyan Cult Survivors Refuse to Eat: Latest Updates](https://time.com/6287440/kenya-shakahola-mackenzie-death-cult/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Anna Gordon
* ![Khat leaves](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt46f5ce1701839df1/698a0173e76ad2d2ef6364d8/khat-women-drug-lords-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 20, 2019  
## ['I Need the Money But I Feel Guilt.' How a Drought-Resistant Crop Turned Women in Kenya into Reluctant Drug Lords](https://time.com/5649891/khat-miraa-kenya-women/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Jillian Keenan and Nasibo Kabale
* ![Emissions Spew From Coal Fired Power Plant](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfccd53c26721c07a/69894a40656a3f45acbd723f/coal-power-plant-baltimore.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 2, 2019  
## [The Trump Administration Protested When Kenya Halted a Coal-Fired Power Plant](https://time.com/5617237/trump-coal-kenya/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Justin Worland
* ![Still from undated footage shows black leopard caught on camera in Kenya](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt19f71d9a82cabae4/6989451c16d884c1fcc349ec/krn-4.3-template-seq.00_00_02_14.still001.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 14, 2019  
## [Watch First Ever Footage of Rare Black Leopard in Kenya](https://time.com/5529295/rare-african-black-leopard-camera-kenya/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Hillary Leung
* ![American Jason Spindler was one of at least 14 people who died in an attack in Nairobi, Kenya on Jan. 15, 2019.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaa3a71f3a2059a21/69894369b21a9c48774ffea9/15665530_10105720684234739_5443707690079777968_n.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 16, 2019  
## [American Jason Spindler Killed In Nairobi Attack](https://time.com/5504208/american-killed-nairobi-attack/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Mahita Gajanan  
* ![Kenyan Red Cross workers provide first aid to injured victims during an ongoing gunfire and explosions in Nairobi on Jan. 15, 2019.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3eefa0f4fe06a43b/6989435822fb85dc8be27959/nairobi-kenya-attack-al-shabaab-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 15, 2019  
## [Photos from Today's Brutal Terrorist Attack at Hotel in Kenya's Capital](https://time.com/5503443/kenya-hotel-terrorist-al-shabab/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Tara Law and Maïa Booker
* ![Rhino being relocated in Kenya](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt165dad8ab6a50b71/69893664656a3f945ebd5127/tenth-endangered-black-rhino-dies.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 26, 2018  
## [Kenyan Officials Tried to Relocate 11 Endangered Black Rhinos. 10 Died. The Only Survivor Was Attacked by a Lion](https://time.com/5349832/black-rhinos-died-kenya/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Alejandro de la Garza
* ![FILE PHOTO: Sudan, the last surviving male northern white rhino, grazes in Laikipia National Park](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5036872ee2ff13c5/69892b54656a3f28dcbd3ea6/rts1mk7k.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 20, 2018  
## [World's Last Male Northern White Rhino Dies](https://time.com/5206760/last-male-northern-white-rhino-kenya-died/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Eli Meixler
* ![Conservation Rangers were left stunned after the discovery of an extremely rare white giraffe and her calf. Rumours had circulated of a white giraffe and her baby in the local area of the Ishaqbini conservation, in Garissa County, Kenya, but rangers fina](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1e635bf1c4aa12ec/6988de3222fb853bb5e22e26/white-giraffe-nairobi-kenya.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 18, 2017  
## [Wildlife Experts Spotted a Rare All-White Giraffe and Her Cub in the Wild](https://time.com/4946180/white-giraffe/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Rachel Lewis
* ![Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta, standing through the sunroof of the presidential vehicle, addresses his supporters as a presidential guard provides security, left, on a street in Ongata Rongai, on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya, Sept. 5, 2017. Kenya f](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt85b96234d4e84114/6988ddaa196cf4b1e5041eb0/saga-kenyas-disputed-election.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 14, 2017  
## [The Saga of Kenya's Disputed Election Is a Good-News Story](https://time.com/4941019/saga-kenyas-disputed-election-is-good-news-story/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Ian Bremmer  
* ![Kenyans collecting used plastic bags from Nairobi River to resell in marketplaces](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf0d1c2ae4b63dd84/6988dba08fd2eed4ba358a21/gettyimages-524561182.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 29, 2017  
## [Kenya Now Has the World's Toughest Plastic Bag Law](https://time.com/4919720/kenya-plastic-bag-law-jail-fines/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Kevin Lui
* ![KENYA-POLITICS-VOTE](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt231ff9dd6e49945d/6988d8c8096a94c5ba69f0d9/gettyimages-827304258.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 8, 2017  
## [Kenyans Head to the Polls Amid Fears of Violence](https://time.com/4890889/kenya-election-president-kenyatta/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Reuters
* ![BEIRUT, LEBANON - OCTOBER 31: People take part in a celebration after Michel Aoun elected as a President during the Parliamentary session, in Beirut, Lebanon on October 31, 2016. \(Photo by Ratib Al Safadi/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images\)](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1948d8be4f755fe6/6988ad0fe20a87916ca9316e/gettyimages-619548840.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 4, 2016  
## [The Election Is Driving You Insane. So Here Are 5 Good News Stories From Around the World](https://time.com/4556830/2016-election-lebanon-uae-cyprus/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Ian Bremmer
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Nov 4, 2016  
## [Why I'm Fighting to End Female Genital Mutilation](https://time.com/4552309/end-female-genital-mutilation/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by World Pulse
* ![KENYA-BRITAIN-COCAINE](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8377452987bfa19b/6988a8f0ab6d77169c6ab796/gettyimages-612097440.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 6, 2016  
## [Kenya: Trial of British Artistocrat on Drug Charges Delayed](https://time.com/4520782/kenya-cocaine-trial-british-aristocrat-jack-marrian-drug-trafficking/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Kevin Lui

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