NAROK, Kenya -- In the heart of Kenya, Mary Solio found refuge from a forced marriage but not from female circumcision -- two cultural traditions that some women in the Masai tribe are working to ...

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Packing her bags to go home for the first time in over four months, Maasai ranger Purity Lakara – who patrols lands in Kenya’s Amboseli National Park, known for its free-roaming elephants and views of ...

When Nice Nailantei Leng’ete was a child growing up in the Kenyan village of Kiana, she was expected to undergo the Maasai practice of “female cutting” – commonly referred to as female genital ...

Research Location: Implemented: Kenya Conservation Partners: South Rift Association of Land Owners (SORALO) and Conservation Nation Corinne Boyd '26, Major: Integrative Conservation Jana Smith-Perry ...

* Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. Farah Mihlar is the media officer for Minority Rights Group and travelled to Kenya recently ...

For a population that herds livestock across wide stretches of wild savanna, mobile phones are a boon to their economy and life. But few studies have investigated how this new technology is impacting ...

Doris Dikir (right) with Murugi Kenyatta during one of the trainings in Kajiado County. Nairobi; Kenya: For many years, Doris Dikir depended on the money she made from selling beads at Bomas of Kenya ...

ENAIBOSHO, Kenya (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - On a cold afternoon, three women are gathering dry grass and feeding it into a hand-operated baling machine. In no time, a bale of hay emerges and is ...

Packing her bags to go home for the first time in over four months, Maasai ranger Purity Lakara — who patrols lands in Kenya’s Amboseli National Park, known for its free-roaming elephants and views of ...