Wangari Maathai

Politician and multi-party crusader Kenneth Matiba, whose body will be cremated on Friday, joins a list of prominent Kenyans who have opted out of the traditional burial ceremonies.

Kenyan-born Australian Senator Lucy Gichuhi has defended Nyeri women against claims that they beat their husbands. Gichuhi dismissed the stereotype saying the stereotype was an "irrelevant joke and a sideshow". She said this during a…

The African Union  honoured the late Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Prof Wangari Maathai on Monday by naming the gardens in front of its headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia after her. The proposal to honour the late Kenyan environmentalist…