Kenya

Locals in one of the country's vital biodiversity hotspots have found that traditional farming methods are helping them produce more crops while preserving the forest.

• By Sophie Mbugua

The night before the election results were announced, opposition leader Raila Odinga was in the lead. But when Kenyans woke up the next morning, the election had unexpectedly flipped in favor of incumbent president Mwai Kibaki.

• By Elettra Pauletto

In a remote village in Kenya, where it is difficult to cultivate crops, women have begun reshaping their fortunes by harvesting aloe plants and turning them into beauty products.

• By Daniel Sitole

Growing native grasses allows cows to produce milk more efficiently and helps women in Kenya thrive where the men have struggled.

• By Sophie Mbugua

Supporters of Kenya's opposition party take shelter during a demonstration in Nairobi on November 20th, 2017.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

At a refugee camp in Kenya, commerce is largely improvisational.

• By Carolyn Drake

A round-up of images from Viewfinder, Pacific Standard's daily photo feature.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Protesters gather around a burning barricade in the Mathare slums in Nairobi, Kenya, on October 30th, 2017, during demonstrations following the announcements of the presidential election results.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

After the deadliest terror attack to hit Somalia in years, residents of Nairobi's "Little Mogadishu" neighborhood cope with a national tragedy from thousands of miles away.

• By Amanda Sperber

A round-up of images from Viewfinder, Pacific Standard's daily photo feature.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Opposition supporters block streets during a protest in Kisumu, Kenya, on October 11th, 2017.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Overall, nations in the developing world are in limbo over the cuts, and worried they'll lose vital USAID funds.

• By Gitonga Njeru

From a perch in the Matthews Range, members of the Samburu, a tribe of semi-nomadic pastoralists, look down at the Namunyak Wildlife Conservancy, which they're working to protect from elephant poachers.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

The discovery of bones in the Kenyan highlands suggest early human relatives were even more adaptable than anthropologists thought.

• By Nathan Collins

As fences spring up on all sides, a great wildlife reserve morphs into something much less great.

• By Brian Palmer

How the pop icon has embraced Hollywood's long, rich tradition of nostalgia for black subjugation.

• By Aaron Bady

Time for African leaders to heed President Obama’s urgent call on gay rights.

• By George Reginald Freeman

"A for effort" may be a strictly Western notion.

• By Kate Wheeling

We canvassed the world of the social and behavioral sciences, looking for rising stars whose careers promise to make a lasting mark. We'll be profiling the top 30 throughout the month of April.

• By Avital Andrews

We canvassed the world of the social and behavioral sciences, looking for rising stars whose careers promise to make a lasting mark. We'll be profiling the top 30 throughout the month of April.

• By Avital Andrews

Should we really be blaming the United States for issuing travel warnings against Kenya?

• By Max Ufberg

In some places, nearly 15 percent of monthly income goes to greasing palms.

• By Marc Herman

A study of the political upheaval in Kenya shows what harm violence can have on the children who witness it.

• By Lauren Kirchner

Innovative drilling techniques, as explored in our March/April print issue, are remaking the geopolitical map in unpredictable ways.

• By Michael Fitzgerald