Fish ponds , Photo courtesy MEDA Kenya’s growing fish farming and fishing activities are putting increasing pressure on aquatic ecosystems, threatening fish species, habitats and other forms of biodiversity, a new assessment has found. During a virtual dissemination of the findings of a comprehensive biodiversity assessment of the Lake Victoria Region and the Coast of…
The Media for Environment, Science, Health and Agriculture (MESHA), in partnership with the Solutions Journalism Network (SJN), has competitively picked six media outlets for the first cohort of the Africa Climate Beacons Newsroom Initiative 2026/2027. The selected newsrooms, out of 133 strong applications received by MESHA, will participate in a seven-month climate solutions journalism engagement…
Community members prepare to plant Mangrove seedlings at Mida Creek in Kilifi County.Photo by Charo Ngumbao. Charo Ngumbao, the Chairperson of the Arabuko Sokoke Forest Adjacent Dwellers Association (ASFADA), could not hide his excitement as more than 200 local community members gathered at Mida Creek in Kilifi County to mark this year’s International Day for…
Ziway-shalla. Photo by Wetlands International Addis Ababa, Ethiopia — A new three-year initiative aimed at restoring the health of Lake Ziway and improving livelihoods for surrounding communities has been launched through a partnership between Wetlands International and Sher Ethiopia, with support from the Agriculture Department of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in…
Women fetching water at the water pan.Photo by Ruth Keah On a Sunday afternoon at Mtandikeni – Jimba Village, Rabai Constituency, Kilifi County, I found children gathered around a small water pan. Armed with containers to fetch water, one boy was busy filling a 20-litre jerrycan while the girls carried the filled containers to a…
Photo of journalists and stakeholders at the media launch. Media for Nature, in collaboration with Blue Radio, officially launched the Second Edition of the Environmental Media Dialogue at Vipingo Ridge on 13th March 2026. In his opening remarks, the C.E.O of Media for Nature, Mazera Ndurya, said the organization continues to promote environmental discussions within…
At sunrise in Junda beach, Kisauni, Mombasa County, the sea looks calm and forgiving. Small wooden boats rock gently near the shore. Young men pull their nets, getting them ready for the day’s work, while others smear grease along the cracks of their old boats, carefully sealing them so no water leaks in when they…
Juliana Fondo lighting her jiko which uses Biogas. Photo by Captain Nyota. For over five years, Selina Juma, a mother of five and grandmother of ten, had to walk over five hours to seek health services for one of her grandchildren, who suffered from persistent coughing. Selina was unaware that the primary cause of her…
Kilele Health Association members, in partnership with Ultra Runners Kenya and Arch Treks Safaris, during a symbolic Mt. Kenya endurance challenge to raise awareness on cervical cancer elimination. Photo Courtesy of KILELE. On Monday 17th November 2025, Kenya joined the rest of the world in marking the first World Cervical Cancer Elimination Day, a historic…
MV SH Diana at Shimoni Port in Kwale PHOTO BY KPA Kenya’s coastal tourism is experiencing growth as cruise tourism steadily gains momentum, extending beyond the traditional ports of Mombasa and Lamu to include the newly constructed Shimoni Port in Kwale County. The newly Shimoni Port received its first-ever cruise call on 27 October 2025,…
