UNESCO, the World Food Programme, and local governments are launching a new programme to support sustainable livelihoods ...

Another UNESCO World Heritage Site, the milky green “Jade Sea” of northern Kenya is the globe’s largest permanent desert lake and one of the top 25 largest lakes overall. Lake Turkana’s ...

They had been researching and tracking vast numbers of desert locusts swarming across northern Kenya and a new generation was now hatching in Turkana, Kenya's poorest region. We had to mobilise ...

Faith and hope naturally coincide with water here, and for now Turkana offers all in abundance. It is the world’s largest permanent desert lake and has existed in this region for some four ...

The Lake is the most saline lake in East Africa and the largest desert lake in the world, surrounded by an arid, seemingly extraterrestrial landscape that is often devoid of life. The long body of ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Turkana security team led by county Commissioner Julius Kavita in Todonyang along Kenya ...

I have several times expressed doubt that Tullow Oil will ever develop Turkana crude deposits. The company is no longer the global oil player it used to be, with its current production ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. The uneasy relationship between foreign capital and indigenous lands in Africa has only ...

Lake Turkana, the world’s largest desert lake, holds much promise for these communities—but its resources must be managed sustainably. UNESCO is leading various initiatives aimed at improving access ...