Footsteps came first, then unfamiliar voices, the smell of cow dung and the kicking in of the front door.
Suddenly awake, John Mbogo wrapped his 11-year-old daughter Tabitha in his arms and rolled under the bed. His wife, Anne, crawled next to them, eyes wide.
Torchlight fell on the now empty beds and they saw naked legs smeared in manure,Read more
Thousands of schoolchildren in Kenya are getting a rare opportunity to look at the stars.
The Travelling Telescope visits some of this East African country’s most remote areas, showing students the night sky and the describing the science of astronomy with telescopes and virtual reality goggles.
One by one, the children in this Rift Valley town lined up to peerRead more
When the first few residents of this village in the Ngong hills installed solar panels, nearly a decade ago, the only aim was to power their own homes, as their town had no connection to the national power grid.
But today the community, south of Nairobi in the Rift Valley, is buzzing with solar and wind energy, which powers everythingRead more