The Turkana people of Northwest Kenya have adapted to one of the driest places on Earth by relying predominantly on the milk, meat, and blood from their herds of camels and goats. With up to 80 ...

As the South Lokichar Field Development Plan enters the critical phase of parliamentary approval, the political environment ...

Cornell researchers have contributed to a multi-institutional study of how the nomadic Turkana people of northern Kenya—who have lived for thousands of years in extreme desert conditions—evolved to ...

In northern Kenya, where the ground is arid, the sun is hot, and water is a daily grind, the people have created a life that has endured for centuries. Their territory extends into Uganda, South Sudan ...

Through a collaboration between U.S. and Kenyan researchers and Turkana communities of northern Kenya, scientists have uncovered key genetic adaptations underlying survival in hot and dry environments ...

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On a recent Sunday afternoon in Lokichar, a small town in Kenya’s northern Turkana region, the expansive grounds of the Black Gold Hotel are deserted, aside from a couple of housekeepers seeking shade ...

Turkana Governor Jeremiah Lomorukai is calling for extensiveinvolvement of the county government and residents in oil development programmesin the region.Lomorukai wants stronger collaboration between ...

ITHACA, N.Y. – Cornell University researchers have contributed to a multi-institutional study of how the nomadic Turkana people of northern Kenya – who have lived for thousands of years in extreme ...

By Jefferson Kahinju and Thomas Mukoya TURKANA, Kenya, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Four years after a record drought devastated northern Kenya, failed rains are once again causing starvations, with aid cuts ...

A section of Turkana residents has raised concerns about exclusion from the National Identity Card registration exercise. Led by Ernest Nadome, Chairman Ngirerea Akide Professional Association, the ...