When Westport lawyer Ken Bernhard got his master's degree in criminal law, he had no idea the skills he learned would help him save wild elephants from illegal poaching in east Africa....

Nairobi, Kenya (CNN) -- Kenya authorities have sentenced a Chinese national to 18 months in prison for possession of illegal ivory, the country's wildlife service said....

Coastweek-- A Chinese national was yesterday jailed for 18 months for possession of illegal ivory barely a day after the weekend seizure of 2 tonnes of ivory and five rhino horns....

Chinese national jailed by Kenyan court over seized illegal ivory August 26th, 2010 in News, Non classé 74 views APA-Nairobi (Kenya) A Chinese national has been jailed for 18 months by a Kenyan court for possession of illegal ivory, barely a day after last weekend’s seizure of 2 tonnes of ivory and five rhino horns destined for Malaysia, the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) discloses here Thursday....

A column of grey dust spirals in a storm behind a tourist van speeding along a winding, rugged road in Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park....

Kenya Tourist Board (KTB) expects the peaceful referendum to boost tourism and that visitor numbers this year may surpass 2007 record, the board’s Managing Director Muriithi Ndegwa has said....

The hirola is a very special antelope and is often referred to as a “living fossil”. Diverging from its closest relatives about five and a half million years ago, it is the sole survivor of a formerly diverse group and is now Critically Endangered. ...

NAIROBI, Kenya — Wildlife officers seized two tons of elephant ivory and five rhino horns at Kenya’s main airport that were to be illegally shipped to Malaysia, an official said Tuesday....

Nairobi, Kenya (CNN) -- Kenya authorities have sentenced a Chinese national to 18 months in prison for possession of illegal ivory, the country's wildlife service said....

NAIROBI, Kenya -- Wildlife officers seized two tons of elephant ivory and five rhino horns at Kenya's main airport that were to be illegally shipped to Malaysia, an official said Tuesday....

Translocation of Buffaloes...

After a five-hour drive from Nairobi, we arrived at the Sarova Shaba Game Lodge in Samburu. ...

After a five-hour drive from Nairobi, we arrived at the Sarova Shaba Game Lodge in Samburu. ...

Once upon a time two tribes were marooned in Kenya’s wild north the Samburu-Isiolo border. The tribes, Borana and Samburu, were pitted against each other but as time went by, the Samburus began to disintegrate. ...

Kenya’s tourist arrivals rose to 483,000 in the first half of this year, officials said yesterday, putting the country’s economy on track to beat record foreign visitor numbers set in 2007....

Malindi town depends almost totally on tourism. Almost all chartered planes flying into the coastal province make a stop here especially around March and the Easter holidays. ...

Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) has kicked off a massive translocation of buffaloes from the privately owned Solio Ranch in Laikipia....

The Government has established a special fund to manage and restore major water towers....

Some species of bird and giraffe are on the brink of extinction unless urgent measures are taken to conserve them. ...

Mount Kenya towers in the background behind the green foliage and the white painted walls of the Fairmont Mt Kenya Safari Club....