Remote but rewarding: Lake Turkana offers rare cultural encounters and dramatic landscapes, but its isolation demands careful route planning and guided travel. Safety is essential: Experts stress ...

LODWAR: Turkana is a world centre for the study of the origins of man. Just recently, prehistoric skeletons near Lake Turkana, suggesting a conflict between two hunter-gather communities, were ...

Traders weigh fish at Lake Turkana. Fishing in the lake has resumed after the local county government lifted a six-month ban. [File, Standard] Stakeholders and county officials from Turkana and ...

Lake Turkana in northern Kenya is often called the cradle of humankind. Home to some of the earliest hominids, its fossil-rich basin has helped scientists piece together the story of human evolution.

According to Kenya’s environment ministry, water levels in Lake Turkana have risen by several meters in the past decade, expanding its total surface area by around 10%. The rise, mainly caused by ...

As global travel rebounds in 2026, four iconic destinations—Machu Picchu Railway, Wayag Islands, Lake Salda, and Lake Turkana—are offering more than just scenic beauty; they're presenting complex ...

Kenya’s Lake Turkana is the largest desert lake in the world. Anthropologists consider it the cradle of civilization, where some of the earliest hominid fossils were found. Roughly 300,000 people live ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Vestas has finally disposed of its stake in the Lake Turkana wind farm in Kenya – seven years later than planned and not to web giant Google as originally intended. The Danish wind giant today (Monday ...