Mount Elgon's red earth slopes are home to hundreds of thousands of people who eke out a living growing coffee and vegetables on small plots cleared from the forest. As climate change has made annual ...

Civilians in Kenya’s western Mt. Elgon district near the border with Uganda have been twice-victimized in a little known conflict between Kenyan security forces and a militia group known as the Sabaot ...

Residents have the rendition that efforts to relocate them are aimed at grabbing their ancestral land rather than saving their lives. Although government, National Management Authourity and Uganda ...

Many years ago, Mt. Elgon slopes were green, animals enjoyed their habitat and the rivers flowed gently on its slopes. However, all that has changed, writes DAVID MAFABI. As we prepare to depart from ...

Hardly do guests on the Western Kenya circuit remember to visit the Mt Elgon National Park whenever they are in Kitale or the environs of this beautiful park. The park sits quietly at the foot of Mt ...

Mbale — Whether or not Mount Elgon is about to experience a volcanic eruption can best be answered by geology experts in Uganda and Kenya. When news about a possible eruption of the mountain first ...

Joseph Kwemoi, a resident in Mt Elgon showing a rock that has features of traditional rain gauge at Chemweisus, Mt. elgon in Bungoma County’ [Benjamin Sakwa/Standard] For many years, residents of ...

For a long time they ran away from the sound of gunfire or attackers. But at the weekend, residents of Mt Elgon ran in harmony with a smile on their faces — for peace. For people who have been at war ...

Uganda's Mount Elgon is home to an abundance of species - including an increasing number of humans. Now people there are back in the classroom to learn how they can live in harmony with the area's ...