Humphrey Malalo

4 days ago | timeslive.co.za | Humphrey Malalo

Kenyan prosecutors said on Monday they had approved murder charges against six people, including three police officers, for their role in killing a political blogger whose death in police custody sparked large protests. Kenya's office of the director of public prosecutions said in a statement that the six suspects would be arraigned on Tuesday. One of the police officers was the commander at the station where Albert Ojwang, a 31-year-old blogger and teacher, was held in Nairobi.

1 month ago | timeslive.co.za | Humphrey Malalo

23 May 2025 - 10:07 Just R20 for the first month. Support independent journalism by subscribing to our digital news package. A member of security forces keeps guard as people are evacuated at the scene where explosions and gunshots were heard at the Dusit hotel compound in Nairobi, Kenya, on January 15 2019. File photo.

1 month ago | primeafrica.co.ke | Humphrey Malalo |Hereward Holland |Monicah Mwangi

Ant smuggling poses additional threat to wildlife ecosystem Queen ants would fetch over $900,000 in Asia, North America and Europe, magistrate says Kenya Wildlife Service warns against biodiversity plunder Nairobi, Kenya - A Kenyan court has handed down landmark fines to four men involved in the attempted trafficking of thousands of rare queen ants, in a case that experts say signals a shift in global biopiracy from iconic species like elephants to lesser-known but ecologically vital insects....

1 month ago | timeslive.co.za | Humphrey Malalo |Monicah Mwangi

07 May 2025 - 14:45 Just R20 for the first month. Support independent journalism by subscribing to our digital news package. Samples of garden ants concealed in syringes are presented to court as two Belgian nationals, a Vietnamese and a Kenyan national appeared for the hearing of their case, after they pleaded guilty to illegal possession and trafficking of garden ants, at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) Law Courts, in Nairobi, Kenya, on April 15 2025.

1 month ago | ca.marketscreener.com | Hereward Holland |Humphrey Malalo

NAIROBI (Reuters) -A Kenyan court on Wednesday fined four men $7,700 each for trying to traffic thousands of ants valuable to the country's ecosystem, in cases experts say signal a shift in biopiracy from trophies like elephant ivory to lesser-known species. Authorities arrested two Belgian teenagers, a Vietnamese man and a Kenyan national on April 5, accusing them in two separate cases of trying to smuggle out roughly 5,440 giant African harvester queen ants.