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Drought In Northern Kenya Pushes Millions Towards Hunger
In northern Kenya, the ribs of dead sheep stretch towards the blazing sun as parched herders trudge past, a day's march from water. The value of their skinny goats is falling as fast as the prices scrawled on the sacks in the market are shooting up.
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"To Save Iconic Species' Extinction": Scientists Create Northern White Rhino Embyros
One of world's two remaining live specimens -- female Fatu who lives with her mother Najin on Kenya's 90,000-acre Ol Pejeta wildlife conservancy -- provided the eggs for the project, while the sperm used was from two different deceased males.
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Opinion: We Are Losing The Fight To Save Endangered Species
The northern white rhino isn't going out with the thundering charge that it's due. It won't go out in a blaze of glory, fighting a pride of lions, as would befit such an inspiring creature. It's going to die sad and old, withering away under armed guard in central Kenya while dozens of scientists - and millions of other humans around the world - lo...
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"Beautiful" Embryos Created From Near-Extinct Rhinoceros Sperm
A 28-year-old rhinoceros named Najin and her daughter, Fatu, are the only northern white rhinos on the planet. They live at Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya under constant armed guard.
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Sudan, World's Last Surviving Male White Rhino, Euthanised In Kenya Conservancy
Sudan, world's last surviving male white rhino, died on 19 March at Kenya's Ol Pejeta conservancy. 45-year-old Sudan was being treated for age-related complications that led to degenerative changes in muscles and bones combined with extensive skin wounds.
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Sudan, The World's Last Male Northern White Rhinoceros, Has Died, Putting His Species On The Brink Of Extinction
Unable to stand, and suffering from a string of infections in his advanced age, the world's last male northern white rhino was euthanized Monday by a veterinary team in Kenya that had fought for years to save him and his dwindling species. Only two now remain his daughter, Najin, and granddaughter, Fatu,leaving in-vitro fertilization from preserve...
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At Least 6 Killed In Northern Kenya School Attack
Six people, including five students, were killed in an attack by suspected South Sudanese raiders on a boarding school in Lokichogio, in Kenya's far north, early Saturday, authorities said.
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How Tinder Is Playing A Role In Trying To Save A Rhino From Extinction
43-year-old Sudan is the last male northern white rhino on Earth - and conservationists in Kenya are using Tinder, the dating app, to come to the rescue.
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Horny Male Seeks Mate: Kenya's Last Northern White Rhino Joins Tinder
Like many guys using the Tinder dating app, Sudan loves the outdoors and travels widely. The catch: he's the world's last male white northern rhino and desperately needs to mate.
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With 800 Offspring, 'Very Sexually Active' Tortoise Saves Species From Extinction
To stop the northern white rhinoceros from slipping into extinction, officials in Kenya put the last remaining male under 24-hour armed protection from poachers and prayed that he wasn't too old to mate.
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Suspected Shebab Kill 14 in Northern Kenya Attack
At least 14 people were killed and 11 wounded today when gunmen attacked a northern Kenyan village, close to the border with war-torn Somalia, officials and Red Cross said.
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UN Expands Refugee Camp in Kenya as South Sudan Conflict Rages
Kakuma camp in northern Kenya is expanding by nearly a half, the UN refugee agency said on Saturday, to house refugees fleeing nearby South Sudan as hopes fade for peace in the world's newest nation.
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'Unknown Number' of Hostages in Kenya University Attack, Says Red Cross
Gunmen were on today holding an "unknown number of student hostages" at a university in northern Kenya after storming the campus at dawn, the Kenya Red Cross said in a statement.
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3 Killed in Shebab Attack in Northern Kenya
Three people were killed and eight more wounded on Friday in the latest cross-border raid by Somalia's Shebab militants in northeastern Kenya, an official said.
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Shebab Militants Attack Convoy in Northern Kenya
Somalia's Shebab militants launched a cross-border raid into northern Kenya today, ambushing a convoy of Kenyan officials in the northeast of the country and wounding several people, officials said.
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Drought In Northern Kenya Pushes Millions Towards Hunger
In northern Kenya, the ribs of dead sheep stretch towards the blazing sun as parched herders trudge past, a day's march from water. The value of their skinny goats is falling as fast as the prices scrawled on the sacks in the market are shooting up.
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"To Save Iconic Species' Extinction": Scientists Create Northern White Rhino Embyros
One of world's two remaining live specimens -- female Fatu who lives with her mother Najin on Kenya's 90,000-acre Ol Pejeta wildlife conservancy -- provided the eggs for the project, while the sperm used was from two different deceased males.
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Opinion: We Are Losing The Fight To Save Endangered Species
The northern white rhino isn't going out with the thundering charge that it's due. It won't go out in a blaze of glory, fighting a pride of lions, as would befit such an inspiring creature. It's going to die sad and old, withering away under armed guard in central Kenya while dozens of scientists - and millions of other humans around the world - lo...
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"Beautiful" Embryos Created From Near-Extinct Rhinoceros Sperm
A 28-year-old rhinoceros named Najin and her daughter, Fatu, are the only northern white rhinos on the planet. They live at Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya under constant armed guard.
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Sudan, World's Last Surviving Male White Rhino, Euthanised In Kenya Conservancy
Sudan, world's last surviving male white rhino, died on 19 March at Kenya's Ol Pejeta conservancy. 45-year-old Sudan was being treated for age-related complications that led to degenerative changes in muscles and bones combined with extensive skin wounds.
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Sudan, The World's Last Male Northern White Rhinoceros, Has Died, Putting His Species On The Brink Of Extinction
Unable to stand, and suffering from a string of infections in his advanced age, the world's last male northern white rhino was euthanized Monday by a veterinary team in Kenya that had fought for years to save him and his dwindling species. Only two now remain his daughter, Najin, and granddaughter, Fatu,leaving in-vitro fertilization from preserve...
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At Least 6 Killed In Northern Kenya School Attack
Six people, including five students, were killed in an attack by suspected South Sudanese raiders on a boarding school in Lokichogio, in Kenya's far north, early Saturday, authorities said.
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How Tinder Is Playing A Role In Trying To Save A Rhino From Extinction
43-year-old Sudan is the last male northern white rhino on Earth - and conservationists in Kenya are using Tinder, the dating app, to come to the rescue.
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Horny Male Seeks Mate: Kenya's Last Northern White Rhino Joins Tinder
Like many guys using the Tinder dating app, Sudan loves the outdoors and travels widely. The catch: he's the world's last male white northern rhino and desperately needs to mate.
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With 800 Offspring, 'Very Sexually Active' Tortoise Saves Species From Extinction
To stop the northern white rhinoceros from slipping into extinction, officials in Kenya put the last remaining male under 24-hour armed protection from poachers and prayed that he wasn't too old to mate.
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Suspected Shebab Kill 14 in Northern Kenya Attack
At least 14 people were killed and 11 wounded today when gunmen attacked a northern Kenyan village, close to the border with war-torn Somalia, officials and Red Cross said.
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UN Expands Refugee Camp in Kenya as South Sudan Conflict Rages
Kakuma camp in northern Kenya is expanding by nearly a half, the UN refugee agency said on Saturday, to house refugees fleeing nearby South Sudan as hopes fade for peace in the world's newest nation.
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'Unknown Number' of Hostages in Kenya University Attack, Says Red Cross
Gunmen were on today holding an "unknown number of student hostages" at a university in northern Kenya after storming the campus at dawn, the Kenya Red Cross said in a statement.
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3 Killed in Shebab Attack in Northern Kenya
Three people were killed and eight more wounded on Friday in the latest cross-border raid by Somalia's Shebab militants in northeastern Kenya, an official said.
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Shebab Militants Attack Convoy in Northern Kenya
Somalia's Shebab militants launched a cross-border raid into northern Kenya today, ambushing a convoy of Kenyan officials in the northeast of the country and wounding several people, officials said.
