An initiative to get young rural girls into school is paying dividends in Tanzania.

Some of the Kenya's Maasai young women are running away from of the age-old custom of circumcision, now frayed by health risks and new laws.

The Masai Mara is Kenya's iconic game reserve, with almost inconceivable numbers of wildlife grazing, hunting, mating, birthing and dying across mile upon mile of undulating savannah.

After decades of exploitation, Kenya's Maasai people have developed a conservation scheme that gives them an income and protects the wildlife.

In an extract from their new book, Peter and Beverly­ Pickford share their vision of Ngorongoro, a world heritage site and the Maasai's­ sacred place.

Maasai warrior Lempuris Lalasho went to Kenya's tourist haven Mombasa to find a white woman to marry, but he ended up working as a hairdresser.

Kenyans voted on Wednesday for five parliamentary seats that will decide who holds the majority, a test of stability in the East African nation.