To many observers, East Africa’s Maasai pastoralists hunt lions for two distinct reasons: to retaliate against lions that kill livestock or to engage in a cultural rite of passage. But that binary ...

Some East African Maasai pastoralists may be hunting lions as a form of political protest, according to a new study. Conventional wisdom holds that East Africa's Maasai pastoralists hunt lions for two ...

Conventional wisdom holds that East Africa's Maasai pastoralists hunt lions for two distinct reasons: to retaliate against lions that kill livestock or to engage in a cultural rite of passage. But ...

Kenyan David Rudisha is a 2012 and 2016 Olympic champion in the mid-distance 800 meter running event. He is also the first and only person to ever run under 1:41 for the event. His records and awards ...

After two years of invitations, I finally made it to Africa to visit my friend Moses, a Maasai elder, at his village in Kenya. That first night, while sitting around a fire, he offered to tell me ...

At the foot of snow-capped Mount Kilimanjaro, Kenya’s Maasai warriors compete for honor and prestige by running, jumping and throwing. The Maasai Olympics were created by famed Maasai runner David ...

Maasai elders in Tanzania. Credit: Roger de la Harpe/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images. In the videos, the sound of gunfire can be heard as groups of about 100 or more Maasai, ...

KIMANA, Kenya (Reuters) - Young Kenyan warriors are no longer pursuing lions to show off their hunting prowess and bravery, they are competing for cash prizes in javelin throwing at the Maasai ...

Last week, President Obama came to my country, Tanzania. President Kikwete and our people received him with great pride, but it is unlikely Obama heard anything about our government’s plan to give a ...