The East African island, perched placidly off Kenya ... rely on donkeys for transport on the land, and dhows to travel throughout the archipelago. Now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Lamu was ...

tucked along Kenya's lush, tropical coast, a tiny island called Lamu has kept the modern world at bay. Once a thriving Arab port, this sleepy, exotic Swahili town now gets by on donkeys and ...

Donkeys wearing traditional dresses, flowers and swimming costumes were show cased during a beauty pageant at the Lamu island seafront on Friday. Some donkey's had on make-up as owners made sure ...

"Lamu Old Town is now a heritage site and it should stay that way. We only need donkeys and that's final," Timamy said. He said western and modern elements threaten to erode the status of the island.

The port, Lamu Town, is the oldest town in Kenya, the country to which it now ... the market is almost unbearably noisome, the donkeys (there are no cars) leave their doings in the streets.

It's peak hour on the Swahili island of Lamu; and on the hectic waterfront ... on this largely Muslim settlement off the coast of Kenya. Donkeys and dhows: it's been this way since the 14th ...

The research is published in the journal Animal Welfare. Donkeys are integral to life on the Lamu archipelago in Kenya, where ...

The vaccination team in Kenya vaccinated just under 1,800 donkeys and over 2,500 dogs in several locations across the Lamu archipelago during a period of six weeks, which started in May.