Kenyan conservationists protest as Chinese company starts work on railway

Wildlife Direct says building work inside Nairobi's famed national park defies court order

Kenyan conservationists have expressed outrage at the construction of a railway line inside Nairobi's famed national park, saying this defied a court order halting the project.

A proposed extension of the Chinese-built railway - Kenya's biggest infrastructure project since independence - through the vast wildlife reserve on the outskirts of Nairobi has been tied up in legal battles since 2016.