A building under demolition in the Mathare informal settlement of Nairobi, Kenya.
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In response to flooding that destroyed homes and displaced thousands in Nairobi’s informal settlements, the government has been evicting people living in riparian areas.
In Kenya, as elsewhere, young people use TikTok to express themselves and connect with others.
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TikTok has become an integral part of social media culture in Kenya, offering a space for creativity, entertainment and community interaction.
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To eliminate female genital mutilation by 2030, progress would need to be 27 times faster. Understanding shifting trends behind this practice is a start.
Walking in Accra, Ghana is dangerous.
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Walking is a common way of getting around in most African cities
People walk through floodwater in one of Kenya’s informal settlements after heavy rains in Nairobi.
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There’s been an increase in the amount of runoff generated from rainfall as land is altered by settlement and deforestation.
Kenyan doctors protest outside the health ministry in Nairobi in April 2024, four weeks into a strike.
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Doctors are demanding the implementation of a 2017 agreement to improve working conditions.
Pygmy blue whale subspecies.
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The first dedicated scientific surveys have confirmed the presence of blue whales in Seychelles.
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Kenya wants to keep the shilling’s value artificially high, but it will soon realise that foreign currency reserves, used for intervention, are not limitless
Flamingos in Lake Nakuru, Kenya.
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New research shows increased rainfall due to climate change is threatening the birds’ food supply.
South Africa’s new biodiversity economy strategy aims to make the benefits from biodiversity available to more people.
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The strategy aims to conserve biodiversity while also contributing to the creation of jobs and economic growth.
Land ownership is a challenge for Maasai women in this highly patriarchal society.
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Conservation strategies should promote equitable benefits across communities.
Police officers take cover during a protest against insecurity in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
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Kenya’s deployment to Haiti would contribute towards the country’s role in enhancing global peace and security.
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A well governed financial system is effectively supervised by the central bank.
Kenya is one of the jurisdictions under increased monitoring for money laundering.
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Kenya must complete a national terrorist financing risk assessment and share it publicly.
British soldiers questioning suspected members of the Kenya Land and Freedom Army near Gilgil, Kenya, on Jan. 8, 1953.
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Operation Legacy highlights the repercussions faced when people with power determine what information is available to interpret events of the past.
Kenyan police arrest journalists protesting against a controversial media bill in December 2008.
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Important factors, such as conflict, are central to understanding a country’s degree of press freedom, development and democratisation.
Several campaigns have been waged against statues linked to Africa’s colonial past.
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The fate of several colonial statues in Africa continues to be a subject of controversy.
The research assessed newspaper coverage of fintech in Kenya, Uganda and South Africa.
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Coverage is celebratory and offers limited cautionary and critical reporting to the public and to policymakers.
Road collapse in northern Kenya due to flash floods on 22 November 2023.
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Projections show that there’ll be Indian Ocean dipoles in the future – and that means more rainy days, and more extreme rainfall.
Children will often sing and dance for visiting tourists.
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A school tour often sits within the itinerary of a tour of southern Africa, or alongside wildlife tourism ventures.