Along with much of East Africa, the Lake Turkana region has now had four failed rainy seasons, killing hundreds of thousands of animals and pushing millions of people to the brink of starvation.
A Turkana family I had a real mix of emotions ... Indeed, in that year the whole continent of Africa created less than 4% of the world's emissions of carbon dioxide from fossil fuels and industry.
Poor rains, livestock disease, a locust invasion are among the factors blamed for the starvation Kenyans have accused their government of ignoring drought victims following reports that at least ...
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Among the dignitaries present were Cabinet Secretary for East African Community and Regional Development Beatrice Askul Moe, Turkana Governor Jeremiah Lomorukai, Deputy Governor John Erus ...
Turkana leads with 82 per cent illiteracy ... It says that in sub-Saharan Africa, more than 50 per cent of people are unable to read and write. “To boost global economy, nations must invest ...
In the most dire scenarios, Turkana will over the years slowly shrivel and die, turning the local population into refugees from an African dust bowl. Nyemeto’s people are among those who stand ...
Dated to between 1.5 and 1.6 mya, and discovered on the western side of Lake Turkana Kenya in the mid 1980s by Kamoya Kimeu, leader of the paleontological team dubbed the ‘Hominid Gang’.