Kenya

KENYA: Men “rent” their wives to tourists to earn extra income

Kenya men rent wives to tourists to earn a living Poverty and unpredictable tourism industry forcing men on the east coast to send spouses into prostitution. AL JAZEERA Communities living by the coast depend mostly on tourism for their living [Mohamed Aligab/Al Jazeera] Kwale, Kenya – It’s a cloudy Sunday morning in Kenya’s Kwale county and Sande Ramadan just woke up to get ready for another weekend of work. Wearing a green vest and khaki shorts, he washes his face and proceeds to the living room where his wife Janet Wambui serves him breakfast. “Thanks for waking me up, I hate Read More

AFRICA fish stocks have been dying off for several reasons.

Photo might be subject to copyright *** Millions of families in Africa depend on fishing for life. LEST WE FORGET *** One of the reasons is overfishing OR and giving Read More

Lake Victoria Hyncinth could have been eaten by beetles

By Brad Collis https://ift.tt/2RdPuFV This time last year fishing villages had been abandoned and millions of people were facing dislocation and hunger because the world’s second largest fresh water lake Read More

Lake Victoria Hyncinth could have been eaten by beetles

By Brad Collis https://ift.tt/2RdPuFV This time last year fishing villages had been abandoned and millions of people were facing dislocation and hunger because the world’s second largest fresh water lake Read More

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By Brad Collis https://ift.tt/2RdPuFV This time last year fishing villages had been abandoned and millions of people were facing dislocation and hunger because the world’s second largest fresh water lake Read More

AFRICA: On Lake Victoria, a green stain spreads across Africa’s blue heart

The dredger MV Mango Tree, tasked with removing water weeds on Lake Victoria and turning them into fertiliser, lands at the Kisumu Port docks. By Nicolas Delaunay https://ift.tt/2tShFlT February 8, 2019 Read More

UGANDA: Various uses of mosquito nets

Photos may be subject to copyright Apart from the obvious to help stop malaria by keeping away mosquito off your bed, Kenyans and Ugandans long found out how to make Read More

UGANDA: Various uses of mosquito nets

Photos may be subject to copyright Apart from the obvious to help stop malaria by keeping away mosquito off your bed, Kenyans and Ugandans long found out how to make Read More

Uganda latest African nation to face locust threat

Locusts are said to have been seen at Ndumuru village in Ntunene ward and Kina Meru Kiutine.PHOTO/CITIZEN By CGTN Africa Officials at the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) have warned that Read More

UNHCR probing corruption in resettlement cases in Uganda, Kenya

An aerial view of the world’s largest refugee camp – Dadaab in Kenya | Photo: Picture-alliance/AP Photo/IOM/UNHCR/MoMA/B.Bannon By AFP, INFOMigrants.net IDENTITY FRAUD RESETTLEMENT UNHCR is probing corruption in resettlement cases Read More

KENYA: Passengers killed as Shaabab attack three buses in Lamu

By STANDARD MEDIA Although authorities put the number of the dead at three, multiple interviews with witnesses indicated that the number could be much higher. Over 50 gunmen believed to Read More