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• ‘I’ve only the clothes on my back’ : lives swept away by floods in Kenya

   
  7 mai, par Caroline Kimeu in Mathare
  People living in Nairobi’s Mathare slum fear that if catastrophic flooding does not bring down their homes, the government will Jane Kalekye trudges through the narrow muddy alley to her tin-roof house in Mathare, one of Kenya’s largest slums. Ever since the devastating floods that forced her (...)

• ‘A colonial mindset’ : why global aid agencies need to get out of the way

   
  7 mai, par Fred Harter in Addis Ababa
  With the world’s humanitarian system in crisis, many NGOs now recognise that local charities can deliver much more at far less cost Before civil war engulfed her Ethiopian home region of Tigray in 2020, Tsega Girma was a prosperous trader who sold stationery and other goods. But when hungry (...)

• ‘People think it’s just for emo or gothic kids’ : the Kenyan metalhead leading a new wave of African rock

   
  6 mai, par Caroline Kimeu
  Martin Kanja, AKA Lord Spikeheart, covers everything from colonialism to his grandmother in music that mixes African culture with metal. He hopes to help more artists like him break through As a teenager, Martin Kanja spent countless late nights listening to heavy metal on a local radio show. (...)

• Kenya floods : tourists evacuated from Maasai Mara after river bursts banks

   
  1er mai, par Associated Press in Nairobi
  Kenya Red Cross rescues more than 90 people from hotels and lodges as heavy rainfall continues Scores of tourists have been evacuated by air from Kenya’s Maasai Mara national reserve after more than a dozen hotels, lodges and camps were flooded as heavy rains battered the country. Tourist (...)

• Parts of Kenya hit by torrential rain and deadly floods – video

   
  29 avril
  In Kenya's southern town of Mai Mahiu, a dam burst its banks, killing at least 42 people, authorities said. There has been heavy rain across east Africa driven by El Niño, a naturally occurring climate pattern usually associated with increased heat worldwide. Kenya's government has said almost (...)