Dwindling Fish Populations Causing Conflicts over Fishing Grounds in Homa Bay, Kenya
Conflicts among fishing communities in Kenya have become rampant as a result of the declining fish production in Lake Victoria.
May 30, 2024
Pangolins in the Dock
The pangolin is the world’s most trafficked mammal. No one truly knows its conservation status in Kenya. When COVID-19 broke out in early 2020, some medical researchers linked coronavirus to horseshoe bats. Other researchers suspected the malayan or javan pangolin to be the intermediate host of coronavirus before it jumped to human beings. But is the pangolin really guilty as charged?
March 8, 2021
Kenya: Warning Kibera residents of floods using flags, Whatsapp and Facebook forecasts
A community group in Kibera informal settlement, Nairobi, is warning residents of flood conditions using SMS, Whatsapp, Facebook and radio.
December 14, 2020
The Hydro Quagmire: Cartels cut into pipes, hinder access to water in Kenya’s Mathare slum
As Nairobi deals with a water shortage amidst the pandemic, and water cartels illegally cut into pipes, how are slum dwellers accessing water that is so critical to fight the spread of infection?
December 8, 2020
How a rock solved the water shortage problem in a Kenyan village
By Abjata Khalif Until a few years ago, women and girls in Ngomeni village were
October 30, 2020
CHAMPIONS OF SUSTAINABILITY: East African youth are innovating to adapt to climate change
Youth in communities across East Africa are innovating to adapt to the region’s changing climate, a cross-border project led by InfoNile has found.
September 21, 2020
WATER FOR CREDIT: How Small Loans are Helping Kenyans Harvest Rainwater, Invest in Sanitation during Pandemic
The WaterCredit financing initiative launched by Water.org has mobilized $244 million in micro-loans to help 3.9 million Kenyans access water and sanitation solutions.
July 6, 2020
Into Their Own Hands: Kibera, Kenya’s Largest Slum, Tames COVID-19
By Henry Owino When Covid-19 was first reported by the World Health Organization (WHO) in
June 26, 2020
Leading Landless Women: African Rural Women Leaders Tell their Stories
By Fredrick Mugira Up to 10.3 million hectares of land has been acquired by investors
March 10, 2020
Sucked Dry: Foreign Land Deals Threaten to Impair River Nile, Displace Millions
WHO OWNS THE WATERS OF THE NILE? A yearlong cross-border data journalism investigation about large-scale foreign
February 20, 2020
The Tree Helping Kenyan Farmers Beat Drought and Poverty
Kagondu Njagi KIBWEZI, Kenya, March 25 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Worried that a drought could
April 2, 2019
Concern Over Small Towns as Water Day is Celebrated
Jeckonia Otieno Emerging small towns have been identified as a direct threat to water, sanitation
March 22, 2019