Saving Swamps in East Africa
InfoNile is marking World Water Day 2019 with 4 original multimedia stories on innovative solutions that are working to conserve wetlands in East Africa.
March 22, 2019
WASTE to WEALTH: How Kenyan farmers are bringing life back to degraded Lake Victoria swamps
Annika McGinnis A 3-year project by Ecofinder Kenya, an NGO working in the Winam Gulf
March 22, 2019
Bleak Future as Weed Chokes up Victoria’s 1,400 Hectares in Four Days
Geoffrey Kamadi The water hyacinth in Lake Victoria spread to 1,441 more hectares within four
March 4, 2019
As Drought Scavenges Turkana, Children are Going Hungry
Bakari Ang’ela There are fears that harsh weather conditions in Turkana County could aggravate the
March 1, 2019
Kenya Takes a Look into the Unkown: Its Underground Water Reserves
Isaiah Esipisu By Isaiah Esipisu (Thomson Reuters Foundation) | 2 July 2018 UKUNDA – The sparkling seas
July 13, 2018
Picture Behind the Story: Floating Fish Farms Become a Threat to Lake Victoria
Geoffrey Kamadi It began as a solution to the plummeting fish populations in Lake Victoria,
July 4, 2018
Exploring the nature of resilience: A trip down Kenya’s Athi River
The Athi River starts in the iconic Ngong Hills that rise above Nairobi. It flows
June 25, 2018
Pain of Green Park families who have to move after sinking savings in houses
Akello Odenyo and Gloria Aradi Sixty-nine year-old Francis Opiyo only wanted a home where he
June 19, 2018
No water? Parched Kenyans take up an unlikely new crop: fish
Caroline Wambui By Caroline Wambui ITUGURURU, Kenya, May 4 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Kenya’s often
May 9, 2018
Kenyan herders turn to grazing app to cut drought risks
Anthony Langat By Anthony Langat ARKAMANA, Kenya, May 7 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – During times
May 9, 2018
Nairobi Might Head the Cape Town Way, Says Assessment by Down To Earth Magazine
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) March 21, 2018 Warning bells have been sounded by
March 22, 2018
Fears over Ethiopian dam’s costly impact on environment, people
Sean Avery CAPTION: A man hangs fish to dry on the western shore of Lake
September 25, 2017