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Kenya unveils 2024–2030 disaster risk strategy to protect lives and boost resilience
Joseph Ndunda  |  Jun 18, 2025

The DRM strategy seeks to minimise the loss of lives and livelihoods while promoting sustainable development by providing clear guidelines for mitigat...

How climate change fuels rise in gender-based violence in Garissa
Issa Hussein  |  May 15, 2025

The civil society group also blamed the region's nomadic herding practices for escalating sexual abuse among young girls who should otherwise be in sc...

First-ever data tool to shape Kenya's environmental policy guidelines
Alfred Onyango  |  Mar 21, 2025

Data by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction shows an estimated three to four million Kenyans are affected annually by natural and human-made dis...

Climate crises force millions out of school; Kenya among hardest-hit nations
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jan 27, 2025

Globally, around 242 million students in 85 countries faced interruptions in their schooling due to extreme weather events such as heatwaves, cyclones...

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