These types of projects can be quite harmful. They affect the land, people and biodiversity and must be planned with all this in mind - building in future climate scenarios too.
A river flows through Nairobi’s Kibera slum. Communities should be engaged in environmental management to reduce mosquito breeding sites.
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The manner in which people access water differs according to income. People in high- and middle- income areas tend to have piped connections in their homes.
Higher temperatures cause drought, and can lead to food insecurity.
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Many of the temperatures presently being recorded in Africa, and those projected in the next decade, are already close to the limits of human survival, or “liveability”.
Il n’est pas parfait, mais un premier vaccin contre le paludisme vient d’être recommandé par l’OMS. RTS,S est un espoir. De quoi relancer la lutte contre un parasite dur à combattre et à traiter.
The first ever malaria vaccine promises to bring the battle against infections back on track.
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Vertidos de petróleo, edificios agrietados y contaminación. Son sólo algunos de los efectos medioambientales del enorme proyecto ferroviario de Kenia.
Traders leave their cabbages after the County Governor ordered the closure of the main open air market to curb the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Kisumu, Kenya.
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Oil spills, cracked buildings and pollution. Just some of the environmental effects of Kenya’s massive railway project.
Kenyan coastal fishermen based at Lamu near Somalia demand to be heard in the court dispute over Indian Ocean maritime boundary in March 2021.
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The country has argued that the International Court of Justice deprived the parties of the chance to resolve the issue diplomatically.
Muslim worshippers perform the evening Tarawih prayer during the fasting month of Ramadan around the Kaaba in the Grand Mosque complex in the holy city of Mecca, on April 13, 2021.
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The issue of whether judges should exercise judicial activism or judicial restraint revolves around the doctrine of separation of powers and the proper remit of judicial power in a democracy.
Patients on dialysis struggle to follow strict diets.
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COVID-19 restrictions created life-threatening challenges to female sex workers as they weren’t able to access their medication, support or their clients.
Supporters attend a Chama Cha Mapinduzi rally in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania in 2015 when John Magufuli was first elected.
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Magufuli took a populist approach in trying to woo voters away from an invigorated opposition, and when that didn’t work he reported to oppressive tactics.