Varios impalas caminan cerca del Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) en el Parque Nacional de Nairobi, Kenia.
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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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Lockdowns to curb the spread of COVID-19 had various effects on food as it went from farms to plates.
Impalas walk near the elevated Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) in Nairobi National Park, 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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Entertainment, sports and tourism industries can learn valuable lessons from how Saudi Arabia managed the annual pilgrimage during a pandemic.
Kenya’s 2010 constitution expressly permits judicial activism but many in government are opposed.
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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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Following a healthy diet may lower the risk of disease complications and allow patients to live well despite having the disease.
A nurse holds a dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.
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Even those that live in areas where the population has already been vaccinated would not be totally protected if the virus mutates elsewhere.
A person living with HIV shows her clinic appointment and anti-retroviral drugs regimen card.
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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.
The constitutional requirement for better gender balance in Kenya’s institutions has been delayed for years.
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For 10 years, Kenya’s legislators have failed to enact a law to implement a two-thirds gender rule set down in the 2010 constitution, despite numerous court rulings.
A party agent listens to the radio as electoral officials confirm and tally votes from polling stations in Nairobi, Kenya in 2007.
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Radio stations with audiences at the grassroots have a key role to play in times of election violence.
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta (left), and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga
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The Building Bridges Initiative is best understood by recognising that Kenyan politics is fundamentally shaped by competition between political elites and their ethnic groups.
Parts of Kenya have flooded as a result of Lake Victoria’s rising levels.
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The flooding has affected water resources, agriculture and food security, health and sanitation, fisheries, and energy and infrastructure.
A family sitting under a treated mosquito net.
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The pandemic coincides with the long rainy season in Kenya. Rain increases mosquito breeding sites, vector density and thus transmission of mosquito-borne diseases.
Myiasis is an infestation of organs and tissue caused by the larvae of flies.
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Myiasis, a neglected tropical disease, can cause severe clinical outbreaks in humans and animals with potential economic losses in the livestock industry.
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April 30, 2020
Isabel Hofmeyr , University of the Witwatersrand ; Aretha Phiri , Rhodes University ; Grace Musila , University of the Witwatersrand ; Manosa Nthunya , University of the Witwatersrand ; Nedine Moonsamy , University of Pretoria ; Sam Naidu , Rhodes University ; Sarah Nuttall , University of the Witwatersrand ; Susan Kiguli , Makerere University , and Tom Odhiambo , University of Nairobi
African academics draw up a reading list that speaks to the vibrancy of contemporary as well as older African literature.
Former Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi (left) during peace talks with Former Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir (right) in Khartoum in 2007. Between them is an interpreter.
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Kenya’s second president played a big role in steering South Sudan to freedom and independence.
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How are tests developed for a specific virus and how does a country get the test kits it needs?
Vendors in a market.
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Many informal workers will not be able to take the precautions that health authorities suggest.