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A relative is overcome by emotions as she pays tribute during the funeral service for the victims of a major flood and landslide that claimed dozens of lives near the Rift Valley town of Mai Mahiu on May 9, 2024. (Photo by SIMON MAINA/AFP via Getty Images)
AFRICA

Dams burst, bridges washed-away and lives lost in Kenya floods

The worst floods in 30 years took the country by surprise

  • Lydia Namubiru, The Continent
3 min read
ETHIOPIA

Disaster as climate crisis, tectonic shift swell Rift Valley lakes

The current tectonic cycle squeezes out water from the Earth’s aquifers; the previous cycle caused water to drain out of thelakes into the Earth’s aquifers

  • Caroline Chebet
3 min read
KENYA

Kenya evicts thousands in attempt to save Rift Valley

Tourism, tea and energy industries threatened after a quarter of huge Mau Forest destroyed in 20 years.

  • Staff Reporter
3 min read