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‘From bad to worse’: Drought puts Kenya’s hospitals under pressure

The number of people in Kenya facing severe hunger is expected to rise to 5.4 million this year, particularly in the north of the country, where about 95% of surface water sources have dried up.

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Drought forces Kenya’s camel herders to leave their homes – a photo essay

Pastoralists in the north of the country are watching their animals die as they journey further south in a desperate search for water and better grazing.

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‘Miracles and heartbreak’: Saving orphaned elephants as Kenya’s drought devastates herds

Sheldrick Wildlife Trust is nursing record numbers of young animals back to health but as rains continue to fail, the vulnerable mammals face a challenging future.

In a famed game park near the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro, the animals are giving up
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In a famed game park near the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro, the animals are giving up

Photography by Larry C. Price This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. AMBOSELI, Kenya—A wildebeest has toppled into a ditch at the edge of a dusty track, its shoe-box-shaped head twisted upward, a single gaping chomp out of its flank. Isack Marembe and Kisham Makui study the animal’s body […]
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In a famed game park near the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro, the animals are giving up

As a climate change-induced drought wears on, it’s putting more pressure on wildlife, livestock and people, with deadly consequences.

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Droughts and climate change

After years of severe drought, the situation in northern Kenya is desperate. Animals are dying, fields have dried up and people have little to eat. A women's initiative is hoping to turn their community's fortunes around with the help of new wells.

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Climate change hits rural Kenya

As communities in northern Kenya buckle under a brutal drought, consequences of a warming world are becoming more acute than ever in the region.

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