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- Fishermen swim out from an incoming boat at a berth, some with their overnight catch in Kwale county, Gazi Bay, Kenya on Sunday, June 12, 2022. Artisanal fisheries on Kenya's coast say climate change, overfishing by large foreign vessels and a lack of other job opportunities for coastal communities is draining the Indian Ocean of its yellowfin tuna stocks. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
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Tuna catch dries up for Kenya's local fisherfolk
By WANJOHI KABUKURU - Associated Press
Wed,07/06/22-10:04PM , 978 Reads
VANGA, Kenya (AP) — “Tuna is not for everyone,” lamented 65-year-old Chapoka Miongo, a handline fisher on Kenya’s south coast, from his dugout canoe.
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- Coral reef restoration ranger Yatin Patel measures an artificial reef structure in the Indian Ocean near Shimoni, Kenya on Monday, June 13, 2022. The marine area off the coast of Kenya at Wasini Island, jointly managed by a foundation and the island's community, has been planting over 8,000 corals a year since early 2010s and placed about 800 artificial reef structures in the channel in a bid to restore Wasini's coral gardens. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
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To combat coral bleaching, Kenya turns to reef nurseries
By WANJOHI KABUKURU - Associated Press
Sun,06/26/22-10:01PM , 144 Reads
WASINI, Kenya (AP) — Minutes away from the Kenyan mainland, the densely forested island of Wasini is one of several starting lines for coral reef restoration efforts in the western Indian Ocean.
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- Young girls pull containers of water during a drought as they return to their huts from a well in the village of Lomoputh in northern Kenya on, May 12, 2022. Better climate-related research and early weather warning systems are needed as extreme weather — from cyclones to drought — continues to inflict the African continent, said the Sudanese billionaire and philanthropist Mo Ibrahim, who heads up his own foundation. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)
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Africa needs better weather warning systems, urge experts
By WANJOHI KABUKURU - Associated Press
Mon,06/06/22-8:54AM , 224 Reads
MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — Better climate-related research and early warning systems are needed as extreme weather — from cyclones to drought — continues to inflict the African continent, said Sudanese billionaire and philanthropist Mo Ibrahim, who heads up his own foundation.
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- Floodwaters wash through a property near Durban, South Africa, Tuesday, April 23, 2019. The fatal floods that wreaked havoc in South Africa in mid-April this year have been attributed to climate change, an analysis published Friday, May 13, 2022 by a team of leading climate scientists said.The World Weather Attribution group analyzed both historical and emerging sets of data from the catastrophic rainfall that led to floods which triggered massive landslides in the Eastern Cape and Kwa-Zulu Natal provinces of South Africa. (AP Photo, File)
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Study: Climate change a major factor in South Africa floods
By WANJOHI KABUKURU - Associated Press
Fri,05/13/22-6:07AM , 229 Reads
MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — The fatal floods that wreaked havoc in South Africa in mid-April this year have been attributed to human-caused climate change, a rapid analysis published Friday by a team of leading international scientists said.
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