Kenya

Greta Thunberg Says She'll Skip UN Climate Conference Over Covid-19 Vaccine Inequity

"Of course I would love to attend the Glasgow #COP26," she tweeted Friday. "But not unless everyone can take part on the same terms."

Brett Wilkins, staff writer · Apr 9, 2021

Kenya Lashes Out at UK Over 'Discriminatory' Travel Ban and 'Vaccine Apartheid'

Andrea Germanos, staff writer · Apr 7, 2021

Families and Indigenous Youth Vow to 'Not Give Up' After Top EU Court Dismisses 'People's Climate Case'

Jessica Corbett, staff writer · Mar 25, 2021

UN Warns New Wave of Locust Swarms Threatens Food Security of Millions in East Africa

Jessica Corbett, staff writer · Dec 16, 2020

By Rejecting WTO Drug Patent Waivers Amid Pandemic, Richest Nations Put Big Pharma Profits Before Health of Billions

Brett Wilkins, staff writer · Nov 20, 2020

"Is There No End to Big Oil's Evil?" Campaigners Condemn Industry Plan to Pour US Plastics Into Africa

Anti-pollution advocates responded with alarm to the American Chemistry Council's reported efforts to influence a pending U.S.-Kenya trade deal.

Jessica Corbett, staff writer · Aug 31, 2020

'Unprecedented Threat' for East Africa as Larger Second Wave of Locust Crisis Arrives Amid Pandemic

As the coronavirus outbreak delays efforts to eradicate the pests, experts warn locust swarms could grow 20-fold.

Jessica Corbett, staff writer · Apr 10, 2020

'A Scourge of Biblical Proportions': UN Leaders Sound Alarm on East Africa Locust Crisis in Call for Global Response

The worst outbreak in decades has devastated crops across a region already enduring food insecurity, conflict, and climate impacts.

Jessica Corbett, staff writer · Feb 26, 2020

Largely Driven by Climate Crisis, 9 Out of 10 Least-Reported Humanitarian Crises of 2019 Were in Africa

"Does a crisis really happen if it is not in the headlines? YES."

Julia Conley, staff writer · Jan 28, 2020

Climate-Crisis Fueled Locust Swarms Pose 'Unprecedented Threat to Food Security and Livelihoods' in East Africa

The region's worst outbreak in decades has brought hundreds of millions of crop-devouring bugs to Somalia, Ethiopia, and Kenya.

Jessica Corbett, staff writer · Jan 28, 2020

World Bank Rankings Promote Deregulation at the Expense of Working People

The highly controversial annual Doing Business report gives governments high marks if they slash taxes and worker protections.

Leo Baunach · Nov 4, 2019

Remembering Colombian Land Defender Hernán Bedoya

"A year before he died, Hernán warned the palm oil companies planned to plant another 1,000 hectares (2,470 acres), which would be impossible unless he and more than a dozen other campesinos were dispossessed."

Brent Patterson · Aug 19, 2019

Trump’s Policies Are Harming Refugees Worldwide

His administration’s near-ban on refugee admissions is having a destructive domino effect in front-line countries

Bill Frelick · May 31, 2019

Global Poll Reveals Surging Fear of Climate Crisis and US Power Under Trump

Over the past five years, from the U.S. to Poland to Kenya, the number of people worried about the climate crisis has risen by double-digits

Jessica Corbett, staff writer · Feb 11, 2019

Violence Spreads the Famine, and the Famine Will Spread Violence

In relation to conflict-driven famines, it becomes even more imperative to resist the U.S. government's allocation of $700 billion to the Department of Defense

Kathy Kelly · Oct 1, 2017