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Jackson Okata

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Nairobi
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Covers:  Agriculture Environment Development Gender and women Politics and governance Human rights Education Science
Doesn't Cover: Courts
Award winning journalist.Health Journalism Network, Earth Journalism Network, Internews, Journalists for Human Rights, Africa Centre for Media Excellence
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'The only possible transition is a just transition': Interview with WEF's Clemence Schmid

'The only possible transition is a just transition': Interview with WEF's Clemence Schmid

Mongabay — During the 11th Our Ocean Conference held in the coastal city of Mombasa, the Kenyan government, together with the World Economic Forum's Global Plastic Action Partnership (GPAP) and UNDP Kenya, formally launched the Kenya National Plastic Action Partnership (NPAP Kenya). At least 14 million tons of plastic end up in the ocean every year making [...]
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US Ebola plan: Push it on Africa

US Ebola plan: Push it on Africa

RT — Experts warn that the US plan to build an Ebola quarantine facility puts Kenya at risk
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Asia's Appetite for Exotic Insects Is Fueling a New Wildlife Crime in East Africa

Asia's Appetite for Exotic Insects Is Fueling a New Wildlife Crime in East Africa

NWS Network — Local harvesters lured by quick cash, rogue officials looking the other way, and online marketplaces make rare ants surprisingly easy to move - with consequences for ecosystems on both ends.
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Experts call for greater investment in Africa-led research to safeguard the Congo Basin - The Afr...

Experts call for greater investment in Africa-led research to safeguard the Congo Basin - The Afr...

The African Mirror — SCIENTISTS, policymakers and development partners have called for greater investment in Africa-led research and innovation, warning that efforts to protect the Congo Basin and surrounding Central African forest ecosystems will fall short unless African institutions play a leading role in generating the knowledge needed to manage them sustainably.
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From Nets to Numbers: How Kenya's Small-Scale Fishers Use Data to Save Their Ocean

From Nets to Numbers: How Kenya's Small-Scale Fishers Use Data to Save Their Ocean

Inter Press Service — The Wasini fishing community showcased how investing in the systematic collection of fisheries data understand marine data.
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From Nets to Numbers: How Kenya's Small-Scale Fishers Use Data to Save Their Ocean

From Nets to Numbers: How Kenya's Small-Scale Fishers Use Data to Save Their Ocean

Global Issues — WASINI, Kenya, June 26 (IPS) - As the afternoon sun casts a golden glow over Mukwiro village on Wasini Island on Kenya's Indian Ocean South Coast, Mwanasiti Mwalola, 26 and Mzungu Mohammed Dhossa, 45, stand at the community fish landing site, carefully receiving baskets of freshly caught fish from returning fishers.
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Our Ocean Conference in Kenya ends with $6.4 billion in pledges, review of past promises

Our Ocean Conference in Kenya ends with $6.4 billion in pledges, review of past promises

Mongabay — MOMBASA - Africa was front and center at the Our Ocean Conference in Kenya, the first time the annual gathering was held on the continent. The conference is built around voluntary commitments from a range of actors including governments, nonprofits, institutions and the private sector.
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African nations announce major electronic monitoring and tuna transparency commitments at Our Oce...

African nations announce major electronic monitoring and tuna transparency commitments at Our Oce...

The African Mirror — AT the Our Ocean Conference hosted in Kenya, the governments of Kenya, Seychelles, Gabon, Tanzania and South Africa unveiled a set of country-led commitments to advance electronic monitoring, the use of onboard video cameras, GPS and sensors to monitor and verify fishing activities to strengthen transparency across their fisheries.
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Marine and fisheries

Marine and fisheries

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Corals and climate change

Corals and climate change

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Sixteen countries adopt Mombasa Declaration to advance fisheries transparency and combat illegal ...

Sixteen countries adopt Mombasa Declaration to advance fisheries transparency and combat illegal ...

The African Mirror — FOURTEEN national governments from across Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Europe, and the Pacific today adopted the Mombasa Declaration at the 11th Our Ocean Conference, committing to advance global fisheries transparency and strengthen efforts to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
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Landmark study maps the future of coral reef survival - The African Mirror

Landmark study maps the future of coral reef survival - The African Mirror

The African Mirror — SCIENTISTS have identified 165,922 km² of coral reefs across 71 countries and 100 territories with the strongest potential to survive the climate crisis, according to a major new global study presented at the Our Ocean Conference in Kenya today by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and Macquarie University, with support from the Bloomberg Ocean Initiative.
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DRC approves the use of acoziborole, a breakthrough one-day oral treatment against sleeping sickn...

DRC approves the use of acoziborole, a breakthrough one-day oral treatment against sleeping sickn...

The African Mirror — THE Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has approved the use of Acoziborole Winthrop (acoziborole) as a single-dose oral treatment for both early- and advanced-stage gambiense sleeping sickness in adults and adolescents aged 12 years and older who weigh at least 40 kilograms. The decision follows Phase II/III clinical trials conducted in the DRC and
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The Middle East is on fire. The voice of reason might come from an unexpected direction

The Middle East is on fire. The voice of reason might come from an unexpected direction

RT — It's time Africa moved from the periphery and became a global defender of the rule of law and sovereignty, experts say
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The end of SWIFT? China's digital leap in Africa - Daily Telegraph NZ

The end of SWIFT? China's digital leap in Africa - Daily Telegraph NZ

Daily Telegraph NZ — China's digital payment system being introduced on the continent helps reduce dollar dependency, experts believe.
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The end of SWIFT? China's digital leap in Africa

The end of SWIFT? China's digital leap in Africa

RT — China's digital payment system being introduced on the continent helps reduce dependence on dollar, experts believe
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The typhoid jab is helping mothers reclaim their livelihoods in Western Kenya

The typhoid jab is helping mothers reclaim their livelihoods in Western Kenya

Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance — Less than a year after the introduction of the typhoid conjugate vaccine, mothers from endemic parts of Kenya say their children are staying out of hospital. Their work lives, finances and feelings have stabilised as a result.
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Food or poison? Inside Africa's silent pesticide crisis - The African Mirror

Food or poison? Inside Africa's silent pesticide crisis - The African Mirror

The African Mirror — IN the fertile fields of rural Africa, where food should nourish life, a quiet danger is taking root. From Kenya's vegetable farms to West Africa's cocoa fields, millions of smallholder farmers are increasingly reliant on highly hazardous pesticides, chemicals so toxic that many have already been banned in Europe.
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Why the end of USAID is a crisis for Washington, but an opening for Africa

Why the end of USAID is a crisis for Washington, but an opening for Africa

RT — African experts warn against overdependence on any single donor or bloc
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New US$ 5.2 million initiative to advance sustainability solutions for Nairobi

New US$ 5.2 million initiative to advance sustainability solutions for Nairobi

Pan African Vision — By Jackson Okata Nairobi- The Government of Kenya, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and UN-Habitat have launched a US$5.2 million project to help transform Nairobi into a model for low-carbon, climate-resilient and nature-positive urban development. Funded by a Global Environment Facility
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Stateless at Home: Kenyan Somalis Struggle to Reclaim Citizenship from Refugee Records

Stateless at Home: Kenyan Somalis Struggle to Reclaim Citizenship from Refugee Records

Inter Press Service — Thousands of Kenyan Somalis living in refugee camps are trapped in a painful paradox of officially being recorded as refugees.
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Wakulima wa kahawa Kenya bado wako gizani kuhusu EUDR huku ukataji miti ukiendelea kimyakimya

Wakulima wa kahawa Kenya bado wako gizani kuhusu EUDR huku ukataji miti ukiendelea kimyakimya

Mongabay — NYERI, Kenya - Wakati Kenya ilipoadhimisha usafirishaji wake wa kwanza wa kahawa inayokidhi viwango vya EUDR kwenda nchini Poland tarehe 25 Machi, hali halisi kwenye maeneo ya uzalishaji ilikuwa tofauti huku ikigubikwa na ugumu usioelezeka. Huku serikali ikisherehekea kusafirisha mzigo wa magunia 320, kila moja likiwa na uzito wa kilo 60 na kutoka katika vyama [...]
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Nearly One Million Stillbirths a Year: The Overlooked Tragedy Haunting Africa's Mothers

Nearly One Million Stillbirths a Year: The Overlooked Tragedy Haunting Africa's Mothers

Pan African Vision — By Jackson Okata Nairobi, Kenya - Every 30 seconds, somewhere in Africa, a baby is born without life. It is a quiet, devastating rhythm that has persisted for decades, one that rarely makes headlines but continues to expose deep cracks in the continent's health systems. A new report shows
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"I could see the trauma in his eyes": Queer refugee mothers face violence in Kenya's Kakuma camp ...

"I could see the trauma in his eyes": Queer refugee mothers face violence in Kenya's Kakuma camp ...

Minority Africa — After fleeing homophobic attacks in Uganda, lesbian mothers hoped for safety in Kenya. Instead, many say their children face stigma, bullying and trauma inside the refugee camp.
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