Kenya: quatre personnes arrêtées pour trafic de fourmis 
Quatre personnes ont été arrêtées pour avoir tenté d’exporter illégalement plusieurs milliers de fourmis vivantes pour les vendre à des collectionneurs en Europe ou Asie.
https://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20250416-kenya-quatre-personnes-arr%C3%AAt%C3%A9es-pour-trafic-de-fourmis
Two Belgian teenagers were charged with wildlife piracy after they were found with thousands of ants packed in test tubes in what Kenyan authorities said was part of a trend in trafficking smaller and lesser known species.
@AssociatedPress reports: https://flip.it/RnLBW2
"“The thing is, when you see a healthy forest, like Ngong forest, you don’t think about what is making it healthy. It is the relationships all the way from the bacteria to the ants to the bigger things,” he said.
Muruthi warned of the risk of trafficking species and exporting diseases to the agricultural industry of the destination countries."
Mr. Wallace, our Area Manager in #Nyeri, #Kenya
, supports a #woman Ann to push the boundaries of #sustainable #farming and #agriculture. To nurture her local #community, Ann wants to partner with universities for #research, and educate local farmers via farming #workshops.
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Ride Pal Supports Sustainable Farmer And Agriculture Leader Ann
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A little bee-eater perched on a branch. Photographed in Kenya.
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The Kenyan government, under the orders of the dictator William Ruto, has been brutalizing, abducting and killing Kenyan citizens. #RutoMustGo
In this case, and not for the first time, he's attacking children.
'Kenya police fire tear gas during school drama competition'
In recent years, satellite cities have begun sprouting on the fringes of many African cities, promising an orderly, modern alternative to their grit and congestion. Many of the projects have flopped, but Kenya’s Tatu City is poised to be an exception. #kenya #africa #innovation #cities
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“Kenya's national high-school drama competition has been overshadowed by drama of its own after police fired tear gas to disperse a crowd that had gathered to watch a controversial play.
Echoes of War is set in a fictional kingdom where the youth have lost faith in their leaders.”
#Kenya police fire tear gas during a girl’s high school drama competition
Over 2 million people to face water scarcity due to shrinking glaciers
In Kenya, water levels at the Ngare Ndare River dropped by about 30 per cent in the last 10 years and that is linked to the diminishing mountain glacier
The World Food Program (WFP), which supports just under 200,000 Kakuma refugees, said they had cut rations, delivered as food and cash, to 40% of their previous level. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/09/world/politics/usaid-cuts-northern-kenya/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #kenya #us #republicans #donaldtrump #usaid
#Kenya MPs passed a law adding a 25% tax on imported electric transformers to protect local manufacturers—only to later find out that no transformers or parts are made locally.
#NewSpecies!
New killifish from #kenya just swam in:
Nothobranchius sylvaticus
Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AB2487A1-FFB3-A22A-9389-46F5FC47FB93
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5601.1.4
#Zootaxa #NothobranchiusSylvaticus
#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #fish #TeamFish #fishfriday #ichthyology #killifish
Africa: Ad968 - Is East Africa Doing Enough? Citizens' Views Point to Shortcomings in Child Protection in Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania: [Afrobarometer] Respondents offer mixed assessments of government efforts to support vulnerable children. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TJwR9P #Africa #ChildProtection #Uganda #Kenya #Tanzania
Africa: Kenya Emerges Africa's Largest Importer of Second-Hand Clothes: [Vanguard] Kenya has emerged as the largest importer of second-hand clothes in Africa, earning the unfortunate distinction of being an easy dumping ground for used apparel while struggling to revive its collapsed textile industry. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TJtjGX #Kenya #SecondHandClothes #TextileIndustry #FashionRecycling #SustainableFashion
Why Kenya faces a looming cancer crisis over 32,000-tonne asbestos disposal plan
Plan to dispose of 32,000 tonnes of asbestos without following World Health Organisation guidelines could have “Nagasaki atomic bomb-like” effects on millions of urban dwellers in #Kenya.
'It was beautiful': Mount Kenya's glaciers melting away https://phys.org/news/2025-03-beautiful-mount-kenya-glaciers.html
