Between 2008 and early 2010, Kenya, one of the countries of Eastern Africa, was affected by a severe drought, which put ten million people at risk of hunger...
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Ethiopia 2008–2009 Kenya drought 2011 East Africa drought Sahel drought 2010 Sahel famine 2012 Sahel drought Eastern Cape drought 2017 Somali drought 2018–2021...
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and reducing the drought cycle from every ten years to annual events, producing strong droughts such as the 2008–09 Kenya Drought. The temperature remains...
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A drought is a period of drier-than-normal conditions.: 1157 A drought can last for days, months or years. Drought often has large impacts on the ecosystems...
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2011 and mid-2012, a severe drought affected the entire East African region. Said to be "the worst in 60 years", the drought caused a severe food crisis...
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The economy of Kenya is market-based with a few state enterprises. Kenya has an emerging market and is an averagely industrialised nation ahead of its...
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conflict between Ethiopia and Kenya Water supply and sanitation in Kenya Thomson's Falls Water scarcity 2008–2009 Kenya drought United Nations Environmental...
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in Kenya where she witnessed the impact of drought. The cosmetics company Maybelline named Davis as a celebrity spokeswoman in 2004. During her 2009 visit...
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within the Kenyan economy are agriculture and tourism, which are both highly vulnerable to effects of climate change. A drought lasting from 2008 to 2011...
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Luo people (redirect from Luo (Kenya))
The Luo of Kenya and Tanzania are a Nilotic ethnic group native to western Kenya and the Mara Region of northern Tanzania in East Africa. The Luo are...
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Dadaab (category Populated places in North Eastern Province (Kenya))
Dadaab (Somali: Dhadhaab) is a semi-arid town in Garissa County, Kenya. It is the site of a UNHCR base hosting 302,805 registered refugees and asylum...
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positive IOD is associated with droughts in Southeast Asia, and Australia. Extreme positive-IOD events are expected. A 2009 study by Ummenhofer et al. at...
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Majid Obeid blamed inflation and drought on people who engage in same-sex acts. Council of Imams and Preachers of Kenya Organizing secretary Sheikh Mohammed...
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J., Mutiso, G., & Vries, A. D. (2008). Potential for community based adaptation to droughts: Sand dams in Kitui, Kenya.Physics and Chemistry of the Earth...
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Triton Oil Scandal and the 2009 Kenyan Maize Scandal broke out. January 16 - Kenya makes an international food appeal due to drought-induced famine in certain...
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"Camp Simba: Three Americans killed in Kenya base". BBC News. 5 January 2020. "Al Shabaab: Number of Deaths 2009–2021". UCDP – Uppsala Conflict Data Program...
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Raila Odinga (redirect from Raila Odinga in the Kenyan general election)
Amolo Odinga (born 7 January 1945) is a Kenyan politician who served as the Prime Minister of Kenya from 2008 to 2013. He was the Member of Parliament...
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Jubaland (section 2019 conflict at Kenyan border)
Indian Ocean, while its western side flanks the North Eastern Province in Kenya, which was carved out of Jubaland during the colonial period. Jubaland has...
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William Ruto (category Kenya African National Union politicians)
Africa was experiencing its worst drought in 40 years, adding that "3.1 million people are facing severe drought" in Kenya alone. Asked about the ongoing...
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A.F.C. Leopards (category Football clubs in Kenya)
drought. The beginning of dismal campaigns for the following 10 years, including relegation from the top tier. Kenya National Football League/Kenyan Super...
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Michael Asher (explorer) (category English emigrants to Kenya)
TV, Kenya Paradise is Burning (2008); Asher talks to survivors of the bombing of the Paradise Hotel, Kilifi, Kenya, by al-Qaeda. Shown on KBC, Kenya. Stalking...
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rates of up to 33% were observed in this group in the late 1980s in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. Legality of prostitution in the Americas varies by country...
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Thika (redirect from Thika, Kenya)
(Swahili: [ˈθika]) is an industrial town and commerce hub in Kiambu County, Kenya, lying on the A2 road 42 kilometres (26 mi), northeast of Nairobi, near...
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Water supply and sanitation in Nairobi (category Water supply and sanitation in Kenya)
consumption bracket (19 shillings per m3). During the 2009 drought prices in slums rose to 5 and even 10 Kenyan shillings, corresponding to 250 to 500 KSh per...
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Al-Shabaab (militant group) (category Rebel groups in Kenya)
al-Shabaab's operations in Kenya. Ahmad Umar Abu Ubaidah (2014–present) Ahmed Godane † (2008–2014) Aden Hashi Farah Ayro † (2005–2008) Former leading members...
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level of 2006. The initial causes of the late-2006 price spikes included droughts in grain-producing nations and rising oil prices. Oil price increases also...
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Uhuru Kenyatta (category Children of presidents of Kenya)
October 1961) is a Kenyan politician who served as the fourth president of Kenya from 2013 to 2022. The son of Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya's first president, he...
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Maasai people (category Ethnic groups in Kenya)
Wamasai) are a Nilotic ethnic group inhabiting northern, central and southern Kenya and northern Tanzania, near the African Great Lakes region. Their native...
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2011 drought and the assassination of top officials in the organization. With the majority of Mogadishu secure, the Somali Armed Forces and Kenya Defence...
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nomarchs, culminating in the disintegration of the kingdom, exacerbated by drought and famine, thus commencing the First Intermediate Period in 2200 BC. This...
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