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Wildlife facing threats to poaching and trophy hunting include lions, elephants, gazelles, and rhinos. In February 2020, poachers in Kenya killed two white giraffes. [6] The female white giraffe and her calf were found dead in Garissa County, in the North-East part of the country. [7] There now remains only one male, white giraffe left in the ...
The most significant conflict witnessed since Kenya's independence from Britain was the 2007–08 Kenyan crisis, a series of inter-ethnic clashes ignited by the 2007 disputed presidential elections. By the beginning of 2008, an estimated one third of the 2,200 member Indian community in Kisumu , which controlled most of the city's trade, had ...
At least 12 people died and over 20 were wounded in clashes over competition for water and pasture in the Somali border region. [15] 2006: Ethiopia and Kenya: At least 40 people died in continuing clashes over water, livestock, and grazing land. Fighting occurred in the region of Oromo and the Marsabit district. [16] 2011: Ethiopia and Kenya
Food insecurity caused be droughts from 2014 to 2022 affected approximately 3.4 million people while in 2018, about 500,000 people lost access to water. [34] With a population of 48.5 million people, [35] Kenya is the largest economy in East and Central Africa, and serves as a diplomatic, communications, financial and trade hub within the region.
Water supply and sanitation in Nairobi is characterised by achievements and challenges. Among the achievements is the expansion of infrastructure to keep pace with population growth, in particular through the construction of the Thika Dam and associated water treatment plant and pipelines during the 1990s; the transformation of the municipal water department into an autonomous utility in 2003 ...
Kenya's population faces high rates of poverty, up to 43% in 2000. [3] In a population that relies heavily on agriculture as a way of life, it is difficult to limit agriculture and protect the environment without taking away a resource many people in this growing population need to survive.
Fashnear Technologies Private Limited doing business as Meesho (short for Meri Shop, trans. My Shop) [ 3 ] is an Indian e-commerce company headquartered in Bangalore. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It is an online marketplace that facilitates trade between suppliers, resellers and customers, with heavy reliance of external social media platforms such as Facebook ...
Kenya is a lower middle income economy, with Kenya's GDP hitting $121 billion as of 2024. This is due to increasing technology innovation services. Although Kenya's economy is the largest and most developed in eastern and Central Africa, 25% (2023/2024) of its population lives below the international poverty line. [1]