eastern Africa - The African Mirror

Dec

2022

Wildlife in concrete jungles: These two African cities are home to a thriving wildlife population

LUCY GITHUGO, BIRD STORY AGENCY KENYA, the most famous country in Eastern Africa, was named the world’s leading Safari destination for 2021 by the World Travel Awards for the seventh year in a row. With over 50 national parks and game reserves, the country’s vast wildlife preserves have remained a competitive destination among domestic and international tourists. Unbeknownst to many, two of Kenya's cities, Nakuru and Nairobi, offer a unique package in the nation's Safari tourism package. Both cities have national parks sitting right on their doorsteps. Nairobi National Park is the only national park in the world located within…

Nov

2022

By The African Mirror

U.S. targets weapons trafficking with sanctions on Islamic State in Somalia

NEWS

DAPHNE PSALEDAKIS THE United States issued sanctions targeting the Islamic State in Somalia, designating members of the group and others it accused of being involved in a "terrorist weapons trafficking network" in Eastern Africa. The U.S. Treasury Department in a statement said several of the people designated in Tuesday's action have sold weapons to or were active al Shabaab members. The al Qaeda-linked Islamist group claimed responsibility for two car bombs that exploded outside the education ministry in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Saturday, killing at least 120 people in the deadliest blasts since a truck bomb killed more than 500 people at…

Dec

2020

By The African Mirror

Fresh wave of crop-ravaging locust swarms threaten E. African herders, farmers

ENVIRONMENT

NITA BHALLA and MOHAMMED OMER A new generation of locust swarms is threatening to wipe out the livelihoods of farmers and herders across eastern Africa - deepening a food crisis in a region where 35 million people are already hungry, the United Nations warned on Wednesday. From January to August, massive desert locust swarms swept across Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya, ravaging crops and decimating pasture in the worst outbreak in decades. Governments, supported by U.N. agencies and international charities, responded with large-scale aerial and ground spraying of pesticides to destroy the swarms, which scientists have linked to climate change. But…