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Moina Spooner

@Samooner

Editor and writer, working for The Conversation Africa (@tc_africa) 🇲🇬 🇬🇧 🇰🇪 . Former Nation Media Group, Mail & Guardian Africa

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Moina Spooner The Conversation Africa What a fascinating read. And to think conservative Christian groups were that influential decades ago buh their roles in constitutional processes are only coming into the spotlight due to the current wave of anti-LGBTQ legislation.

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South Africa’s first election was saved by a Kenyan: the fascinating story of Washington Okumu, the accidental mediator theconversation.com/south-africas-… via .The Conversation Africa

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This debate on road accidents leaves out a crucial factor: people can buy driving licenses in Kenya. Corruption is rife. You can see from how roundabouts are tackled that some have no idea who's meant to be doing what. They didn't get proper training, didn't pass a test.

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African wild dogs will soon have their own sperm bank – how artificial breeding will help them survive theconversation.com/african-wild-d… via .The Conversation Africa

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Remember the time the West labelled the mass killings in Rwanda in 1994 as 'ethnic violence', and what happened as a consequence...

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The number of people forced to flee from war in Sudan has now surpassed 8.5 million. An appalling number.
They're now internally displaced, sheltering in Sudan, or refugees abroad. 'Thousands are crossing borders daily as if the emergency had started yesterday,' says UNHCR.

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This road agency didn't restore the condition of the road since the last El Nino rains in December.

It's now issuing an advisory on the road that it should have repaired.

Magical Kenya.

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After 30 years, the international community have learned NOTHING. Rwanda's genocide could have been prevented if the UN and world leaders had done these 3 things theconversation.com/rwandas-genoci…

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South Africa is to shut down captive lion farms. This will put an end to African lions being legally sold and traded live, both internationally and domestically. theconversation.com/south-africa-i…

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It's been 30 years since Rwanda's genocide against the Tutsi. Between 250,000–500,000 women & girls were raped during the genocide. Children born of the genocide are often referred to as “children of hate”. They want to be seen & protected. theconversation.com/children-born-…

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'Conservancies have increased the land available for conservation in Kenya. They started in the Mara ecosystem (southern Kenya) around 2004-2005. By June 2023, 206 conservancies covered 17.3% of Kenya’s land area and directly supported over 700,000 households.'

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's famous Osun river could have one of the highest levels of microplastics in the world. Study found 22,079 pieces of microplastic in just one litre of water. This data was compared with 267 global studies on microplastics, and it was the highest. theconversation.com/microplastics-…

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'Failing to be inclusive risks perpetuating the exclusion of the landless poor from conservation efforts. This undermines the objectives and successes of conservancies.'
Ppl opposing the BIEE in SA, wld be good to understand this...

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Kenya’s wildlife conservancies make old men rich, while making women and young people poorer theconversation.com/kenyas-wildlif…

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