Despite Kenyan coffee being ranked amongst the best quality coffee globally, farmers get paid very poorly for their produce. Many farmers I’ve spoken to here blame the poor prices for the fall in production. #kenyancoffee specialprojects.sprudge.com/?p=30&fbclid=I…

An estimated 34 million people across the globe are struggling with emergency levels of acute hunger, w/ some families in #Yemen & #SouthSudan already facing starvation according to Food and Agriculture Organization theguardian.com/global-develop… by Karen McVeigh

Eritrea agrees to withdraw forces from Ethiopian border area trib.al/1CzPAba

G7 backs making climate risk disclosure mandatory #G7 #climate news.trust.org/item/202106051…

Coronavirus locks horns with culture in #Kenya as crowded bullfights continue despite attempts by authorities to limit the number of spectators washingtonpost.com/world/2021/06/… by Max Bearak & pics by Luis Tato

Taking voluntourism to task: "If you have trouble putting together a basic IKEA bookshelf, maybe think twice before signing up to help build a house for a stranger in another country." thenewhumanitarian.org/2021/06/14/tra… by Sarika Bansal via The New Humanitarian

Tanzania has placed a “massive” order with the African Union for J&J COVID-19 vaccines: devex.com/news/tanzania-…

Could the world’s largest green energy hub redefine how companies work with Indigenous people? ti.me/3iDzFGl

Africa has enough wind to power itself 250 times over. The future of energy is renewable - sun and wind!

For many the water hyacinth is a menace, but Kenyan entrepreneur Dominic Kahumbu is pioneering a machine that turns the weed into clean cooking fuel reut.rs/3rAMTYq

All of the IPCC emissions scenarios reach +1.5 °C in the next 15 years. Without strong emissions cuts, +2.0 °C will be reached in the next 25-40 years. edition.cnn.com/2021/08/09/wor…

Congrats to Abby Seiff on the release of her new book, 'Troubling the Water', which chronicles the rapid destruction of the Tonle Sap ecosystem in Cambodia, and the hardships faced by millions of people who depend on the lake for their livelihoods bookdepository.com/Troubling-the-…

This #WomensDay I’m celebrating Sumy Sadurni’s life + thinking of those closest to her. She was a beautiful person + badass feminist journalist. We interviewed Barbie Kyagulanyi together before Ug election + she looked out for me when police kicked off at a Stella Nyanzi hearing.

"The reversal of the river comes later than it used to: a heart out of sync, a dangerous arrhythmia." Farah Abdessamad reads "Troubling the Water," Abby Seiff's new book on the dying Tonle Sap River in Cambodia. lareviewofbooks.org/article/a-hear…

From last night's Abby Seiff "Troubling the Water" book presentation and Sao Sreymao's work at YK Art house