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  2. Kenya's weather outlook 'dire' as cyclone nears, president says

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    NAIROBI (Reuters) -Torrential rains that caused widespread flooding and landslides across Kenya in recent weeks, killing at least 210 people, are forecast to worsen over the rest of this month ...

  3. Kenya flood toll rises to 181 as homes and roads are destroyed

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    Last year's rains followed the worst drought in large parts of East Africa in decades. In Kitengela, 33 km (20 miles) from Nairobi, Kenya Red Cross workers were helping to rescue residents whose ...

  4. Kenya floods: Nairobi homes demolished as Cyclone Hidaya ...

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    Anita Nkonge - BBC News, Nairobi. May 3, 2024 at 2:28 PM. [Peter Njoroge/BBC] Twisted scraps of metal, large splinters of wood and misplaced mattresses are all that remains of what were once ...

  5. Kenya - Wikipedia

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    Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya ( Swahili: Jamhuri ya Kenya ), is a country in East Africa. With a population of more than 47.6 million in the 2019 census, [12] Kenya is the 28th-most-populous country in the world [7] and 7th most populous in Africa. Kenya's capital and largest city is Nairobi, while its oldest and second-largest city ...

  6. Horn of Africa drought (2020–present) - Wikipedia

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    Theory. severe drought, irregular rainfall. The 2020–present Horn of Africa drought is an ongoing drought that hit the countries of Somalia, Ethiopia, and Kenya. The rainy season of 2022 was recorded to be the driest in over 40 years, [3] [4] with an estimated 43,000 in Somalia dying in 2022. [5] [6] As of 2023, the region is now in its 5th ...

  7. Politics of Kenya - Wikipedia

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    Politics of Kenya. The politics of Kenya take place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the president is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party system in accordance with a new constitution passed in 2010. Executive power is exercised by the executive branch of government, headed ...

  8. Kenya flooding: Around 50 killed in villages near Mai Mahiu town

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    April 29, 2024 at 5:01 PM. [Reuters] About 50 people have died in Kenya in a deluge following heavy rains and flooding, a Red Cross official has said. People in villages near Mai Mahiu, about 60km ...

  9. Sophie Ikenye - Wikipedia

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    Focus on Africa (TV programme) Awards. 2017 - 100 Most Influential Young Africans. 2017 - 100 Most Influential Young Kenyans. Sophie Ikenye is a BBC news presenter from Kenya. [1] She is a main presenter for Focus on Africa (TV programme) on BBC World News. She worked in the broadcasting industry in Kenya for 12 years before joining the BBC.