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Sharing news from Northern #Kenya and neighbouring areas. Particular interests are #climate change, #environment, conservation and security & #conflict triggers. https://linktr.ee/rememberthegoat

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Kathleen Bachynski@bachynski.bsky.social · 3w ago

A glimmer of hope amid this terrible epidemic: “The outbreak in Congo has killed at least 4,687 people since May… But health workers agree that infections are starting to decline here, in part because of the effective community outreach done by health workers as well as faith leaders.”

How Pastors Mobilize Communities in Congo’s Fight Against Ebola

As health care workers fought to control the latest outbreak this year, they got crucial aid from churches in beating back fear and misinformation.

nytimes.com

Remember the Goat@rememberthegoat.bsky.social · 3w ago

I hope this education project is genuinely encouraged and supported, northern Kenya needs this kind of thought and care. Education and access to technology are the answer, not an endless patchwork of aid or short lived development programs. www.the-star.co.ke/news/2026-10...

From hunger to innovation: MP’s plan to turn Kenya’s desert into a classroom

As climate realities continue to press upon Kenya’s arid north, the Turbi initiative stands as a bold bet on the future: that the ultimate remedy for recurrent

the-star.co.ke

Remember the Goat@rememberthegoat.bsky.social · last mo.

Hot and dry in Marsabit County. There are no trees here (all cut down over the last 20 years) so the animals try to edge into the little shade at the edge of the building, but at midday, so near the equator, that is a very little shade.

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Remember the Goat@rememberthegoat.bsky.social · last mo.

Africa’s monitored wildlife populations have declined an average of 80% since 1970, according to a new global assessment. Though there are pockets of hope where conservation is making a real difference. news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

Africa’s monitored wildlife populations declined 80% since 1970, new report says

Africa’s monitored wildlife populations have declined an average of 80% since 1970, according to a new global assessment.

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Remember the Goat@rememberthegoat.bsky.social · last mo.

There are only a few year round rivers in the arid northern half of Kenya. This is the Ewaso Ng'iro. A lifeline during the long 6 month dry season, and during countless droughts. When it floods it can also bring death and destruction. We wait to see what the coming El Niño enhanced rains do to it.

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Remember the Goat@rememberthegoat.bsky.social · last mo.

This is a Lakipiak Maasai boma on the border of Laikipia and Isiolo Counties. Once relatively peaceful, this area has become increasingly insecure over the last 15 year. Plagued by the violent livestock raids that now cover much of the north, people here now live in a constant state of fear. #Kenya

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Remember the Goat@rememberthegoat.bsky.social · last mo.

Everybody is waiting for the rain. It hasn't rained across most of the north of Kenya for 6 months. This season the wind has been strong and unrelenting. The heat is building towards the rains. The land, and all life, is parched. The wait has almost become unbearable.

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Remember the Goat@rememberthegoat.bsky.social · last mo.

This is an interesting thread highlighting the development of the fire on the slopes of Mt Kilimanjaro. bsky.app/profile/mary... Thanks for posting Mary!

Mary C. Henry@maryhenrygeo.bsky.social · last mo.

Thought I’d check in on the ol Donyo Lodge live cam (west of Chyulu Hills, Kenya) & wow!! Full moon is lighting up Mount Kilimanjaro in the background tonight! You can rewind up to 12 hours so check it out! 🤩🐘 www.youtube.com/live/XsOU8Jn...

An elephant at a watering hole in Kenya with Mount Kilimanjaro in the background. It’s nighttime but the full moon and infrared camera almost look like daytime.
Crisis Group@crisisgroup.org · last mo.

“This is a moment that calls for very active, serious, preventive diplomacy. Otherwise, you could have a region-wide conflagration.” Our Africa Director speaks with @cnn.com to talk about ways out of the dangerous escalation in northern Ethiopia.

Remember the Goat@rememberthegoat.bsky.social · last mo.

Elephants may use medicinal plants to treat themselves and their babies - This won't come as a surprise to anyone who has spent much time around elephants, if humans have worked out that some plants make us feel better they certainly will have! www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...

Elephants may use medicinal plants to treat themselves and their babies | CBC Radio

A new study taps into local knowledge to identify dozens of medicinal plants used elephants in the Mount Elgon region of Kenya. However, scientists caution that more research is needed.

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Remember the Goat@rememberthegoat.bsky.social · last mo.

County level efforts to improve security along the Turkana Ethiopia border area - Ethiopia and Kenya Deepen People-to-People Engagement as Shared Bonds Shape Regional Cooperation www.fanamc.com/english/ethi...

Ethiopia and Kenya Deepen People-to-People Engagement as Shared Bonds Shape Regional Cooperation

Addis Ababa, September 29, 2026 (FMC) — Ethiopia and Kenya are deepening people-to-people engagement, with communities from South Ethiopia and Kenya’s Turkana region convening in Arba Minch to strengt...

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Remember the Goat@rememberthegoat.bsky.social · last mo.

This is an interesting article on the latest moves to extract oil in Kenya. When Tullow Oil had been unable to sell out to anybody else, for years, the purchase by a buddy of the current Kenyan president is definitely suspect! news.mongabay.com/2026/03/can-...

Can Kenya finally deliver on Turkana’s oil promise?

LOKICHAR, Kenya — On a recent Sunday afternoon in Lokichar, a small town in Kenya’s northern Turkana region, the expansive grounds of the Black Gold Hotel are deserted, aside from a couple of housekee...

news.mongabay.com

Remember the Goat@rememberthegoat.bsky.social · last mo.

Lake Turkana, Kenya's most northern Rift Valley lake is also rising. Human interference, such as the Gibe III Dam in Ethiopia, have combined with natural causes to have a devastating effect on fragile desert ecosystems and the ever increasing local population. news.mongabay.com/2026/05/risi...

Rising waters and mounting pressures collide on Kenya’s Lake Turkana

KALOKOL, Kenya — Rake-thin with teeth stained a deep brown from decades of drinking untreated lake water high in fluoride, 62-year-old John Esirite sits in the shade outside the small office of Kaloko...

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