Posts by Correspondent

Mountains of waste stretch as far as the eye can see, smoking in places, giving off an acrid stench that stings the eyes and catches in the throat. These are the first sensations that overwhelm you upon arrival at the Dandora dump in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, one of the largest open-air landfills in Africa.

Across Kenya and other arid and semi-arid regions of Sub-Saharan Africa, communities continue to grapple with the devastating impacts of drought, erratic rainfall, deforestation, and decades of unsustainable land use. These challenges have left swathes of once-productive farmland barren, pushing millions of people deeper into food insecurity and poverty.

The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, has said the world has reached a turning point in the move from fossil fuels to clean renewable energy like solar and wind. Speaking in New York, Guterres declared that the shift to green energy is now “unstoppable”