Lush Land Dries Up, Withering Kenya’s Hopes

New York Times by Jeffrey Gettleman | Sep. 8, 2009 (News Report)

A devastating drought is sweeping across Kenya, imperiling agriculture and tourism as well as spawning ethnic conflict in the hinterland. Full Story »

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Subjects: World, Politics, Sci/Tech, Living
Topics: Kenya, Food, Water, Climate Change
Member Tags: World Food Program, world vision, humanitarian aid, drought, famine
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Sep 7, 2009 - 10:09 PM PDT
Reviewed by: Dwight Rousu (review), Tanya J. Maurer (review), Christoph Wienands (review)
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Edited by: Dwight Rousu - Sep 8, 2009 - 9:40 PM PDT
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 by Dwight Rousu - Sep. 8, 2009

Quite graphic and alarming reports, that I have not seen elsewhere. It avoids tying in global climate change and overpopulation as causes.

This could be but a leading edge of the world wide problem unless immediate radical action is taken to reverse climate change.

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Tanya J. Maurer
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 by Tanya J. Maurer - Sep. 9, 2009
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Christoph Wienands
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 by Christoph Wienands - Sep. 29, 2009
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