Two elderly homeless men unwrap a package of a significant quantity of cooked rice locally known as Pilau and tuck in. The scavengers found the freshly thrown-away food in a trash bag left unattended in a suburb of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. One of the scavengers, Luis, told Africa in Fact that he and his friend were poor and homeless and had not eaten good food for weeks. “It is our lucky day,” Luis said. “God answered our prayer. We were nearby when we saw a lady disposing of the package. We waited until she’d finished and pounced on it.”…
Issa Sikiti da Silva
Marianne*, a woman from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) living in Nairobi, hosts two young women, one from Uganda and the other local, in her apartment in one of the Kenyan capital’s middle-class suburbs. From her cellular phone, Marianne shows her guests photos of “some stuff” her overseas customers are willing to pay a fortune for. After the meeting, Sheila*, from Uganda, agrees to talk exclusively to Africa in Fact behind Marianne’s back and on condition that she does not disclose the nature of the merchandise. “We are leaving for Kampala (Uganda) tomorrow to meet our suppliers and get…
The African Union is mobilising resources to help members implement the Paris Agreement, but funding challenges abound. Land erosion, drought and desertification, flooding, the Sahara Desert expanding southward at a rate of 48 km a year, change in the distribution of rainfall, rivers and freshwater resources’ drying-up, among others. This is what Africa’s environment looks like right now. Experts say climate change has already had a devastating impact on food and agriculture, livelihoods, human health and ecosystems. Climate change has generated deadly inter-ethnic conflicts over land and water resources, especially in the Sahel region, and is also said to be…
