Home › Kenyan families flee Embobut forest to avoid forced evictions by police
 

Keywords :   


Kenyan families flee Embobut forest to avoid forced evictions by police

2014-01-07 13:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Families in Kenya were reportedly fleeing their homes and taking what possessions they could on Tuesday after police gathered near the Embobut forest to evict thousands of indigenous Sengwer people and others said to be threatening urban water supplies. The forest, in the Cherangani hills near the town of Eldoret in western Kenya, has been the ancestral home of marginalised hunter-gatherer Sengwer communities for centuries, but the area has been invaded in the past 20 years by many thousands of...

Tags: avoid police families forest

Category:Electronics and Electrical

Latest from this category

All news
»
02.11Subtropical Storm Patty Graphics
02.11Atlantic Tropical Weather Outlook
02.11Eastern North Pacific Tropical Weather Outlook
02.11Tropical Storm Lane Graphics
02.11Subtropical Storm Patty Graphics
02.11Tropical Storm Lane Forecast Discussion Number 4
02.11Subtropical Storm Patty Wind Speed Probabilities Number 2
02.11Summary for Tropical Storm Lane (EP3/EP132024)
More »