Plastic recycling aims to cure turtle tummy-ache on Kenya’s coast

WATAMU, Kenya, Dec 21 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Kai, a three-year-old green sea turtle, was released back into the turquoise waters of the Indian Ocean off Kenya’s coast this month. She had been hospitalised...

Inventor aims for healthier Yemen by turning waste into clean fuel

NAIROBI, Jan 17 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Growing up in Al-Harrah, a small village in west-central Yemen, Omer Badokhon watched his mother cooking for hours at a time in a smoke-filled kitchen. Now the...

Poor air quality in India raises global concern

The growth story of India in recent decades has been marred by the steep rise in air pollution in most cities that calls for emergency measures. Nairobi/New Delhi, January 19,2018 – Air pollution in...