Donald Trump has disparaged African countries in no uncertain terms. Why, then, does he keep meeting Kenya’s leader in the White House? Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta (L) shakes hands with U.S. President Donald Trump in the White House, Washington, DC, 27...
Poachers trading ivory are threatening Africa’s elephants with extinction. I shot a film showing how dogs are stemming the flow of illegal ivory in Kenya. https://vimeo.com/366888651 This story won honorable mention in News Decoder’s recent Storytelling...
There’s no shortage of good will to help Africans cope with the effects of global warming. But climate aid is often misdirected — or never reaches target. An irrigation project in Karamoja, Uganda (Photo by Nick Trombola) After an intense drought in early...
(All photos by Nick Trombola)By Nick Trombola Three out of four East Africans live in rural areas. For them, water is a necessity, but increasingly scarce. Finding water that is both abundant and drinkable is often a daily chore, especially for herders tending to...
This article was submitted to News-Decoder’s recent essay/reporting contest for students in our partner academic institutions. To read other submissions, click here. By Lily Annenberg Last July, my father and I spent two weeks traveling through rural Kenya and...
