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Turkana government is to take over the running of two hospitals owned and operated by the Kenya Red Cross Society and the International Rescue Committee.The two facilities are the Natukubenyo health ...
The Turkana Professionals Association (TPA) has urged the national government to launch a military operation in the county to ...
"We can only do this research because of the support and help of the people we do the research with—the Turkana," Zefferman ...
Suspected militia from Ethiopia have killed four fishermen in yet another attack in Todonyang, Kenya on Thursday, causing ...
In the most dire scenarios, Turkana will over the years slowly shrivel and die, turning the local population into refugees from an African dust bowl. Nyemeto’s people are among those who stand ...
Four fishermen were killed in a suspected ambush by Ethiopian Merile attackers in Todonyang, sparking fresh tensions over ...
Brushing their teeth at all times gives the Turkana people the cleanest bill of dental health in the country. [Photo: Silah Koskei/Standard] Turkana, Kenya: Turkana County records minimal cases of ...
They found that obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular illnesses increased among Turkana people whose diet changed from animal-based to carbohydrate-based. Here, Turkana women carry water back to ...
Lopeyok is among the many Turkana intellectuals who have shed off their lofty intellectual garbs and opted, in the old literary words, "to take Makerere back to the people." From the hallowed ...
Lake Turkana is the world's largest permanent desert ... resulting in the deaths of seven people." Hiyab's sister survived by clinging to the sinking boat until another vessel - also operated ...
Previous exploration in the 1980s left waste that local people suspect polluted wells, causing infections among the Turkana people. "People (were) exposed to dangerous chemical. Cases, including ...
David and Judith MacDougall are exploring the marriage rituals and roles of Turkana women in this ethnographic documentary The films biggest part is taken up by talks between the Turkana people As ...