At 2:30 am, Mara Elephant Project’s “Golf” ranger team received a call from a community member reporting elephants inside a maize farm in Olosheti. With crops already being raided, the situation carried a high risk of significant loss if not addressed quickly. Upon arrival, they deployed their thermal drone and witnessed the herd of 40, including collared elephant Fitz, already inside the maize farm.
Using the thermal drone, alongside firecrackers, rangers safely pushed the elephants out of the farm and guided them away from the settlement. This intervention prevented further damage and reduced risk for both the community and the elephants. Rapid nighttime responses like this one are critical in preventing escalation and supporting coexistence where people and elephants share the land.
How desperate William Ruto, the president of Kenya, is?
So desperate that he wrote an article with the head of the IEA about renewable energy! #Kenya#Africa#Dollar
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Rhetoric is cheap. The IEA is known for its rhetoric, but for the president of an African country to participate in it goes against everything other African leaders have been saying, including their comments against European countries in the EIA in COP27 in Egypt. However, President Ruto has been sounding desperate for a while. Companies refused to supply Kenya with fuel because of Kenya’s inability to pay. Then Saudi and Emirati companies chimed in and decided to supply the country with fuel for differed payments for 6 months. President Ruto went on record asking them to pay in Kenyan shillings. Some media outlets and social media influencers took the comments as Kenya dumping the US dollar to use its own currency for payments for oil imports. This prompted the Saudi and Emirati companies to respond: the deal is in US dollars and must be paid in US dollars. The president elaborated that his comments were a suggestion since Kenya suffers from a lack of US dollars.