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17 Students Killed In Elementary School Fire - Kenya

People gather at Hillside Endarasha Primary Academy after a fire broke out at the school in Nyeri County, central Kenya, September 6, 2024. At least 17 pupils were killed and 13 others seriously injured after a fire broke out here on Thursday night, local police confirmed Friday. Photo by Robert Manyara/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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17 Students Killed In Elementary School Fire - Kenya

People gather at Hillside Endarasha Primary Academy after a fire broke out at the school in Nyeri County, central Kenya, September 6, 2024. At least 17 pupils were killed and 13 others seriously injured after a fire broke out here on Thursday night, local police confirmed Friday. Photo by Robert Manyara/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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17 Students Killed In Elementary School Fire - Kenya

People gather at Hillside Endarasha Primary Academy after a fire broke out at the school in Nyeri County, central Kenya, September 6, 2024. At least 17 pupils were killed and 13 others seriously injured after a fire broke out here on Thursday night, local police confirmed Friday. Photo by Robert Manyara/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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17 Students Killed In Elementary School Fire - Kenya

People gather at Hillside Endarasha Primary Academy after a fire broke out at the school in Nyeri County, central Kenya, September 6, 2024. At least 17 pupils were killed and 13 others seriously injured after a fire broke out here on Thursday night, local police confirmed Friday. Photo by Robert Manyara/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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KENYA-REFUGEE-TRANSIT CENTER

(230502) -- NAIROBI, May 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 27, 2023 shows refugees at a transit center in Kitale, Kenya. TO GO WITH "Feature: Kenya's refugee transit center overstretched amid new waves of arrivals" (Photo by Robert Manyara/Xinhua)

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TANZANIA-MANYARA REGION-FLOOD & LANDSLIDE-DEATH TOLL

(231204) -- MANYARA, Dec. 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Dec. 3, 2023 shows residents of Katesh town gathering on the street after flash floods caused by heavy rains ravaged the district in the Manyara region, Tanzania. The death toll from flash floods and landslides triggered by torrential rains in northern Tanzania climbed to 47 on Sunday evening, local officials said. (Xinhua)

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KENYA-REFUGEE-TRANSIT CENTER

(230502) -- NAIROBI, May 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 27, 2023 shows refugees at a transit center in Kitale, Kenya. TO GO WITH "Feature: Kenya's refugee transit center overstretched amid new waves of arrivals" (Photo by Robert Manyara/Xinhua)

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Prolonged drought in Tanzania turns Maasai livestock keepers into hairdressers

STORY: Prolonged drought in Tanzania turns Maasai livestock keepers into hairdressers DATELINE: Feb. 27, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:09 LOCATION: DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Ray Lipasho Kimeshwa's shop in Dar es Salaam 2. SOUNDBITE: MWANAHAMISI SHAABAN, Dar es Salaam resident STORYLINE: The prolonged drought in Tanzania has forced Maasais to migrate to urban centers to do businesses like hairdressing and guarding houses. The Maasai are a Nilotic ethnic group inhabiting northern Tanzania and central and southern Kenya. Ray Lipasho Kimeshwa, a Maasai born in Tanzania's northern region of Manyara, once owned about 100 cattle between the 1990s and 2000s. But the drought caused by climate change killed some of his animals. In 2001, Kimeshwa migrated to the port city of Dar es Salaam to engage in the business of hairdressing. He teamed up with two other Maasais, who both arrived in Dar es Salaam in 2016 to do the hairdressing business. Kimeshwa said their customers are women fro

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Tanzania unveils small-scale miner for discovering big tanzanite

STORY: Tanzania unveils small-scale miner for discovering big tanzanite DATELINE: Aug. 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:27 LOCATION: DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of small-scale miners who attended the unveiling of tanzanite gemstone 2. various of the signing of MOU between Anselim Kawishe and government officials 3. SOUNDBITE (Swahili): ADOLF NDUNGURU, Permanent secretary in the Ministry of Minerals STORYLINE: Tanzanian authorities on Saturday unveiled a small-scale miner for discovering two tanzanite gemstones weighing a total of 5.22 kilograms. Tanzanite is a rare blue gem only produced in northern Tanzania. Anselim Kawishe, a miner, was announced by the permanent secretary in the Ministry of Minerals, Adolf Ndunguru, at a ceremony held at the Mirerani tanzanite mining area in Simanjiro district in the Manyara region. Kawishe's new tanzanite discovery was valued at 1 million U.S. dollars, said Ndunguru. Kawishe said he has been looking for the tanzanite gemstones for the past

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TANZANIA-MANYARA-TANZANITE-CEREMONY

(220828) -- MANYARA, Aug. 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A tanzanite gemstone is pictured in the Manyara region, Tanzania, Aug. 27, 2022. Tanzanian authorities on Saturday unveiled a small-scale miner for discovering two tanzanite gemstones weighing a total of 5.22 kilograms. Tanzanite is a rare blue gem only produced in northern Tanzania. (Photo by Nurdin Pallangyo/Xinhua)

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TANZANIA-MANYARA-TANZANITE-CEREMONY

(220828) -- MANYARA, Aug. 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Doto Biteko, the minister for Minerals of Tanzania, speaks during the unveiling ceremony of tanzanite gemstones in the Manyara region, Tanzania, Aug. 27, 2022. Tanzanian authorities on Saturday unveiled a small-scale miner for discovering two tanzanite gemstones weighing a total of 5.22 kilograms. Tanzanite is a rare blue gem only produced in northern Tanzania. (Photo by Nurdin Pallangyo/Xinhua)

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KENYA-MT. LONGONOT NATIONAL PARK-TOURISM

(220508) -- MT. LONGONOT NATIONAL PARK, May 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Najib Balala, the cabinet secretary of Tourism and Wildlife of Kenya, promotes adventure tourism at Mt. Longonot National Park, Kenya, on May 7, 2022. Kenya said Sunday it has tapped into adventure, hiking and mountaineering experiences as key drivers in the recovery of tourism businesses that have been ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Robert Manyara/Xinhua)

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KENYA-MT. LONGONOT NATIONAL PARK-TOURISM

(220508) -- MT. LONGONOT NATIONAL PARK, May 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Najib Balala (2nd R), the cabinet secretary of Tourism and Wildlife of Kenya, joins visitors in hiking Mt. Longonot National Park, Kenya, on May 7, 2022. Kenya said Sunday it has tapped into adventure, hiking and mountaineering experiences as key drivers in the recovery of tourism businesses that have been ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Robert Manyara/Xinhua)