A wiser journalist that I once knew gave me a piece of advice, saying: “Beware of simple explanations for complex problems.” It is a bit of wisdom that has proved profoundly true for the crisis that ...

* Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. For pastoralist communities of Northern Kenya such as the Borana tribe, cattle and rain are ...

Elizabeth Wright of Concern Worldwide explains the way of life of pastoralist communities living in northern Kenya — and how they have been affected by the drought. For pastoralist communities of ...

Politics hinders aid to 11 million East Africans. Shortly after dawn on a Tuesday morning last summer, raiders from the Borana tribe broke into a northern Kenya school in Turbi. With machetes and ...