Fellows & Editors
Sarah Kimani
- Trip:
- COP22
- Affiliation:
- South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC)
- Country:
- Morocco
- Year:
- 2016
Sarah Kimani is a Kenyan Journalist working for the South African Broadcasting Corporation, SABC. She reports on the general news beat and also on conservation, climate change and stories touching on women and girls in Africa. She holds an MA in Communications from the University of Leicester and a Diploma in Mass Communication from the Kenya Institute of Mass Communication. When she is not reporting she splits her time between her two children and running at a local sports club, sipping some wine or reading a good book.
Kimani was awarded a prior fellowship with IRP, reporting from Brazil in 2014.
Stories
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Climate conference comes to a close amid mumbles by poor countries
The United Nations Climate conference came to a close on Friday, with leaders from more than 190 countries presenting a united front to back the Paris agreement, which seeks to tackle climate change...
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Kerry assures of US commitment to tackle global warming
United States Secretary of State, John Kerry, appealed to world leaders meeting in Morocco for this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP22) to support a global deal that seeks...
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UN warns countries of exposure to climate-induced disasters
The United Nations (UN) is warning that failure by developed countries to meet a pledge of mobilising R1.4 trillion a year by 2020 to help developing countries reduce greenhouse gas emissions will expose...
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African Ministers shelve draft declaration on Climate Change
African Environment Ministers meeting in Marrakech, Morocco on the sidelines of the United Nations Climate Change conference on Monday declined to adopt a draft declaration on how to deal with the effects...
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COP 22 talks set to outline Paris Agreement rule book
Heads of state and ministers from several countries are expected in Morocco from Sunday for the high level segment of the United Nations Climate Change Conference underway in the town of Marrakech. ...
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Climate experts reflect on Trump victory
African climate experts meeting in Morocco say they are confident the United States will honour obligations and pledges made under the Paris Climate deal, despite Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump’s...
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World leaders meet to advance progress made on Global warming
World leaders are meeting in Marrakesh, Morocco beginning Monday to advance progress made on Global warming. The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change is expected to develop a “rule book”...
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Extreme weather linked to global warming: UN
The last five years were the hottest on record, and the United Nations weather agency says human induced climate change contributed to the extreme weather conditions. In a report released in Marakech,...
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World leaders gather in Morocco to tackle climate change
World leaders and environmentalists meeting in Morocco for the UN climate change conference are beginning on Monday to work on a "Rule Book" on the global agreement to combat climate change also...
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The Contradiction of Brazil’s ‘Favelas’
In Brazil, slum tours are common in shanty towns known in the country as favelas. Brazil’s government has encouraged the tours as a way of earning money for a people...
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Experts Slam Brazil’s C-Section as Protest Intensifies
Women’s rights activists on Friday held demonstrations across Brazil and in the country’s embassies in various capitals to demand the right to reproductive health choice. {image-1} The protest...
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Community Health Teams in Brazil Fill the Gaps
Sarah Kimani reported from Brazil on a fellowship with the International Reporting Project (IRP). Photo: Reuters
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