Climate change effects, drought led to many needing relief food

A boy walks in a field littered with carcasses in Ijara, Garissa County. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

Impacts of climate change characterised by floods and drought continued to manifest this year even as Africa hosted the 27th session of climate negotiations.

The Conference of Parties (COP27) took place in Egypt at a time when Kenya, among other African countries, was experiencing a drought that resulted in food crises.