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Tradition meets tech as herders adapt to climate change

Traditional Samburu tribeswomen gather their goats to sell at Merille livestock market in Marsabit county. [AFP]

For generations, Kaltuma Hassan's clan would study the sky over Kenya's arid north for any sign of rain -- some wind here, a wisp of cloud there -- to guide their parched livestock to water.

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