Drought spreads beyond Kenya’s arid north, plunging herders into crisis

The dozens of cow and goat carcasses scattered around Maria Katanga's family compound testify to the grinding impact of an ongoing drought on Kenya's pastoralist communities who rely on livestock for survival.


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