An investigation into how unregulated sand extraction is draining water sources and reshaping pastoral life in Kenya’s drylands.
By Lucas Kasosi (Maasai, CS Fellow)
At sunrise along the Olkeriai River in Mashuuru, Kajiado County, the riverbed no longer looks like a waterway. Instead, it looks like an open quarry: scarred, excavated, and restless.
Today, March 12, Moscow’s Basmanny Court held another hearing on Daria Egereva's pretrial detention. The court extended her pretrial detention for three months, as requested by government investigators. The hearing was held in public and was attended by diplomats from several embassies, her husband, and her children. She is facing 20 years in jail on terrorism charges.