Kenya

Kenyans are protesting a proposed takeover of Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) by India’s Adani Group on a 30-year lease.

About Kenya

• Country in East Africa with a coastline on the Indian Ocean
• Bordered by 
• South Sudan to the northwest
  • Ethiopia to the north
  • Somalia to the east
  • Uganda to the west
  • Tanzania to the south
  • Indian Ocean to the southeast.
• Capital: Nairobi
• UN-Habitat Headquarters at the United Nations Office at Nairobi, Kenya.
• Equator passes through 13 countries, including:
  • In Africa : Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, and Somalia
• Refugee Camp: Dadaab Refugee Complex in Kenya is another large refugee camp that hosts refugees who fled from the civil war in Somalia. 

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Places of Importance

• Maasai Mara Reserve : Known for its annual wildebeest migrations
• Amboseli National Park: Offering views of Tanzania’s 5,895m Mt. Kilimanjaro.
• Lake Turkana: Earliest human ancestors ever found were discovered in Kenya’s Turkana Basin.
• World’s largest desert lake, is part of the Omo-Turkana basin, which stretches into four countries: Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan and Uganda
• Mount Kenya: Highest mountain in Kenya, and the second-highest in Africa (after Mount Kilimanjaro).
• Famous Tribes: San Bushmen, Samburu, Maasai 
• Mount Elgon: Extinct volcanic mountain situated in the northeast part of lake Victoria on the Uganda – Kenya border.
• About Lake Victoria: World’s second-largest freshwater lake.
  • Location: Bordered by Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya.
  • Source of the White Nile River which flows northward and eventually joins the Blue Nile in Sudan to form the Nile River.

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