Since the start of March, parts of Nairobi, Nyakach and surrounding regions have been hit by heavy rainfall that destroyed homes, swept away crops and forced families to flee low-lying areas, raising concerns about the region’s vulnerability to recurring climate-related disasters. The latest crisis comes as East Africa continues to face alternating periods of drought and intense rainfall ; a pattern experts say is becoming more frequent. Prof. Dewald van Niekerk, head of the African Centre (…)