
Kenya kicks off 'Blue Economy' Conference
The conference looks at sustainable ways countries can benefit from water resources
Seas and oceans provide countries around the world with valuable resources, but they are also under increasing risks of pollution and over-exploitation. A conference in Nairobi kicks off today, and it aims to discuss best practices in the so-called 'blue economy'. From Uganda, we from one of the survivors of the latest boat accident on Lake Victoria, which killed at least 29 people on Saturday. Plus - What has killed a million bees in South Africa's Cape peninsula? We hear from the South African Bee Industry Organisation.
(Image: Heads of States posing during the Sustainable Blue Economy Conference in Nairobi. Credit: YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP/Getty Images)
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