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The United States struck Iran Monday for a second day running, drawing Tehran's reprisals against US allies in the Gulf as the foes battle over the status of the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
Pollution, sewage discharge, agricultural runoff and climate change are driving eutrophication in Lake Victoria’s Winam Gulf, threatening ecosystems.
Tehran announced it was closing the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday and launched missiles and drones at its Gulf neighbours, in retaliation for new US strikes.
She had spent hours searching for her daughter, unsure whether she was among students admitted to hospital or those who had perished in the dormitory fire at Utumishi Girls Academy.
Iran responded to Washington's latest peace proposal, after drones threatened several Gulf region targets and Tehran warned it would not hold back from retaliating against new US strikes.
Just weeks after being exposed as the catalyst for a near-catastrophic fuel shortage that forced Kenya into an emergency oil deal, Gulf Energy Limited is at the centre of a fresh scandal.
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