A man carries some belongings while walking on muddy waters in an area heavily affected by floods following torrential rains at the Mathare informal settlement in Nairobi, on April 25, 2024. Torrential rains triggered floods and caused chaos across Kenya, blocking roads and bridges and engulfing homes in slum districts. The death toll from flash floods in Kenya's capital Nairobi has risen to 13 on April 25, 2024, police said. Kenyans have been warned to stay on alert, with the forecast for more heavy rains across the country in the coming days. (Photo by Luis Tato/AFP Photo)





A displaced person taking shelter at a local school stands with mud-soaked footwear, a day after the Gitathuru river overflowed and broke its banks due to heavy rainfall damaging their surrounding neighborhoods, in the Ngondo village, in Mathare, Nairobi, Kenya, 25 April 2024. According to the Kenya Red Cross Society, the floodings left at least 32 dead, 15 injured and at least 103,485 people have been affected by the March-May long rains that continue to rise, including 40,265 people displaced, as of 18 April 2024. Kenya's meteorological department predicts more heavy rainfall this week, as floods continue to destroy properties in various parts of the country. (Photo by Daniel Irungu/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





People inspect damaged houses at an area flooded by the Gitathuru river water, a day after it overflowed and broke its banks due to heavy rainfall damaging surrounding neighborhoods, in the Mathare slums, Nairobi, Kenya, 25 April 2024. (Photo by Daniel Irungu/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





People try to clear a bus that was washed away after a dam burst in Kamuchiri Village Mai Mahiu, Nakuru County, Kenya, Monday, April. 29, 2024. Kenya's Interior Ministry says at least 45 people have died and dozens are missing after a dam collapsed following heavy rains. (Photo by Patrick Ngugi/AP Photo)





A survivor rests upon receiving treatment at the Naivasha Sub-county Hospital, for injuries she suffered after heavy flash floods wiped out several homes when a dam burst following heavy rains in Kamuchiri Village of Mai Mahiu, in Naivasha, Nakuru County, Kenya on April 29, 2024. (Photo by Thomas Mukoya/Reuters)





People try to clear the area after a dam burst, in Kamuchiri Village Mai Mahiu, Nakuru County, Kenya, Monday, April 29, 2024. Kenya's Interior Ministry says at least 45 people have died and dozens are missing after a dam collapsed following heavy rains. (Photo by Patrick Ngugi/AP Photo)





Flood waters cover a bridge in the flooded Maasai Mara National Reserve, that left dozens of tourists stranded in Narok County, Kenya, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Kenya, along with other parts of East Africa, has been overwhelmed by flooding. (Photo by Bobby Neptune/AP Photo)





Looted artefacts returned by British and American museums are displayed to the public for the first time at the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi, Ghana, on May 1, 2024. (Photo by Francis Kokoroko/Reuters)





A young man looks as a woman takes a horse ride along a beach in Banjul on May 4, 2024. (Photo by John Wessels/AFP Photo)





A bulldozer demolishes houses during a government ordered demolition of illegally constructed structures on riparian land in the Mukuru area of Nairobi, Kenya, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. (Photo by Brian Inganga/AP Photo)





People stand on a bridge, as they watch houses in riparian land being demolished in the Mukuru area of Nairobi, Tuesday, May. 7, 2024. The government ordered the demolition of structures and buildings, illegally constructed along riparian areas. Kenya, along with other parts of East Africa, has been overwhelmed by flooding. (Photo by Brian Inganga/AP Photo)





Supporters of Chad's junta chief Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno celebrate their candidate's victory in a street in N'Djamena on May 9, 2024, after the electoral commission said Deby won 61.03 percent of votes, beating his Prime Minister Succes Masra who only garnered 18.53 percent. Soldiers fired shots in the air in Chad's capital N'Djamena out of joy and to deter protesters on May 9, 2024, shortly after junta chief Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno was proclaimed winner of this week's presidential election, AFP journalists reported. (Photo by Issouf Sanogo/AFP Photo)





A woman wades through flood waters at an inundated residential area in Garissa, on May 9, 2024. Kenya is grappling with one of its worst floods in recent history, the latest in a string of weather catastrophes, following weeks of extreme rainfall scientists have linked to a changing climate. At least 257 people have been killed and more than 55,000 households have been displaced as murky waters submerge entire villages, destroy roads and inundate dams. (Photo by Luis Tato/AFP Photo)





A woman hammers a balcony as she scavenges for scrap metal from buildings demolished by multi-state security agencies in Mathare North, Nairobi, Kenya, 09 May 2024. Kenyan security agencies continue to demolish houses near the riverbanks of Nairobi, which were affected during continuous floods that have caused havoc in the country. Kenyan President William Ruto ordered the agencies to evacuate everyone living close to 178 mapped out dams that are said to be full, riverbanks, and areas prone to mudslides following continued heavy rainfall which has so far killed more than 200 people since March. (Photo by Daniel Irungu/EPA/EFE)





A man assess the level of the water while laying in his bed at an inundated area in Garissa, on May 9, 2024. Kenya is grappling with one of its worst floods in recent history, the latest in a string of weather catastrophes, following weeks of extreme rainfall scientists have linked to a changing climate. At least 257 people have been killed and more than 55,000 households have been displaced as murky waters submerge entire villages, destroy roads and inundate dams. (Photo by Luis Tato/AFP Photo)





Jockeys (from Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria) on their horses react during the 12th edition of the Cameroon International Horse Race Grand Prix in Maroua, on May 11, 2024. (Photo by Daniel Beloumou Olomo/AFP Photo)





Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex attend a basketball event in Lagos, Nigeria, on May 12, 2024. (Photo by Akintunde Akinleye/Reuters)





Malians take part in the annual replastering of the world's largest mud-brick building, the Great Mosque of Djenne, Mali, Sunday, May 12, 2024. The building has been on UNESCO's World Heritage in Danger list since 2016. The mosque and surrounding town are threatened by conflict. Djenne's mosque requires a new layer of mud each year before the start of the rainy season in June. (Photo by Moustapha Diallo/AP Photo)





Somali women walk near a fish put on display by fishermen at the Liido beach in Mogadishu, Somalia on May 13, 2024. (Photo by Feisal Omar/Reuters)





A boy looks at the search and rescue operations on the rubble of a residential flat built on riparian land, that collapsed while undergoing demolition near the Mathare River, in Mathare settlement of Nairobi, Kenya on May 14, 2024. (Photo by Thomas Mukoya/Reuters)