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Devastating drought alters life for Kenya nomads

DELA, Kenya (AP) — When 64-year-old Jimale Irobe was a young man, he guided his herds of cows and camels through knee-high grass.

These days the scrubby blades barely reach his ankles even in the rainy season, and there is never enough grass to go around. The cattle cannot feed, and the nomadic families that depend on them for milk and meat cannot survive.

So Irobe scrapes out a living...

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