Pictures: drought in Kenya
Updated on 14 October 2009
Kenya faces its worst drought for more than a decade, with crops and livestock destroyed. International editor Lindsay Hilsum travelled to northern Kenya to see the devastation wrought by the changing climate.
Kenya faces its worst drought for more than a decade, with crops and livestock destroyed.
The country relies on hydroelectric power, but its electricity is now being rationed as the dams dry up. In rural areas to the north, children are becoming malnourished because there is no milk or meat.
But ahead of the UN's climate change summit in Copenhagen, many believe this is more than an immediate humanitarian crisis.
Our international editor Lindsey Hilsum travelled from the Kenyan capital Nairobi to Laisamis, and west through the semi-desert to Baragoi and Maralal, to report on people who could be amongst the first victims of climate change.
Below is a selection of images taken by the Channel 4 News team while travelling through drought-ridden Kenya.
Lindsey Hilsum and translator Japhason speak to Samburu women in Namarei. 
A Samburu herdsboy.
Nkodelan Letore, a Samburu woman. 
Camerawoman Philppa Collins filming in a dry bed of the Uasin Giru River.
The remains of a young elephant which died of thirst. 
Men pull water from the deep 'singing well' near Baragoi. 
A Samburu herdsboy.
Thin cattle drink water brought from a well. 
Cattle die as the first rains finally arrive. 
