Targeted by al-Shabaab for defending Kenya's ecosystems: Foundation founder gets award
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Raabia Hawa, founder of Ulinzi Africa Foundation, was awarded the 2026 Tusk Award for Conservation in Africa on November 11 for her work countering elephant poaching, illegal industrial bottom-trawling, and extractive mining in Kenya's Lamu and Tana River counties, a biodiversity hotspot where the nation's longest river meets the Indian Ocean.
Hawa has faced death threats and been designated a target by al-Shabaab due to her environmental advocacy.
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