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East Africa’s shrinking mountain glaciers on three peaks in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania will soon be no more. The 2025 State of the Climate in Africa report (page 13) estimates that the ice areas on Mt Kenya, the continent’s second-highest peak, have shrunk 96 per cent in the past 115 years. The ice cap will…

The rocky peaks of Mt Kenya with glaciers in view. East Africa’s iconic glaciers are disappearing fast, with Mt Kenya, Kilimanjaro and the Rwenzori Mountains facing a future without permanent ice. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)