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Targeted by al-Shabaab for defending Kenya’s ecosystems: Foundation founder gets award

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Briefings

Raabia Hawa founded the Ulinzi Africa Foundation in 2014 to protect Kenya's northern coastline against industrial fishing and mining. She received the 2026 Tusk Award for Conservation in Africa in London, which provided three years of funding. Her work involves defending marine and terrestrial habitats near the Somali border, where she faces threats from al-Shabaab. The award highlights the disconnect between global biodiversity targets and the daily challenges defenders face on the ground.

Key points

• Raabia Hawa founded the Ulinzi Africa Foundation in 2014 to provide frontline ranger patrols against elephant poaching and illegal industrial bottom-trawling.
• The 2026 Tusk Award for Conservation in Africa provided three years of critical funding to Ulinzi, which is being awarded in London.

Context

Raabia Hawa, a former broadcast journalist and Montessori teacher, operates in Kenya's northern coastline, a biodiversity hotspot where protecting nature often conflicts with industrial fishing and extractive industries. Her work includes empowering local communities resisting mining concessions and combating illegal industrial bottom-trawling.

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Evidence is limited to the article's account of Hawa's founding of Ulinzi Africa Foundation in 2014 and receipt of the 2026 Tusk Award in London. No additional background on the foundation's operational history, specific funding amounts, or the impact of the award beyond the three-year period is supplied.

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