Africa: Africa's Ocean Moment Cannot End in Empty Promises

[allAfrica] Growing up, all I ever wanted was to work underwater as a marine conservationist.

But it wasn't until my first job in Mombasa - waiting under baobab trees for fishers to return so I could measure their catch - that I realized the ocean is much more than what lies beneath the surface.

Along Kenya's coastline, I saw first-hand how deeply people's lives are intertwined with the sea. ...