Sophia Mbugua

@sophie_dans @Smbuguah

Sophie Mbugua is a Freelance Multimedia Journalist based in Nairobi, Kenya. She covers Agriculture, Energy, Environment, Marine Ecosystem and Gender issues with a main focus on climate change adaptation and resilience in Sub Saharan Africa. With an experience of over 7 years, she started off her media career at Radio Waumini as a Radio technician and Creative Producer before venturing into freelancing two years ago. Currently, Sophie is among eight African Journalists from Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Madagascar participating in six months Climate Change training and reporting towards COP21 through the program MEDIA21: Journalism and Climate Change program facilitated by the French Media for Cooperation Agency (CFI). Her work has appeared on Nation Media Group Kenya (Seeds of Gold), BBC Science in Action, Thomson Reuters Foundation and Sciedev.Net. Sophie holds a Degree in Communication and is a member of the Media for Environment, Science, Health and Agriculture in Kenya {MESHA Kenya}.

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A DANGEROUS, ILLEGAL NECESSITY: CHARCOAL REFORM COMES TO VIRUNGA

Like elsewhere in Africa, charcoal has become a big problem for Virunga National Park. Illegal production in the park has been high in recent years as producers try to meet the demand from the millions…