Full Coverage: Kenya
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15.11.2009
Kenyans must embrace and own the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission, argues Dr Godfrey Musila.
more...Related topics/regions: [Justice and crime] [Politics] |
10.11.2009
Kenya hopes to eliminate malaria by 2017, a malaria conference heard last week.
more...From: SciDev.Net Related topics/regions: [Science] [Malaria] Image: Malaria poster, Kenya © Peter Armstrong
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06.11.2009
Campaigners have appealed to the UN to intervene to halt the evictions of thousands of families from their ancestral home in a Kenyan forest.
more...Related topics/regions: [United Nations] [Indigenous rights] [Forests] |
09.09.2009
The Kenyan government's use of the army to distribute food has been criticised by an international development charity.
more...From: ActionAid UK |
07.09.2009
The Kenyan drought is now so prolonged that nomadic farmers are abandoning their traditional way of life. Guardian
more...Related topics/regions: [Climate change] [Agriculture] |
23.08.2009
The Kenyan food crisis provides a reminder of the importance of adequate nutrition in sustaining ARV regimes. IRIN PlusNews
more...Related topics/regions: [Nutrition/malnutrition] [AIDS] |
19.08.2009
A gunman has attacked a leading Kenyan women's initiative in northern Kenya, threatening its members and chasing residents out of their homes.
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10.08.2009
The Kenyan government has identified potential construction sites for a nuclear power plant — potentially the first on the continent outside South Africa.
more...From: SciDev.Net |
02.08.2009
Encouraging news of plans for the biggest windfarm in Africa which could provide a quarter of Kenya's installed capacity - and perhaps inspire other countries. Guardian
more...Related topics/regions: [Climate change] [Energy] |
19.05.2009
The situation of Somali refugees in overcrowded refugee camps in Kenya "is simply scandalous", warns an international medical charity, whose representative in Nairobi says: "These refugees have risked everything to escape the fighting in Somalia. Now some are telling us they would rather take their chances in Mogadishu than die slowly here."
more...From: Médecins sans frontières Related topics/regions: [Somalia] |
11.03.2009
Graft seems to be getting out of hand in Kenya and Kenyans are blaming the government for tolerating the vice, according to a new report.
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26.02.2009
The UN has intervened in two African political controversies, with Secretary-General Ban ki-Moon calling for the release of Zimbabwean detainees and a United Nations independent human rights expert calling on Kenya to end “systematic, widespread and carefully planned” police killings.
more...+ Police killings cannot be ignored + Vendors fear selling book on Githongo over libel suits Related topics/regions: [Zimbabwe] Image: Philip Alston, UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions
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14.02.2009
The British supermarket chain Asda came under fire today over claims that workers earn a living wage supplying Valentine’s flowers on sale in its stores for £2 a dozen.
more...+ Defending the rights of Kenya's flower workers + Valentine Day South African wine shame + How many more will be raped? + Bail for WOZA protesters From: War on Want Related topics/regions: [Zambia] [United Kingdom] [Uganda] |
13.01.2009
Key medicinal plants used for cancer, malaria and other remedies are being over-exploited — potentially putting the health of millions at risk, warns an international conservation group.
more...From: SciDev.Net Related topics/regions: [China] [India] [Nepal] [Tanzania] [Uganda] Image: Medicinal plant market, Yunnan, China (© Alan Hamilton, Plantlife)
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10.01.2009
One in every three Kenyans is in danger of starvation due to crop failure and the Government plans to declare the food shortage a national emergency.
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18.12.2008
Sixteen thousand children in seven African countries are due to undergo final-stage tests of a potential malaria vaccine early next year after research showed it halves the risk of malaria among infants and children in Kenya and Tanzania.
more...From: SciDev.Net Related topics/regions: [East Africa] [Tanzania] |
12.11.2008
An impoverished Kenyan indigenous community, evicted from their land to make way for a world-famous nature reserve, is launching a special appeal on World Responsible Tourism Day, to lay claim to a slice of lucrative tourism revenue.
more...From: Minority Rights Group International Image: Sarah Chelimo, who helps run the Chelaba Women's Group among Kenya's Endorois community
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28.08.2008
The Kenyan government has failed to support vital peace-making efforts aimed at healing ethnic divisions in the country, following the country’s worst outbreak of violence since independence, says an international human rights organisation.
more...From: Minority Rights Group International Image: Youths in Kibera slums carry crude weapons ready to fight youths from the rival side, Nairobi. © United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
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24.07.2008
Millions of people in East Africa are facing a humanitarian crisis driven by drought, conflict, and rising global food prices, says an international charity as it launches a fund-raising appeal.
more...From: Oxfam Great Britain Related topics/regions: [Somalia] [Ethiopia] |
24.06.2008
Kenya has approved a controversial biofuel project that environmentalists say could destroy some of the country's most pristine wetlands.
more...From: Guardian Unlimited Related topics/regions: [Climate change] [Energy] [Agriculture] Image: Africa has vast resources for developing biofuels - but at what cost? © Steve McNicholas / Worldwatch Institute
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