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Health workers demonstrate handwashing techniques to Mukuru community members. Photo: Victoria Nthenge

14 Oct 2020 3 minute read

View from Africa

Abandoned by the state, self-organized health workers in Kenya are absorbing the brunt of the pandemic, writes ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the South African press on developments in the nation's risk-adjusted strategy to manage the spread of Coronavirus COVID-19 [Photo: GCIS/Flickr]

18 Aug 2020 2 minute read

View from africa

Nanjala Nyabola on the mask mandate and personal freedom.

3 Jul 2019 2 minute read

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Check your passport privilege

Nanjala Nyabola explains the weighty, 'anti-citizen' African bureaucracies that have their origins in the colonial period....

11 Apr 2019 2 minute read

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Kenya’s refugee reporters

Sally Hayden reports on a fully independent, refugee-run news outlet in the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya

Kenyan lawmaker Sarah Korere talks to supporters during an election campaign rally in the village of Dol Dol in Laikipia County, Kenya.

31 May 2018 5 minute read

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Can men help break Kenyan womens’ exclusion?

Can male volunteers help break the cycle of womens’ political exclusion in Kenya? Hannah O’Neill and...

31 Mar 2018 1 minute read

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Media switch off in Kenya

A controversial six-day media switch-off has put the country’s news organizations at loggerheads with the government writes...

The Turkana are a nomadic people, mainly based near Lake Turkana in north-west Kenya. Photo: Filiberto Strazzari, CC-BY-2.0

3 Apr 2018 4 minute read

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Two worlds collide

In East Africa, traditional lifestyles are bringing nomads into conflict with states, writes Maina...

Youth bulge: A public billboard in Uganda urges young people to have smaller families.

1 Jan 2018 3 minute read

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Africa needs to drop the ‘youth bulge’ discourse

Wangui Kimari makes the case that the youth discourse in Africa has patronizing,...

Kenyan elections: Kenyatta is sworn in as president after the 2013 elections.

27 Oct 2017 3 minute read

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After re-run, Kenyan opposition vows resistance

Wangui Kimari reports on the twists and turns of this year’s election season.

13 Apr 2017 4 minute read

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Drought leaves 2.4 million Kenyans desperately short of food

In most areas, pasture, water and food supplies are totally depleted, writes Nick Guttmann.

6 Feb 2017 2 minute read

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You will not be an outcast: fighting female genital mutilation in Kenya

To mark the International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) on 6 February, Paula Plaza...

5 Dec 2016 5 minute read

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Meet Africa's brightest young inventors

Stair-climbing wheelchairs and electric tuk-tuks are among local engineers’ answers to the many challenges facing their...

5 Oct 2016 6 minute read

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Cartels to blame for Kenya’s mass school burnings, witnesses say

The cartels influence teachers to incite students, reports Henry Owino.

18 Jul 2016 6 minute read

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Police executions push Kenya to dark days

The killings are causing outrage, panic and shock among citizens. Henry Owino reports.

29 Feb 2016 1 minute read

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From Google tax scandals to Taiwan havens

The Tax Justice Network examines the companies and countries that profit from lack of regulation, with host Naomi...

15 Dec 2015 3 minute read

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Developing countries urged to pull out of the WTO

Moses Wasamu reports on activists’ concerns as the World Trade Organization meets in Kenya.

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