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/ 22 January 2009
While serious, Africa’s current economic situation is not as dire as it once might have been.
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/ 21 January 2009
East African farmers have become key suppliers of the active ingredient in the most effective malaria drug available.
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/ 19 January 2009
Forget the Maasai Mara reserve, Mount Kenya and palm-lined Indian Ocean beaches. The hippest tourist spot in Kenya these days is ”Obamaland”.
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/ 13 January 2009
Tens of thousands of Kenyans have chosen to live in camps and rely on humanitarian aid rather than return home.
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/ 10 January 2009
Victor Matioli’s organic pumpkins are plump, his coriander aromatic and his spinach "very soft, sweet and tasty".
Kenya and Uganda plan to build a new railway to cope with increased trade between the east African countries and their landlocked neighbours
In his 14th floor corner office, James Mwangi sits at the very top of Kenyan society. He got there by understanding the needs of those at the bottom.
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/ 15 December 2008
Kenya police on Monday arrested four journalists protesting against a controversial media Bill.
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/ 8 December 2008
Rebels opened peace negotiations with a government delegation on Monday in their first direct talks on ending the conflict in eastern DRC.
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/ 4 December 2008
Percy Zvomuya speaks to an African journalist who has made a substantial contribution to the profession.
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/ 27 November 2008
In an extract from their new book, Peter and Beverly Pickford share their vision of Ngorongoro, a world heritage site and the Maasai’s sacred place.
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/ 25 November 2008
Men often bribe guards and managers to get jobs, but sex is the preferred inducement for women in Kenya.
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/ 12 November 2008
Subscribers in Kenya’s biggest cellphone operator, Safaricom, rose 50% in the first half of the year as the company invested in network coverage.
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/ 10 November 2008
With instruments made from waste material, former street children are making music — and remaking their lives. Rupi Mangat listens in.
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/ 5 November 2008
Kenyans in Obama’s homeland sang and danced with joy on Wednesday as the Illinois senator they see as one of their own became the US president.
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/ 3 November 2008
‘Dem youthboy defied every order and turned a senator’, says a Cameroonian reggae song that captures the country’s rapture with Obama.
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/ 3 November 2008
For Kenyans, Obama has put their country on the world map, writes Nyokabi Baiya.
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/ 22 October 2008
It has been a tough year for Peter Kinywa, a trader in one of Nairobi’s Masai markets. Business has plummeted as tourists stay away from Kenya.
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/ 18 October 2008
The most celebrated woman in Kenya is not a politician, nor a pop star. She is a humble 18-year-old with a devastating sprint.
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/ 16 October 2008
Nyokabi Baiya tries to love her neighbour, but it turns out she’s the crazy person every African market is said to have.
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/ 10 October 2008
Kenya’s Prime Minister, Raila Odinga, on Thursday blasted African leaders’ fear of criticising each other.
Kenya said on Wednesday it will send its navy to help break a two-week-old stand-off with Somali pirates holding an arms shipment.
This whole year a new virus has been spreading to countries where elections are taking place. It is called "Doing a Kibaki".
Media watchdog RSF called on Tuesday for the release of a Kenyan arrested for giving ”alarming” information about the hijacking of a ship off Somalia.
Kenya accused Western envoys on Friday of ”shameless blackmail” and condescension for trying to force the head of the electoral commission to resign.
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/ 28 September 2008
More than 350 000 small-scale farmers in Africa and Central America will soon begin selling produce to the UN.
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/ 19 September 2008
Africa’s economic regeneration needs leadership, South Africa’s Trade and Industry Minister, Mandisi Mpahlwa, said on Friday.
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/ 11 September 2008
The reason why Kenyans are bad musicians is because we are out of touch with our own tastes and instincts.
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/ 5 September 2008
Maasai warrior Lempuris Lalasho went to Kenya’s tourist haven Mombasa to find a white woman to marry, but he ended up working as a hairdresser.
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/ 2 September 2008
The spouses of Kenya’s vice-president and prime minister will be paid R44 800 a month for showcasing the "nation’s family values.
Olympic sensation Pamela Jelimo and footballer Dennis Oliech are two of Kenya’s hottest celebrities –so where are the T-shirts?
Our professionals groan when posted to Uganda, or Tanzania, or South Africa even — these people don’t work; they take long lunches; they don’t save.