Celebrating 60 Years of Queen Elizabeth II

As the Queen celebrates 60 years on the throne, The World’s Alex Gallafent looks back at the circumstances in which Princess Elizabeth became Queen Elizabeth II.

Kenyan Officials Charged With Crimes Against Humanity

The charges relate to an episode of brutal ethnic violence that followed elections four years ago.

East African Officials in Europe to Learn from Euro’s Successes and Failures

Representatives from the East African Community are in Brussels to learn from the successes and failures of the attempts at political and economic integration in Europe.

Growing Up In Kenya

Marco Werman speaks with writer Binyavanga Wainaina about his memoir, “One Day I Will Write About This Place”, about growing up in Kenya and becoming a writer.

Kenya’s Involvement in Somalia

Kenyan troops recently crossed the border into neighboring Somalia to fight the militant Islamists. Somalia’s Prime Minister says Al-Shabab is about to be defeated.

The Implications of Kenya’s Military Operation in Somalia

For 20 years Somalia has been embroiled in a civil war resulting in rampant violence and famine. Now the country’s troubles have spilled across the border to Kenya.

Kenya’s Wildlife Losing Ground to Development

The growth of Nairobi is choking a big piece of African wilderness, The Nairobi National Park.

Life in Kenya’s Dadaab Refugee Camp

The BBC’s Wairimu Gitahi discusses life in the Dadaab refugee camp in northern Kenya.

HIV Discrimination for Africa’s Pregnant Women

Many African women with HIV who are pregnant, or want to become pregnant, suffer discrimination.

Music By Africans for Africans

Looking for a city in Africa that is planning to host a major concert at the end of the year to raise money to fight famine.

Drought Ravages Parts of East Africa

Seasons of failed rains is causing millions in East Africa to face starvation.

The Eradication of Rinderpest

Rinderpest, which was a devastating plague of cattle and other animals, has been declared eradicated.

Sanitation Solution Wins Innovation Prize

A group of MIT business students’ plan to help solve the global sanitation crisis by converting human waste into energy, fertilizer and profit wins $100,000 entrepreneurship award.

Kenyan embassy bomb victim on Bin Laden’s death

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Anchor Lisa Mullins talks with Douglas Sidialo in Nairobi about his reaction to the killing of Osama Bin Laden. Sidialo was blinded in the 1998 al-Qaeda bombing of the US embassy in Nairobi. Download MP3

Civil War, 1896 Tsunami, Mau Mau, Yuri Gagarin, Bay of Pigs

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In the last week alone we’ve had at least three big anniversaries: 150th anniversary of the start of the (American) Civil War; 50th anniversary of the first human being into space; 50th anniversary of the Bay of Pigs. So we’ll look back at each of those moments. Plus Lisa Mullins interviews an archivist at National Geographic about an American writer and photographer, Eliza Scidmore, who documented the aftermath of a tsunami in northeast Japan more than a century ago. And we have two segments on the history behind the trial unfolding in London right now over alleged British atrocities in Kenya during the counterinsurgency campaign against Mau Mau rebels in the 1950′s. Download MP3