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Kenyan Officials Charged With Crimes Against Humanity
The charges relate to an episode of brutal ethnic violence that followed elections four years ago.
Kenya’s Wildlife Losing Ground to Development
The growth of Nairobi is choking a big piece of African wilderness, The Nairobi National Park.
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.
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
Global Political Cartoons: March 12 – 18, 2011
The Land of the Rising Sun has become for some The Land of Rising Radiation Levels. The aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami has cartoonists morphing the red disc in Japan’s flag into everything from a radiation hazard symbol to a skull.
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Global Political Cartoons: March 5 – 11, 2011
The massive earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan spawn multiple images of a famous Japanese woodblock print. The tangled role of oil in the world’s response to Libya, and the space shuttle Discovery retires into the arms of another beached phenom.
Global Political Cartoons: February 26 – March 4, 2011
Backyard innovation in Kenya
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For today’s Geo Quiz we are looking for a city located in between the cities of Kampala and Mombasa. Host Katy Clark takes us to the backyard of an ambitious engineer in this city who has built his own aircraft. Download MP3 (Photo: Mkimemia)
Slum TV gives voice to Kenya poor
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In Kenya, the rural poor from different tribes are brought together in urban slums where ethnic tensions flared in 2007 following disputed election results. One of the worst affected areas was the Mathare slum in Nairobi. While international media focused on machete attacks in Mathare, a local non-profit called Slum TV told the stories of residents who helped each other survive. The World’s Matthew Brunwasser has the story.(Photo: Matthew Brunwasser) Download MP3China’s approach to helping Africa
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China is investing heavily in Africa. While many African welcome the capital and know-how, others fear that China is stepping in with heavy boots. Matthew Brunwasser reports from Nairobi, Kenya. Download MP3Kenge Kenge
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The band Kenge Kenge from Kenya is old school in a modern city. They play traditional music from the Luo ethnic group. But they perform it — and live — in the hustle and bustle of Nairobi. Does that alienate younger music fans in the Kenyan capital?
Kenyan graffiti artist Solo 7
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Artist Solomon Muyundo, also known as Solo 7, lives in Kibera, which is part of the Kenyan capital Nairobi. Kibera happens to be Africa’s largest slum. In early 2008, Muyundo, like many in Kenya, took to the streets during Kenya’s post-election violence. In protest of the widespread looting and killings, he painted slogans of peace in almost every corner of Kibera. >>>Click here to see a large version of the collage.
Reporter’s Journal: Snapshots of Kenya, Part V
The World’s Andrea Crossan recently met up with Kenyan artist Solomon Muyundo, also known as Solo 7. Muyundo is famous in his native Kibera, a huge slum in Nairobi. He’s a graffiti artist known for painting political slogans of peace all over the massive shantytown. “Peace Wanted Alive” is his most well-known slogan. Andrea caught up with Solo 7, and sent in this reporter’s journal entry.
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