January 03, 2008
Kenya: Unpacking Election Rigging Allegations
While the international media has mostly focused on the continuing post-election violence in Kenya, what triggered it has gone largely ignored. The election is often simply… Read more »
January 01, 2008
Kenya: Violence, Controversy Captures International Attention
Kenya made all three major network newscasts in the United States on Monday, and for reasons nobody wanted. Only three or four minutes of a network newscast in the United States is… Read more »
December 31, 2007
Kenya: Raila Odinga Calls for Thursday Mass Protest
Kenyan blogger Daudi Were was at the opposition news conference in Nairobi on Monday. Read more »
Kenya: Uncertainty Grips Country
Kenyan blogger Daudi Were gives a personal take on events in Nairobi. Read more »
December 29, 2007
Kenya: Update on Disputed Election Results
The Electoral Commission of Kenya published provisional results at 6.30pm Kenyan time confirming the numbers it had published earlier, saying that challenger Raila Odinga had won… Read more »
Kenya: Odinga Leads in Election - Or Does He?
The Kenyan government published figures on the web Saturday showing that President Mwai Kibaki had taken a narrow lead in the Kenyan presidential elections. Read more »
December 28, 2007
Kenya: Early Results Give Raila Odinga Lead
Kenyan newspapers and television stations are reporting that opposition candidate Raila Odinga has opened up a significant lead over President Mwai Kibaki. Read more »
Kenya: How Votes Are Counted
Kenyan blogger Daudi Were gives a step-by-step account of how the votes have been counted after Thursday's election in Kenya. Read more »
December 27, 2007
Kenya: How the World is Reporting Elections
News agencies have reported that Kenyans lined up for miles to participate in this year's election, and the BBC has estimated turnout to be about 70 percent, which is far higher… Read more »
Kenya: 24 Hour News Radio - Election 2007
Kenyan blogger Daudi Were shares insights on the 2007 national elections from Nairobi. Read more »
Kenya: Kibera Displays Her Maturity - Election 2007
Kenyan blogger Daudi Were shares insights on the 2007 national elections from Nairobi. Read more »
Kenya: Voting Experience - Election 2007
Kenyan blogger Daudi Were shares insights on the 2007 national elections from Nairobi. In this entry, he describes the scene at polling stations in the city. Read more »
Kenya: The Country Decides - Election 2007
Kenyan blogger Daudi Were shares insights on the 2007 national elections from Nairobi. Read more »
Kenya: Kibaki Leads in Exit Poll
The Institution for Education for Democracy (IED), a non-governmental organization in Kenya, reports that according to its exit poll, President Mwai Kibaki won 47.4 percent of the… Read more »
Kenya: Foreign Press Out in Force at Polls
Journalists working for news organizations based outside Africa were up early at Kenya's polling stations on Thursday. allAfrica editor Brian Kennedy reviews their coverage on the… Read more »
December 24, 2007
Kenya: Western Media Focus on 'Media-Savvy' Election
allAfrica editor Brian Kennedy picks out some of the best American and British reporting on this week’s elections. (Free registration may be required to read original… Read more »
September 26, 2007
Africa: Kenya, Ghana Are Top Business Reformers
Kenya and Ghana are among the world's top 10 business reformers, and Mauritius is Africa's easiest place to do business, according to a new report from the World Bank… Read more »
August 14, 2007
Kenya: Politics Still 'Extremely Tribal,' Says Analyst
Kenya's national elections are less than five months away, and the traditional political maneuvering is heating up. President Mwai Kibaki is reported to have entered into a… Read more »
August 10, 2007
Kenya: Introducing Kenge Kenge
Kenge Kenge are a group of Luo musicians from Kenya that perform both popular Luo music styles as well as the region's popular benga music. They in fact transform traditional… Read more »
May 05, 2007
Kenya: Contact Numbers for Inquiries on Flight KQ 507
AllAfrica's publishing partners in Nairobi have published telephone numbers for members of the public seeking information about the flight. Read more »
March 13, 2007
Kenya: HIV Center Running Out of Space
The Coptic Mission in Africa has operated the Coptic Hope Center, a comprehensive HIV health facility, in Nairobi since 2004. The facility, which has been very successful in… Read more »
March 07, 2007
Kenya: Odinga Says Now is the Time for Change
Kenyan Member of Parliament Raila Odinga is a leading contender for the nomination of the opposition Orange Democratic Movement of Kenya (ODM-Kenya) for this December's… Read more »
December 06, 2006
Africa: Tommy Boys, Lesbian Men and Ancestral Wives: Female Sex Practices in Africa
This book is a compilation of articles on the experiences of lesbian women in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Namibia, South Africa, and Swaziland. The stories were born out of the… Read more »
September 14, 2006
Africa: Future Lies With 'Community-Based Tourism' Says Kenyan Official
"Community-based tourism is opening up a new era," Dr. Dan Kagagi, CEO of Kenya's Tourism Trust Fund, told reporters Tuesday at the TourismAfrica 2006 meeting underway in… Read more »
July 13, 2005
Africa: At Least 9 Africans Missing, 8 Injured in London Attacks
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