January 08, 2008
Liberia: Market Women Help Revive Economy
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To the untutored eye of a visitor from elsewhere, the markets in Liberia and many other African countries seem chaotic, noisy, smelly, dirty and often dangerous. Traders and… Read more »
Kenya: I Believe in Institutions, Now and for Future Generations - Jennifer Riria [interview]
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Dr. Jennifer Riria left a high-status career as a Kenyan university professor and an international civil servant with United Nations organizations to revive a floundering women's… Read more »
Liberia: Rebuilding Agriculture from Scratch
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"Before the War" is a phrase woven into the very fabric of Liberian life, repeated countless times as a way to define how far the country has fallen and its… Read more »
Nigeria: Farmers Turn to Science to Boost Crop Yields
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Late last June, farmers in Sabon Gari Ganu village in northern Nigeria's Katsina state divided their plots of land into 56 rows. Using seeds from 16 African countries, the farmers… Read more »
Kenya: Building Bridges At Grassroots [blog]
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In this entry in his blog, Daudi Were of Nairobi tells of Kenyans who are reaching out to one another across ethnic barriers. Read more »
Nigeria: New Agriculture Projects Focus on Processing, Marketing
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It smells of freshly ground peanuts inside the mud-walled room where Dr. A. A. Oredipe is standing. His eyes are focused, but moving—inspecting the machine that this small… Read more »
Liberia: Diamond Industry Expert Called as First Prosecution Witness [blog]
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The following entry is reprinted from CharlesTaylorTrial.org, a site covering the war crimes trial of former president Charles Taylor. Read more »
January 07, 2008
Liberia: Charles Taylor Trial Gets Under Way
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The war crimes trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor finally got under way at The Hague in the Netherlands on Monday. Read more »
Liberia: Citizens Lose Interest in Taylor Trial [blog]
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The trial of former Liberian leader Charles Taylor on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity, is set to resume on Monday. But Boakai Fofana of allAfrica's Monrovia… Read more »
January 04, 2008
Kenya: U.S. Sends Top Diplomat to Help Resolve Crisis
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United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is sending her top diplomat for Africa, Jendayi Frazer, to Kenya to talk to both opposition leader Raila Odinga and President Mwai… Read more »
January 03, 2008
Kenya: Unpacking Election Rigging Allegations [blog]
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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 »
Kenya: Tutu Joins Church Efforts to Resolve Polls Crisis
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Nobel peace laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu has flown to Kenya to "assist" in resolving the conflict sparked by President Mwai Kibaki's controversial re-election on… Read more »
Kenya: What is Going On in Our Country? [blog]
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The latest entry in Kenyan Daudi Were's blog. Read more »
January 01, 2008
Kenya: Violence, Controversy Captures International Attention [blog]
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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 [blog]
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Kenyan blogger Daudi Were was at the opposition news conference in Nairobi on Monday. Read more »
Kenya: Uncertainty Grips Country [blog]
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Kenyan blogger Daudi Were gives a personal take on events in Nairobi. Read more »
December 29, 2007
Kenya: Update on Disputed Election Results [blog]
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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? [blog]
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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 [blog]
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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 [blog]
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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 [blog]
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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: Kibaki Leads in Exit Poll [blog]
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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 [blog]
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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 »
Kenya: 24 Hour News Radio - Election 2007 [blog]
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Kenyan blogger Daudi Were shares insights on the 2007 national elections from Nairobi. Read more »
Kenya: Kibera Displays Her Maturity - Election 2007 [blog]
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Kenyan blogger Daudi Were shares insights on the 2007 national elections from Nairobi. Read more »
