March 26, 2012
Kenya: Cultivating Traditional Crops to Fight Malnutrition
If growing up in an agricultural community were the key to health, the children of Kiamwangi would be thriving. But Jane Hunyu, who farms a quarter-acre plot here, says the… Read more »
March 16, 2012
Kenya: Traditional Male Circumcision With a Modern Edge
A chorus of ululations pierces the dawn at Pius Nyaga's homestead in eastern Kenya, marking the end of a brief ritual near the family cowshed. Nyaga's son, Antony Mwiti, has just… Read more »
March 15, 2012
Africa: African Democracies 'Represent the Future,' Says U.S. Policymaker
Promoting democracy in Africa has been a policy focus for successive U.S. administrations in the post-Cold War era. Since President Barack Obama took office in 2009, the American… Read more »
January 24, 2012
Kenya: New Seeds Boost Yields for Drought-Hit Farmers
For a couple that has weathered the dual tests of early retirement and repeated crop failures, it might have seemed an impossible dream to former primary-school teacher Philip… Read more »
January 23, 2012
Kenya: Hague Court Confirms Charges Against Four Leaders
The son of Kenya's founding father, Jomo Kenyatta, and a former cabinet minister are among four Kenyan leaders who will face trial by the International Criminal Court on charges… Read more »
January 09, 2012
Kenya: Livestock Insurance - A Chance to Outsmart Drought?
The first thing that hits a visitor to Ginda village in northern Kenya is the smell. Read more »
December 27, 2011
Africa: Malaria Scientist Does Groundbreaking Research
At the Malaria Forum hosted by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in October, the latest findings on what is currently the most viable malaria vaccine candidate in medical… Read more »
December 14, 2011
Kenya: Young Men Bend Tradition With Fathering Skills
The repeated hooting of the Ostrich bus announces the break of dawn in Nguruman, a pastoralist village about 150 kilometers south of Nairobi near the Tanzania border. It also stirs… Read more »
December 06, 2011
South Africa: Africa Shoots Beyond Stars in Radio Telescope Bid
South Africa's science and technology minister, Naledi Pandor, reflects a face of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) which is often eclipsed by populist rhetoric, party… Read more »
December 03, 2011
Africa: Audacious Aim to End Poverty - Conversation with Lloyd Pierson
The United States African Development Foundation (ADF) tackles tough problems. An independent public agency established by an act of Congress, it operates among the most… Read more »
November 18, 2011
Kenya: Breaking Toilet Taboos
Among members of the Mijikenda community of Kenya's Coastal Province, it is taboo for a father-in-law's faeces to mix with those of his daughter-in-law. Read more »
November 15, 2011
Kenya: Nation Setting Sights on Eliminating Blinding Disease
Had a community health worker not found him at the rural Kenyan village of Olenarau, 65-year-old Tonke Nalakiti would still be blaming his failing sight on old age. Read more »
November 12, 2011
Africa: Celebrating Democracy and the Youth Revolution in Tunis
The Palais des Sports d'el Menzah was the venue Friday night for a form of exercise rarely practiced there: dancing. Read more »
October 15, 2011
Africa: Simple Steps Can Curb Childhood Deaths
Although she is five years old, Rose Nduta is about the same height as a 20-month-old toddler. Pale, spindly-limbed and severely underweight, the Kenyan girl suffers from chronic… Read more »
Kenya: Social Media Leapfrogs Drought-Hit Nation into a New Generational Order
Defying elders who flatly reject western culture, youth in northeastern Kenya are resisting efforts by spiritual leaders to ban social media. Read more »
September 30, 2011
Kenya: Tree Planting, Forest Queens Highlight Wangari Maathai's Legacy
"Just look at that hillside over there," Mary Kiptanui said pointing at a green hillside sparsely scattered with trees. "That used to be covered, a forest, and now there's hardly a… Read more »
September 13, 2011
Kenya: Clean Water as a Life Force
The streets of Gatwekera village in Nairobi's Kibera slum throng with people on a recent Sunday afternoon. Small shops and kiosks line the dirt paths separating brightly colored… Read more »
August 12, 2011
Africa: Continent's New Middle Class Lures Investment
For too long, the story of Africa has been about government corruption, war and disease. Economic news was also bad. From 1975 to 1995, the continent was mired in negative growth,… Read more »
May 18, 2011
Africa: West Has Taken Sides in Libyan 'Civil War,' Says Annan
Former United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan believes the Western coalition fighting Libya's Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi has "crossed a line" and is now "fighting on one side… Read more »
March 21, 2011
Cote d'Ivoire: Will A Unity Govt Resolve Nation's Crisis?
Côte d'Ivoire is on the brink of civil war. Its president since 2000, Laurent Gbagbo, is refusing to cede power to Allasane Ouattara, the putative winner of elections last… Read more »
March 15, 2011
Africa: Obama Will Promote 'Strong Democratic Agenda' - Top U.S. Official
Popular uprisings in north Africa and elsewhere, and elections in many countries, are giving democracy new prominence across Africa. Read more »
Kenya: Justice Must 'Replace Impunity and Violence,' Says U.S.
Kenyans accused of responsibility for the violence which followed the 2007 elections must answer for their crimes in front of a judicial body, the top U.S. official responsible for… Read more »
East Africa: New Documentary 'Ni Wakati' Brings American, East African Artists Together
The new documentary by Kenyan filmmakers Michael Wanguhu and Russell Kenya premiered at the Pan African Film Festival in Los Angeles this year. It proved to be a good year for… Read more »
Kenya: 'Soul Boy' Tells a Different Story of Life in Kibera
Soul Boy is a gem of a film. It takes us into the world of the Kibera slums of Nairobi, telling the story of 14-year-old Abila, who sets out to find what is wrong with his ailing… Read more »
December 15, 2010
Kenya: Top Politicians Accused of Crimes Against Humanity
International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo has named six people as major perpetrators of ethnic-based “crimes against humanity,” including rape,… Read more »