May 02, 2013
Kenya: Award-Winning Activist Mwangi Arrested
The twittersphere in Kenya was abuzz after the arrest of political activist and award-winning photojournalist Boniface Mwangi during a protest at a Workers' Day event. Read more »
April 09, 2013
Kenya: Film Review: 'Nairobi Half Life'
"Nairobi Half Life" is directed by David 'Tosh' Gitonga and stars Joseph Wairimu, Olwenya Maina, and Nancy Wanjiku Karanja Read more »
March 30, 2013
Kenya: Text of Supreme Court Decision Upholding Election Results
Following is the text of the decision by the Supreme Court of Kenya on disputed election results, as posted on The Kenya Judiciary web site. Read more »
March 30, 2012
Kenya: Supreme Court Upholds Kenyatta Victory
Kenya's Supreme Court on Saturday ruled to uphold the victory of president-elect Uhuru Kenyatta, whose win was challenged by his leading contender, Prime Minister Raila Odinga. Read more »
March 08, 2013
Kenya: Kenyatta Wins Presidency, Provisional Results Show
Uhuru Kenyatta, the son of Kenya’s founding president, narrowly won last Monday's presidential election outright, defeating main rival Prime Minister Raila Odinga, according… Read more »
February 28, 2013
Kenya: Women-Led Farm Initiative Aims For Peace, Prosperity
Fear of violence surrounding the upcoming general elections next week has raised anxiety among many Kenyans, but less so for Nyokabi Wamuyu. She is counting on a new initiative in… Read more »
February 15, 2013
Africa: Six Nations Bid to Host 2019 Afcon
A total of six countries are bidding to the host the 2019 African Nations Cup finals but the Confederation of African Football are refusing to name them. Read more »
March 02, 2013
Africa: Kangaroo Care Boosts the Odds for Preterm Infants
In one world, Tabitha Wanjiku is shimmying under cars, tweaking transmissions and rewiring brake lights on her way to certification as a mechanic. In another, the soft-spoken,… Read more »
January 18, 2013
Africa: Columbia University Hub Aims to Engage African Research
We live in an increasingly globalised world and this is transforming how we live. Thanks to new technology we can now communicate seamlessly and instantly across the globe.… Read more »
January 16, 2013
Africa: Will an African Be Chosen to Lead the World Trade Organization?
Notwithstanding the fact that the Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) has few real powers as executive head of a member-driven organization, it is one of the… Read more »
January 04, 2013
Africa: Tapping Africa's Scientific Potential
When John Mwero looks at charred sugar cane ash he sees sturdy bridges, soaring skyscrapers and stable roads. He's convinced that bagasse ash - the residue that's left after… Read more »
November 14, 2012
Kenya: Operation Hirola - Saving Africa's Rarest Antelope
While the world focuses on the African Union effort to oust Al Shabaab militants from Somalia, another operation is quietly plugging away along the country's southern border with… Read more »
October 23, 2012
Kenya: Cattle in the Capital - Urban Agriculture Comes to Town
Leonard Gichuru Gitau is a city dweller, but it doesn't take a detective to see that he is also a livestock farmer. The lowing of cattle greets visitors to his neatly… Read more »
October 15, 2012
Kenya: Vaccines, Vitamins and Vegetables - The Nutrition Fight Front Lines
A glossy nutrition pamphlet flies through the clinic's open doorway and hits a pacing rooster head-on. The disgruntled bird stops mid cockle-doodle-doo and struts away. Read more »
October 05, 2012
Kenya: Mau Mau War Victims Win Right to Sue Britain
Three Kenyans who say they were victims of torture and sexual abuse at the hands of British colonial rulers during the 1950s Mau Mau uprising have been granted the right to sue… Read more »
September 18, 2012
Kenya: Mass Grave Found in Tana Area
A mass grave was discovered on Monday in Kenya's Tana River region, a police source in the area has told AFP. Read more »
September 07, 2012
Kenya: Ngilu Pursues Presidency on Pro-Poor Platform
Kenya's water and irrigation minister, Charity Kaluki Ngilu announced her bid for the presidency this week as leader of the National Rainbow Coalition. She calls it the "party of… Read more »
August 15, 2012
Africa: Toilet Tales - Health Gains Without Wasting Water, or Excrement
Although there were no African prizewinners this week from a toilet challenge sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, South African Professor Chris Buckley doesn't… Read more »
August 12, 2012
Uganda/Kenya: Uganda Finishes Olympics in Burst of Glory
Uganda's Stephen Kiprotich set the seal on East Africa's dominance of long-distance running at this year's Olympics - and won glory for his country - when he took the gold medal in… Read more »
May 31, 2012
Kenya: Vaccine Could Reduce Cervical Cancer Deaths
At age 22, all Martha Achieng' Ooko really craved was freedom and a place to call her own. She was working hard as a beautician, giving manicures and pedicures in the western… Read more »
Kenya: Lack of Screening, Vaccines for Cervical Cancer Costs Lives
At age 22, all Martha Achieng' Ooko really craved was freedom and a place to call her own. She was working hard as a beautician, giving manicures and pedicures in the western… Read more »
May 16, 2012
Kenya: Woman Dies After Mombasa Grenade Attack
A woman has died after a grenade attack in Mombasa, police told AFP on Wednesday - a day after armed men attacked a restaurant in the Kenyan port city. Read more »
May 04, 2012
Kenya: Court Ruling on Generic Drugs Sets Precedent for the Region
Thousands of people living with HIV and Aids in East Africa were given new hope on 25 April 2012, when a high court judge in Nairobi ruled that Kenya’s anti-counterfeit law… Read more »
April 24, 2012
Africa: U.S. in Drive to Boost Africa's Energy Supply
As I fly over Africa at night - a regular occurrence in my job - the continent is an indelible image of sporadic pinpricks of light that identify the largest cities and towns, with… Read more »
April 03, 2012
Kenya: Slum Midwives Bridge Labour Gap
To the casual visitor, the dusty, dimly lit room may not look much like a birthing center. But many women consider their babies lucky to enter the world in this mud-walled space in… Read more »