Africa discusses Climate Change

Global Voices a month ago Region: Kenya

Blog Action Day 2009 was an online event organized by Change.org. It was a virtual gathering of voices discussing climate change. Bloggers from a sampling of countries in Sub Saharan Africa were among those who posted their thoughts, and in this post, we get to listen to their voices. Kenya The blogger at Theatre of Inconveniences reminds readers to also think about wildlife and the species threatened with extinction... more

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Thousands of Ogiek People face eviction from their land

John Schertow 3 months ago Region: Kenya

On July 29, Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga announced  that every single Ogiek would be facing arrest if they did not voluntarily abandon their ancestral lands in the Mau Forest region of Kenya--where the Ogiek have lived for centuries. Under the auspices of conservation, Odinga claimed that the Ogiek have severly depleted the forest, leaving the government with 'no choice' but to evict everyone so the forest ... more

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UK Volunteer Doctor Shares Joys And Trials Of Treating Nairobi Slum Patients At Arrow Hospital

Jackie ONeal 4 months ago Region: Kenya

          Dr. John Gilbert, a volunteer  from the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom, has been working with patients at Arrow Hospital  www.arrowwebhospital.org   in the The Kayole-Soweto community in Nairobi, Kenya, for the last six weeks.  He hopes his medical  background and skills will help improve the quality of health care for the patients he treat... more

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Finally, Safe Drinking Water for the Thousands in Kenya

Jackie ONeal 5 months ago Region: Kenya

 Kristen Kosinski, the founder of The Samburu Project and former executive at Paramount Network Television in Hollywood, believes all people have a primal need to connect with Mother Earth. In 2005, she traveled to Kenya with the intention of researching a documentary about indigenous tribal women. Through her local Kenyan contacts, she identified a guide who eventually led herdeep into the African bush. She end... more

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Kenya: World Renowned Elephant Matriarch Dies in Amboseli

Global Voices 6 months ago Region: Kenya

World renowned Amboseli National Park elephant matriarch, Echo, has died from what the Amboseli Trust for Elephants (ATE) believes to be a combination of old age and the long 3-year drought that has left this southern Kenya wildlife preserve dry and with little to offer in terms of food. Echo died at 2pm on Sunday, 3 May 2009. She had collapsed on Saturday morning and had remained down for more than 24 hours, unable t... more

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Tikolo quits as Kenya captain

Sethu Maathavan 7 months ago Region: Kenya

"I told the boys before the last qualifying game against the Netherlands in Potchefstroom that this would be last match as captain," Steve Tikolo said. "It has been a privilege being captain for the last seven years. I believe this is the right time to give a younger player the chance of leading Kenya into the fifth successive World Cup," he said. "I will be 40 at the time and I will not be in the right frame t... more

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Kenyan Government in Crisis

Patrick Wanjau 7 months ago Region: Kenya

The Kenyan government is currently undergoing a major hit back after the uncalled resignation of The minister for Justice and constitution Affairs. Honorable Martha Karua said that it was hard for her to work under a government that did not recognize her position as Minister. This occurred after the President Appointed several High Court Judges without even consulting the Minister, who herself is a Lawyer. The Ministe... more

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Maneno: A Multilingual Blogging Platform Built For African Bloggers

Global Voices 8 months ago Region: Kenya

Maneno is a new blogging platform that promises to offer blogging and communication solutions for bloggers with limited or narrow-bandwith in Sub-Saharan Africa. Maneno is a Swahili word, which means “words.” Considering the multilingual nature of the region, Maneno was built to allow for multiple language versions of articles to “sit atop one another for immediate access.” The interface of the... more

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What Africa Expects from Barack Obama

Fred Obera a year ago Region: Kenya

The premise of a Barack Obama presidency brings great expectations from Africa.  Kenyan journalist Fred Obera explores why. "Africa is hurt by factors unique to the continent and our place in the world.  There is our distance from viable markets and problems with trade. And Senator Barack Obama is aware of this," says a Kenyan living in the backyard of Obama’s ancestral village in Alego Siaya, where ... more

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Kenya Back to Normal

Global Voices a year ago Region: Kenya

by Rebecca Wanjiku It is funny how life can turn around. A country that was tilting on the edge and threatening to follow the legacy of Africa's failed states, is now back to full life and life is back to normal. Residents of Nairobi, who were adverseries and concerned about their ethnic background, are now united in attacking the local government minister for changing the public transport routes and forcing people t... more

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