Long overlooked on the international arts scene, Kenya is finally gaining prestige on the world stage. Some artists can now make their living entirely from artwork and collectors are coming from aroun...
452 viewsKenyan marathon runners are world-famous. And so it should come as no surprise that foreign athletes are turning Kenya to learn their secrets. At 2,400 meters above sea level, Iten, a small town about...
327 viewsWorld Water Day is being marked in Kenya by events and awareness campaigns across the country, but in many Nairobi slums, today's focus on water is the same as yesterday&a...
239 viewsAbout 1.2 million people around the world are killed in traffic accidents every year, according to the World Health Organization. Kenya has some of the world's worst road fatality sta...
283 viewsDaily life in the slums of Nairobi is a constant struggle - with people trying to scrape together money for food, rent, and school fees. And the slums were most affected by the 2007 Kenyan post-electi...
291 viewsChildren and teens living on the streets of Nairobi lead dismal lives. They are targets of harassment from the police, city council and society at large. Many of them do drugs. Girls, especially, ar...
234 viewsBritain's High Court has wrapped up a hearing on whether a case involving torture in colonial-era Kenya can go to trial. Nearly 50 years ago amidst Kenya's struggle ...
232 viewsContemporary art in Kenya is facing challenges. Art education in schools is lacking, and the art market, dominated by tourists and expatriates, tends to stifle experimentation. Despite this, two young...
243 viewsWhile doing marine conservation projects at the Kenyan coast several years ago, one woman observed children making toys out of flip-flops that were washing up on shore. So she started a business to ma...
207 viewsInspired by the popularity of American and British home makeover shows, a television producer in Kenya has created a farming reality show that is helping farmers in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania do a be...
196 viewsJust one-third of Nairobi's trash makes it to the single municipal dumpsite at Dandora. The rest -- the solid waste of nearly 2.5 million residents, remains unaccounted for. One soc...
315 viewsYoung Kenyans facing a tough job market at home are traveling abroad for work at hotels and homes in the Middle East. While recruiters promise steady work at a good wage, the reality can be much diff...
245 viewsNairobi artist Michael Soi paints subjects that he says make Kenyans "uncomfortable," - such as commercial sex workers, interracial relationships, the China-Africa pa...
248 viewsBritain has apologized and agreed to pay compensation to thousands of veterans of the Mau Mau nationalist uprising in Kenya, which was brutally suppressed by the British colonial government in the 195...
229 viewsAs Christian churches grow in size and number in Kenya, they have created a growing industry of faith healers and televangelists. Concerns are also rising that these new churches exist only to exploi...
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