Kenyan 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...
240 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...
295 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 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 viewsAl-Imra Institute of Languages and Journalism in Nairobi trains young Somali refugees who aspire to become journalists
222 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...
197 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...
248 viewsNairobi artist Michael Soi paints subjects that he says make Kenyans "uncomfortable," - such as commercial sex workers, interracial relationships, the China-Africa pa...
248 viewsThe Nairobi City Council has been accused of brutality in dealing with hawkers in the Central Business District - in order to stop them from illegally selling their wares on the streets. Lenny Ruvaga...
177 viewsIn one of Nairobi's most impoverished slums, some residents board computer bus to better future. Lenny Ruvaga reports from Kawangware. Originally published at - http://www.voanews....
175 viewsAt a women's prison in Nairobi, Kenyan inmates are taking the law into their own hands. VOA's Gabe Joselow reports on how law classes have helped inmates launch their...
193 viewsU.S. and Kenyan officials have discussed ways to broaden counterterrorism strategies in the wake of Islamist militant attacks in East Africa. VOA State Department correspondent Pam Dockins has the st...
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