Tag: kenya

• The women fighting back in Kenya’s biggest slum

  August 5, 2019

  Edita Ochieng and like-minded women are taking a stand against endemic sexual violence and police corruption in Kibera. Plus: Angelique Chrisafis on why climate protesters in France are stealing portraits… more ›

• Heavy rains in Kenya reveal a crack that shows…

  April 8, 2018

  Heavy rains in Kenya reveal a crack that shows Africa will split into two continents » Heavy rains caused havoc in Kenya in March, collapsing hospital walls, flooding entire neighborhoods,… more ›

• More Than Half the World's Refugees Live in Urban…

  May 31, 2016

  More Than Half the World's Refugees Live in Urban Areas » NAIROBI, Kenya—“Karibu,” Astar says, using one of Kenya’s official languages, Swahili, to welcome shoppers into her market stall. As… more ›

• 'We are the Mau Mau': Kenyans share stories of…

  May 8, 2016

  'We are the Mau Mau': Kenyans share stories of torture » It’s December 1952. Naomi Nziula Kimweli, her husband Kimweli Mbithuka Kilatya, and their three children are on a bus,… more ›

• Nowhere In The World Uses Mobile Banking As Much…

  April 15, 2015

  Nowhere In The World Uses Mobile Banking As Much As Africa 1. While it would be easy to assume that using your phone to pay for things is for hipsters… more ›

• Fixing Traffic Congestion In Kenya: Twende Twende

  March 3, 2015

  Fixing Traffic Congestion In Kenya: Twende Twende <p>About $600,000 per day is lost in Nairobi due to congestion on roads. The city is the fourth-most congested city in the world,… more ›