Kenyan Eco-Village Being Built by Slum-Dwellers

Around the world, many initiatives are striving to balance the needs of humans and the environment. Ambitious projects to build eco-cities have so far had mixed results. In Shanghai, China a joint project with a...

Successful Fuel-Efficient Cookers Show the Way

The pressure on the environment from cooking is being blamed for a range of problems, from deforestation to creating gases contributing to global warming. And then there is people's health: many die in the...

Volunteer Brings D.C. Students Face-to-Face with Kenyan Poverty

June 26, 2009, Washington, DC: "You are sick and it is the weekend. You have a fever and you're sweating and vomiting so you fear you have malaria. You need medical attention. All the money you have is what is in your pocket, a total of $3.59. You never went to school so you...

Annan: tribunal of leaders of 2008 violence in Kenya must begin

Kofi Annan, the former Secretary General of the UN, says that Kenya must set up a special tribunal to try the ring-leaders of the 2008 post-election violence by the begnning of August. " Mr Annan says if the new deadline is not met, he will hand over the sealed list he has of...

China showing no mercy to African Nationals smuggling drugs

China is showing no mercy to African Nationals when it comes to drug smuggling. Those convicted are being sentenced to death. " On April 23, Chibuzor Ezekwem, a Nigerian national, was executed for trafficking hard...

Has Obama Embraced Muslim Principle of Al-Takeyya?

After hearing President Barack Obama’s address to the Muslim world from Cairo yesterday, I concluded that it matters little whether or not President Barack Obama calls himself a Christian or a Muslim.  What...

Kenya suffers wave of elephant killings

Poachers seeking valuable ivory have killed up to 20 elephants across north Kenya in the last two weeks, locals said on Wednesday. Residents said the elephants were shot and stripped of their tusks in remote areas of Samburu, Laikibia and Marsabit districts, where wildlife is...

Five die of cholera, 400 undergoing treatment in Northern Kenya

By Adow Jubat Five people are reported to have died from cholera and more than 400 others are undergoing treatment in hospital in Laisamis, Marsabit, Kenya. A herder who returned from Samburu District on May 12, was the first to be diagnosed with the disease. In a telephone...

Angry women raid drinking dens in Narok, Kenya

By Kipchumba Kemei Business at a trading centre in Narok, Kenya stalled after incensed women raided several illegal breweries. The angry women numbering more than 100 beat up drunkards and poured hundreds of litres of chang’aa (an illicit brew), before protesting against...

Volunteer Abroad Tanzania Dar Es Salaam Arusha Children Orphans

http://www.abroaderview.org Our programs allow you to take part in meaningful community service work, while discovering the people, sights, smells and tastes of Tanzania. Volunteering in Tanzania is a way to...

Rare black rhinos to get insurance to boost numbers

The very rare black African Rhino species could be getting a form of insurance as Keny and Tanzania are thinking about relocating them into neighbouring countries in an effort to increase their numbers and boost...

Lysistrata Kenya: Sex Strike by Women Includes PM Wife Ida Odinga

In an effort to get the men in Kenya to work together the women in that country, including the wife of Prime Minister Raila Odinga, Ida Odinga, are staging a sex strike straight from the pages of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata.  It is not known whether or not the wife...

Kenyan wins London Marathon in record time

Samuel Wanjiro from Kenya wins men's race and breaks a new course record at 2 hours 5 mins 9 sec at this years London marathon. German Irina Mikitenko won the women's event for the second straight year, she...

Kenyan Women Withhold Sex over Political Fighting

Women's activist groups across Kenya have placed a weeklong sex embargo on their partners in protest over political infighting. The groups are also paying off prostitutes to walk off the job, so fuhgeddaboudit, guys. This is like a real-life version of Aristophanes'...

24 killed' in Kenya violence

Latest report from central Kenya says that the Mungiki Sect is killing people in the streets.The report says that at least 24 people died in clashes.Imediate cause of the violance is ransom collection by the Mungiki sect, authorities say..The Mungiki Sect is outlawed since...

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