Nairobi

Explosion Rips Through Crowded Buidling

AP | TOM ODULA and JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 05.29.2012

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NAIROBI, Kenya — An explosion ripped through a building full of small shops in downtown Nairobi on Monday, injuring at least 33 people, includin...

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Formerly Homeless Woman Starts Orphanage In Kenya

Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Orphanage, Tumaini, Video, Kenya, Homelessness, Charity, Africa, Eunice Kairuki, Global Motherhood, Nairobi, Denver, Impact News

Eunice Kariuki, a formerly homeless mother of two, experienced her share of struggles on the streets of Denver. Now, she's making sure other children ...

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PHOTOS: Kidtastic Family Adventures

Kensington Tours | Posted 05.21.2012

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What is a Kidtastic Family Adventure? It's a holiday that goes far beyond the beach and instead features personalized once-in-a-lifetime activities

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PHOTOS: Grenades Hurled At Bus Station From Moving Car, At Least 4 Killed

AP | By TOM ODULA | Posted 03.10.2012

Read More: Kenya, Nairobi Bus Station Attack, Kenya Bus Station Attack, Nairobi, Al Qaeda, World News

NAIROBI, Kenya -- A grenade attack at one of the main bus stations in Kenya's capital killed at least four people and wounded 40 others Saturday, offi...

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50 Cent: Feeding Hungry Kids In Africa 'Enlightened Me'

AP | By STACY A. ANDERSON | Posted 02.27.2012

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WASHINGTON -- When 50 Cent announced that part of the proceeds from his new energy drink would be used to help fight hunger in Africa, some questioned...

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WATCH: Kenyan Girl, 12, Films Struggles Of Living In Slums

Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: Video Diary, Video, Hunger, Poverty, Mathare Slum, Kenya, Hunger Relief, Africa, World Food Programme, Nairobi, Mollykenya, Impact News

Molly is a 12-year-old Kenyan girl living in the Mathare Slum just outside of Nairobi -- one of the poorest places in the world. Every day, Molly w...

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America Does Not Happen By Accident

Ming Holden | Posted 03.17.2012

Simply put, America needs not to abandon foreign aid because if it did so, it would forfeit leadership.

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Africa Not Fit For Print; The 'Light' Side Of The 'Dark' Continent

Jonathan Kalan | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Africa Media Coverage, Africa Investment, Africa Development, Africa, Africa Economy, Congo, Democratic Peoples Republic of Congo, Africa Success Stories, Nairobi, Good News News

America views Africa through nonprofits and disaster-craven media, while America through the glorified prism of the culture we export around the world. Jersey Shore isn't all of America. And Darfur isn't all of Africa.

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Kenya Parents Attack Teachers Over Poor Exams Results

AP | Posted 01.05.2012

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NAIROBI, Kenya -- The chairman of the Kenyan teachers' union says angry parents are attacking teachers nationwide after their children's dismal perfor...

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Kenya Dispatch: The End of Structure

Ming Holden | Posted 02.20.2012

Read More: Youth, Somalia, Collaborative Power, Horn of Africa, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Al'Shabaab, Kenya, Congo, Election Violence, Ptsd, Refugees, Foreign Policy, Youth Empowerment, Identity Politics, Nairobi, World News

It wasn't until I mobilized a theater group for female survivors of gang rape at the hands of rebel army soldiers who murdered their parents in front of them that I truly learned what self-expression means to the future of democracy.

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Africa Mourns Death Of Christopher Hitchens

Michael Mungai | Posted 02.17.2012

Read More: Christian Fundamentalism, Christopher Hitchens Death, Christopher Hitchens, Africa, Rwanda, Christopher Hitchens Africa, Hiv, Kenya, Christopher Hitchens HIV/AIDS, Rwanda Genocide, Aids, Christopher Hitchens Activism, Nairobi, Impact News

Africa has just lost one of its greatest allies in the fight for human rights.

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Pay-Per-Use Toilets Come To 'Silicon Valley Of Sh*t'

www.good.is | Jonathan Kalan | Posted 11.18.2011

Read More: Nairobi Slums, Pay-Per-Use Toilets, Sanergy, Kenya, Nairobi Sanitation, World Toilet Day, Nairobi, Silicon Valley, Impact News

A “flying toilet” is a particularly Kenyan device: a small grocery bag used as a toilet and then tossed out the window onto the street. The first ...

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Sometimes the Art Matters... Even More Than Kim Kardashian

Yazmany Arboleda | Posted 01.09.2012

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For one morning, bright yellow balloons changed some commuters' moods in the heart of Kenya's capital city.

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Countering Grenades With Balloons In Kenya

AP | By TOM ODULA | Posted 01.07.2012

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NAIROBI, Kenya -- A U.S. artist handed out thousands of yellow balloons to Nairobi's blue-collar commuters Monday, igniting broad smiles among Kenyans...

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Why Is This Man Smiling?

AP | By TOM ODULA | Posted 01.07.2012

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By TOM ODULA, Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya -- A U.S. artist handed out thousands of yellow balloons to Nairobi's blue-collar commuters Monday, ign...

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Global Phase-out of Lead in Gasoline Succeeds: Major Victory for Kids' Health

Peter Lehner | Posted 01.01.2012

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Even small amounts of lead can lower a child's IQ level and shorten attention span. Children with lead in their blood are also more likely to become aggressive, violent and delinquent.

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Al Shabaab Member Pleads Guilty In Kenya Attacks

AP | By TOM ODULA | Posted 12.26.2011

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NAIROBI, Kenya -- A Kenyan suspect arrested after two grenade blasts this week said in court on Wednesday that he took part in one of the attacks and ...

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Hunger Hits Nairobi's Slums

Arthur Nazaryan | Posted 12.18.2011

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Nairobi, Kenya - In one of Nairobi's most dangerous slums, Irish aid agency Concern Worldwide has set up a nutrition clinic to fight widespread hunger...

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Potential, Poverty, Politics & Parties: Why Kenya Attracts America's Best & Brightest Young Social Entrepreneurs

Jonathan Kalan | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Social Enterprise, Young Americans, Potential, Poverty, Kenya, Social Entrepreneurship, Nairobi, Impact News

The most populated city in east Africa, and one of the fastest growing, Nairobi, Kenya has become an extremely strategic regional center for business, banking, development, and politics.

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Dozens Killed In Deadly Pipeline Explosion

AP | TOM ODULA | Posted 11.12.2011

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NAIROBI, Kenya — Joseph Mwangi hoped and prayed his children had escaped the inferno caused when a leaking gasoline pipeline exploded on Monday,...

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East Africa Famine Will Get Worse: UN Official

AP | Posted 11.01.2011

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NAIROBI, Kenya -- A top U.N. official says the famine in East Africa will worsen in coming months but that he hopes aid agencies will be able to reach...

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Abuja, Nigeria: Happy to Leave

Tamar Abrams | Posted 10.29.2011

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While Nigeria is clearly an undeveloped country, here it attempts to hide behind flashiness.

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The Bait of Christian Fundamentalism in Africa

Michael Mungai | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: David Bahati, Christianity, Christian Fundamentalism, Christianity in Africa, Kenya, Dagoretti, Nairobi, World News

Struggling to survive, I would go to nearby evangelical churches looking for food and clothes. To receive assistance, you had to be "born again." I became "born again" more than seven times, hopping from one church to another in search of food.

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World Humanitarian Day: Celebrating International And Local Groups Working Together

Elizabeth Wright | Posted 10.19.2011

Read More: World Humanitarian Day, Kenya, Nairobi, Food Security, Horn of Africa, Somalia Famine, Concern, Famine in Africa, Somalia Drought, Impact News

This year's World Humanitarian Day is a celebration of people helping people. In Nairobi, where my colleague Kirk Prichard and I have been deployed on...

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A "Hidden Emergency" in Plain Sight: Nairobi's Slums in Freefall

Elizabeth Wright | Posted 10.16.2011

Read More: Kenya, Nairobi, Starvation, Drought, Poverty, Humanitarian, Slums, Impact News

In Kenya's capital city of Nairobi, two-thirds of the population live far below the poverty line in sprawling urban slums. Hunger is an everyday reality here.

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