Kenya

The New York Sun's Obama Frame-Up

Joel Whitney | Posted 08.16.2008 | Media

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Joel Whitney

What The Sun had hoped to paint as Islamic extremism was an important agreement between a candidate and a Muslim human rights group to look at ways not to persecute Muslims.

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Kenyan Children Abducted, Tortured, Turned Into Child Soldiers

AP | KATHARINE HOURELD | Posted 06.24.2008 | Home

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BUNGOMA, Kenya — Dozens of scared children filed silently into the bare room, their eyes on the cracks in the floor. One by one, in low voices, ...

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Kenya's Rival Politicians Sign Deal

AP | TOM MALITI | Posted 02.28.2008 | Politics

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NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya's president and the opposition leader signed a power-sharing deal Thursday to bring the country back from the depths of v...

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A Letter From Kenya

Indagare.com | Saba Douglas-Hamilton | Posted 02.26.2008 | Living

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Documentary filmmaker and conservationist Saba Douglas-Hamilton was raised in Kenya, where she still works alongside her parents, Iain and Oria Dougla...

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Coming to Los Angeles: Labyrinth

Steven Denlinger | Posted 02.15.2008 | Home

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Steven Denlinger

The novella 'Coming to Los Angeles' continues as a serial this week. Chapter 1: Labyrinth IN THE FALL OF 1998, I was teaching in the North Canton C...

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Rape Is Weapon in Kenyan Violence

AP | KATY POWNALL | Posted 02.13.2008 | Politics

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NAIROBI, Kenya — Looting, arson and murder have become hallmarks of Kenya's conflict over a disputed presidential election. Another, less talked...

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Can a Kenyan Peace Agreement Stem Rape?

Muadi Mukenge | Posted 02.12.2008 | Politics

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Muadi Mukenge

Kenya's post-electoral mayhem highlights a horrifying but less well-known aspect to this trend: an increase in sexual violence in the wake of flawed democratic processes that trigger uprisings.

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African NYers Weigh Obama's Chances

NYCity News Service | Posted 02.05.2008 | Home

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NYCity News Service

By Adeola Oladele Produced by Abimbola Ishola Sen. Barack Obama's presidential bid has drawn the interest of African immigrants - including those fro...

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Kenya Crisis Worsens As Second Opposition Lawmaker Is Gunned Down By Police

AP | KATHARINE HOURELD | Posted 01.31.2008 | Politics

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ELDORET, Kenya — A policeman shot and killed an opposition lawmaker Thursday in what authorities say was a crime of passion over a woman. But ma...

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Top US Envoy: Violence In Kenya Is "Ethnic Cleansing"

AP | MICHELLE FAUL and HEIDI VOGT | Posted 01.30.2008 | Politics

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NAIROBI, Kenya — The top U.S. envoy to Africa called the month of post-election violence in Kenya "ethnic cleansing" and said Wednesday Washingt...

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Kenya Death Toll Near 800 in a Month

AP | ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY | Posted 01.27.2008 | Politics

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NAIVASHA, Kenya — Gangs of youths armed with machetes and clubs fought running battles with police on Sunday and burned tribal rivals alive in t...

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From the Heart of a Poet: Prayer Day for Kenya January 25th

Tamsin Rothschild | Posted 01.25.2008 | Living

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Tamsin Rothschild

In Africa / We call it desertifcation / The process whereby the desert devours the vegetation / Yielding wasteland. / Irreversible.

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Poor Like Me

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 01.19.2008 | Politics

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Allison Kilkenny

Like America, Kenya is a country run by rich men, who use tribal differences to first divide their poor people, and them unite them behind false promises of bettering their lives if they vote for change.

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My Conversation with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State, Jendayi Frazer

Tavis Smiley | Posted 01.15.2008 | Politics

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Tavis Smiley

2008-01-15-tavis_kenya.jpgI asked Amb. Frazer about the U.S. role in Kenya's electoral process, especially given our own past problems in presidential elections.

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Kenya Matters

John Ridley | Posted 01.10.2008 | Politics

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John Ridley

There is not a country on earth whose people don't deserve to be free and safe. But Kenya, in particular, does matter.

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Why Voters Reelect Thugs

Lionel Beehner | Posted 01.09.2008 | Politics

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Lionel Beehner

What's worrying is that the ensuing violence in Kenya could leave Kenyans -- and other voters in illiberal democracies -- with the impression that a closely contested race is just not worth it.

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Kenya Opposition Say Up To 1,000 Killed During Post-Election Crisis

Reuters | Posted 01.07.2008 | Home

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Riots and post-election violence in Kenya may have killed up to 1,000 people, the opposition said on Monday as it halted protests and President Mwai K...

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Obama's Plea for Unity Should Be Heard in Kenya

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 01.04.2008 | Politics

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John Tepper Marlin

Kenya needs now exactly the kind of national unity that Barack Obama is calling for in America.

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Riot Police Use Tear Gas, Water Cannons On Protesters In Kenya

AP | ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY | Posted 01.03.2008 | Politics

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Police used tear gas, water cannons and batons Thursday to block thousands of people from protesting Kenya's disputed election amid a political deadl...

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The Folly of Bush's Go-It-Alone Policy

Philip Slater | Posted 01.02.2008 | Politics

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Philip Slater

Most empires in the past went into decline because they exhausted themselves making war, and we seem to be headed down the same path.

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World Leaders Pressure Kenya To End Postelection Violence

AP | KATHARINE HOURELD | Posted 01.02.2008 | Home

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International pressure mounted on Kenya's leaders Wednesday to end postelection violence that has killed more than 300 people, including dozens burned...

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Dozens Burned Alive In Kenyan Church As Post-Election Violence Continues

AP | ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY and TOM ODULA | Posted 01.01.2008 | Home

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A mob torched a church where hundreds had sought refuge Tuesday, and witnesses said dozens of people -- including children -- were burned alive or hac...

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It Depends on What You Mean by Democracy

Simon Jenkins | Posted 01.01.2008 | Politics

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Simon Jenkins

Ultimately Pakistan, like Kenya, will be the stronger for taking their path alone. The last thing they need is a hectoring phone call from a post-imperial nanny.

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Violence Rages In Kenya After Disputed Presidential Election

AP | KATHARINE HOURELD | Posted 12.31.2007 | Politics

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Kenyan police battled thousands of opposition supporters enraged over President Mwai Kibaki's allegedly fraudulent re-election, firing tear gas and l...

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Guerilla Aid!

Barton Brooks | Posted 12.04.2007 | Living

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Barton Brooks

I imagine everything we do is based on a feeling, and on that day it all became clear for me. These children were going about their day in poverty - but happy - and their indifference to their need struck me. I no longer saw "global poverty" as a Sally Struthers infomercial that made

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