They Are Young
By Onyango Oketch Move over grand pa They are young. They are angry. They are articulate and sophisticated. Nearly three quarters of them live in the sprawling slums of major […]
Saved From a Lynching
My first day on the ground in Kenya, I went into Mathare with a group of photographers after hearing that there had been some problems. Two mobs were facing off […]
Another Assasination?
ALERT: AN ODM MP HAS JUST BEEN SHOT DEAD BY A TRAFFIC POLICE OFFICER IN ELDORET. UPDATE: It appears the killing is a crime of passion. The MP in question […]
Mass Evacuations Continue
A man salvaged an immaculate Kenyan flag within the ashes of a burning house. © Anne Holmes Tuesday afternoon I was witness to a scene in Soweto Kibera, a slum […]
Rift Valley Purges
A young man runs with a suitcase from burning houses in Nakuru. © Anne Holmes I haven’t been able to post for the last few days as I have been […]
Nothing is Sacred
Women cry during the mass funeral. © Anne Holmes I started my day yesterday morning at the city morgue. ODM had called for a mass funeral and people who lost […]
Another Quiet Day
Monday was fairly quiet in Nairobi. In Kibera they began rebuilding the railway line that residents tore up over the weekend. Mathare North was bloody in the morning with 2 […]
The Situation is Getting Worse
A man brandishing a Machete in Mathari North speaks in front of a crowd. © Anne Holmes Mathare North was an absolute nightmare today and it doesn’t look as though […]
A Day of Quiet in Nairobi
An Ethiopian girl eats lunch at the refugee camp of Nairobi Fair Grounds. © Anne Holmes The day was quiet throughout Nairobi with no reported clashes and people going about […]
Last Day of Scheduled Protests Sees More Bloodshed
GSU and AP units charge into a residential section of Kibera shooting live ammunition and tear gas. © Anne Holmes The last day of outlawed protests in Kenya saw a […]
Violence in Mathare Left Several Injured
I just received an eye witness report from a credible source on the ground who said last night in Mathare several people had been seriously injured with machetes, probably by […]
UPDATED: Door to Door Raids and Police Brutality Leave Five Injured and one dead in Kibera
Military and police forces harassed residents of Kibera. © Anne Holmes Another day of violence in Kibera left one dead and five wounded according to MSF. In the Nairobi slum […]
Fiirst Day of ODM Scheduled Protests Brings More Violence
A large group of people who alleged a mob was trying to loot them, gathered to watch as police moved in to fend the others off. © Anne Holmes At […]
ODM Wins House Speakers
Mini Pub, West Nairobi. © Anne Holmes Local Nairobi residents celebrated last night when parliamentary election results announced Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party members won both House and Deputy Speaker […]
Open Letter by Shailja Patel
An Open Letter to SAMUEL KIVUITU, Chairman of Electoral Commission of Kenya from Shailja Patel. Dear Mr. Kivuitu, We’ve never met. It’s unlikely we ever will. But, like every other […]
Recent Publication
© Anne Holmes My work on Gino Strada’s Emergency War Victim’s hospital in Kabul was recently published in on an on-line magazine called War Shooter. You can see the spread […]
Protest by Fire
by Anne Holmes While I was in Afghanistan I met Hanifa, pictured above. She is nine years old. She was introduced to me by the doctor at Herat Regional Hospital […]
News Direct from Burma to My Doorstep
I received a telephone call Wednesday morning, from a friend, who shall remain annonymous for obvious reasons. He was franticly trying to find a Machintosh computer. “I’ve just arrived from […]
Media Blackout = Mass Murder?
An assassinated monk floating in a river. As far as we can tell Burma is not issuing any visas at the moment. The junta has shut down communication with the […]
Video of Japanese Journalist Shows Deliberately Shot
New footage has emerged of Kenji Nagai being what appears to be quite deliberately gunned down by Burmese forces at near point blank range, contradicting the junta’s official statement that […]
Burmese Kill 2 Foreign Journalists
Purported to be the Japanese journalist shot dead by Burmese troops….doesn’t look like much of an accident. Although not yet confirmed by the Embassy of Japan, the Japanese video journalist […]
Saffron Revolution: Burma on the Brink of Change?
Sign the petition Several people have contacted me asking if I am plan to go to Burma. The answer is no. I know that even going down to the embassy […]
Korean Hostages to be Freed
It looks as though the Korean hostages may be freed today after a breakthrough in talks occurred yesterday between Taliban and South Korean officials. A five-point deal was struck, wherein […]
