by Onyango Oketch Now let the blame game begin. Schools in Kenya are going up in flames, together with the ideologies they espouse. We might say nothing new in these. […]
Jul 30, 2008 | Categories: Africa, Analysis, Kenya, Latest News, The Kenyan Crisis, Voices of Kenya | Tags: about kenya, breaking news kenya, information about kenya, jobs in kenya, news about kenya, news around world, news in kenya, news kenya, post election violence in kenya, problems in kenya, The Kenyan Crisis, war and conflict | Leave A Comment »
For those of you who have been keeping up with my regular posts, thanks for stopping in. I will be taking a break from my reporting on Kenya and shall […]
Apr 26, 2008 | Categories: #1 Reads, Africa, Kenya, Latest News, Multimedia, The Kenyan Crisis | Tags: about kenya, breaking news kenya, information about kenya, jobs in kenya, kenyan latest news, news about kenya, news around world, news in kenya, news kenya, post election violence in kenya, problems in kenya, The Kenyan Crisis, war and conflict, war in east africa | Leave A Comment »
The cities of Nairobi, Nakuru, Naivasha, Nyieri and Eldoret were all affected by yesterday’s Mungiki demonstrations. A day after President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga named the cabinet […]
Apr 15, 2008 | Categories: Africa, Kenya, Latest News, The Kenyan Crisis | Tags: about kenya, breaking news kenya, information about kenya, jobs in kenya, kenyan latest news, news about kenya, news around world, news in kenya, news kenya, post election violence in kenya, problems in kenya, The Kenyan Crisis, war and conflict, war in east africa | 1 Comment »
A young man hacks at bolts holding the railway line together in Kibera slums. © Anne Holmes Residents of Nairobi’s Kibera slum continued to pull up the railway line late […]
Apr 10, 2008 | Categories: Africa, Kenya, Latest News, The Kenyan Crisis | Tags: about kenya, breaking news kenya, information about kenya, jobs in kenya, kenyan latest news, news about kenya, news around world, news in kenya, news kenya, post election violence in kenya, problems in kenya, The Kenyan Crisis, war and conflict, war in east africa | Leave A Comment »
Stalled negotiations over the naming of cabinet ministers by Prime Minister Designate Raila Odinga and President Mwai Kibaki under the power-sharing deal struck in late February of this year, has […]
Apr 10, 2008 | Categories: Africa, Kenya, Latest News, The Kenyan Crisis | Tags: about kenya, breaking news kenya, information about kenya, jobs in kenya, kenyan latest news, news about kenya, news around world, news in kenya, news kenya, post election violence in kenya, problems in kenya, The Kenyan Crisis, war and conflict, war in east africa | 2 Comments »
by Anne Holmes Before Kofi Annan enters the history books with merits on a job well done in Kenya, before you buy into the propaganda of American goodwill in this […]
Mar 15, 2008 | Categories: #1 Reads, Africa, Analysis, Kenya, Latest News, The Kenyan Crisis | Tags: about kenya, breaking news kenya, information about kenya, jobs in kenya, kenyan latest news, news about kenya, news around world, news in kenya, news kenya, post election violence in kenya, problems in kenya, The Kenyan Crisis, war and conflict, war in east africa | 1 Comment »
A large mob of several hundred people poured into the streets of downtown Nairobi today in support of jailed mungiki leader Maina Njenga. Clashes with police ensued. UPDATE: Several hundred […]
Mar 05, 2008 | Categories: Africa, Alerts, Kenya, Latest News, The Kenyan Crisis | Tags: about kenya, breaking news kenya, information about kenya, jobs in kenya, kenyan latest news, news about kenya, news around world, news in kenya, news kenya, post election violence in kenya, problems in kenya, The Kenyan Crisis, war and conflict, war in east africa | Leave A Comment »
REPORT: One AC-130 bomber flew over the Somali-Kenyan border yesterday Sunday March 2, 2008, in an airstrike upon the Somali town of Dhoble, killing 6 and injuring 20 according to […]
Mar 03, 2008 | Categories: Africa, Alerts, Kenya, Latest News, The Kenyan Crisis | Tags: about kenya, breaking news kenya, information about kenya, jobs in kenya, kenyan latest news, news about kenya, news around world, news in kenya, news kenya, post election violence in kenya, problems in kenya, The Kenyan Crisis, war and conflict, war in east africa | Leave A Comment »
Supporters of ODM cheering outside Harambe house were dispersed with tear gas this afternoon as President Mwai Kibaki and Hon. Raila Odinga signed a power sharing deal. The deal struck […]
Feb 28, 2008 | Categories: Africa, Kenya, Latest News, The Kenyan Crisis | Tags: about kenya, breaking news kenya, information about kenya, jobs in kenya, kenyan latest news, news about kenya, news around world, news in kenya, news kenya, post election violence in kenya, problems in kenya, The Kenyan Crisis, war and conflict, war in east africa | 1 Comment »
Internally displaced persons at a camp just outside Nairobi’s slum of Mathare © Anne Holmes Chief mediator Kofi Annan announced today that he was suspending talks in order to deal […]
Feb 26, 2008 | Categories: Africa, Kenya, Latest News, The Kenyan Crisis | Tags: about kenya, breaking news kenya, information about kenya, jobs in kenya, kenyan latest news, news about kenya, news around world, news in kenya, news kenya, post election violence in kenya, problems in kenya, The Kenyan Crisis, war and conflict, war in east africa | Leave A Comment »
By Prof. Alberto Bencivenga (http://www.ogiek.org) Whoever reads Mr. S. N. Waruhiu’s book “From Autocracy to Democracy in Kenya†will be impressed by the amount of information and by the clarity […]
Feb 26, 2008 | Categories: Africa, Kenya, The Kenyan Crisis, Voices of Kenya | Tags: about kenya, breaking news kenya, information about kenya, jobs in kenya, kenyan latest news, news about kenya, news around world, news in kenya, news kenya, post election violence in kenya, problems in kenya, The Kenyan Crisis, war and conflict, war in east africa | 6 Comments »
Residents of Huruma gather around the body of a man shot dead by police in a late-night confrontation. © Anne Holmes The Nation published an article yesterday about the police […]
Feb 23, 2008 | Categories: Africa, Kenya, Latest News, The Kenyan Crisis | Tags: about kenya, breaking news kenya, information about kenya, jobs in kenya, kenyan latest news, news about kenya, news around world, news in kenya, news kenya, post election violence in kenya, problems in kenya, The Kenyan Crisis, war and conflict, war in east africa | Leave A Comment »
A mob in Mathare North attacks a man they accuse of being Mungiki. © Anne Holmes An overnight raid by police sparked a minor violent scene in Mathare North this […]
Feb 21, 2008 | Categories: Africa, Kenya, Latest News, The Kenyan Crisis | Tags: about kenya, breaking news kenya, information about kenya, jobs in kenya, kenyan latest news, news about kenya, news around world, news in kenya, news kenya, post election violence in kenya, problems in kenya, The Kenyan Crisis, war and conflict, war in east africa | 1 Comment »
Kisii Warriors in Chepilat on Tuesday. © Anne Holmes Standing by. That’s what I’m doing these days. The negotiations with Annan have helped to quiet things down a bit in […]
Feb 10, 2008 | Categories: Africa, Kenya, Latest News, The Kenyan Crisis | Tags: about kenya, breaking news kenya, information about kenya, jobs in kenya, kenyan latest news, news about kenya, news around world, news in kenya, news kenya, post election violence in kenya, problems in kenya, The Kenyan Crisis, war and conflict, war in east africa | 8 Comments »
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 […]
Feb 02, 2008 | Categories: #1 Reads, Africa, Kenya, Latest News, The Kenyan Crisis, Voices of Kenya | Tags: about kenya, breaking news kenya, information about kenya, jobs in kenya, kenyan latest news, news about kenya, news around world, news in kenya, news kenya, post election violence in kenya, problems in kenya, The Kenyan Crisis, war and conflict, war in east africa | 5 Comments »
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 […]
Feb 01, 2008 | Categories: Africa, Kenya, Latest News, The Kenyan Crisis | Tags: about kenya, breaking news kenya, information about kenya, jobs in kenya, kenyan latest news, news about kenya, news around world, news in kenya, news kenya, post election violence in kenya, problems in kenya, The Kenyan Crisis, war and conflict, war in east africa | 7 Comments »
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 […]
Jan 31, 2008 | Categories: Africa, Kenya, Latest News, The Kenyan Crisis | Tags: about kenya, breaking news kenya, information about kenya, jobs in kenya, kenyan latest news, news about kenya, news around world, news in kenya, news kenya, post election violence in kenya, problems in kenya, The Kenyan Crisis, war and conflict, war in east africa | 5 Comments »
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 […]
Jan 31, 2008 | Categories: Africa, Kenya, Latest News, The Kenyan Crisis | Tags: about kenya, breaking news kenya, information about kenya, jobs in kenya, kenyan latest news, news about kenya, news around world, news in kenya, news kenya, post election violence in kenya, problems in kenya, The Kenyan Crisis, war and conflict, war in east africa | 3 Comments »
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 […]
Jan 29, 2008 | Categories: Africa, Kenya, Latest News, The Kenyan Crisis | Tags: about kenya, breaking news kenya, information about kenya, jobs in kenya, kenyan latest news, news about kenya, news around world, news in kenya, news kenya, post election violence in kenya, problems in kenya, The Kenyan Crisis, war and conflict, war in east africa | 11 Comments »
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 […]
Jan 24, 2008 | Categories: Africa, Kenya, Latest News, The Kenyan Crisis | Tags: about kenya, breaking news kenya, information about kenya, jobs in kenya, kenyan latest news, news about kenya, news around world, news in kenya, news kenya, post election violence in kenya, problems in kenya, The Kenyan Crisis, war and conflict, war in east africa | 3 Comments »
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 […]
Jan 21, 2008 | Categories: Africa, Kenya, Latest News, The Kenyan Crisis | Tags: about kenya, breaking news kenya, information about kenya, jobs in kenya, kenyan latest news, news about kenya, news around world, news in kenya, news kenya, post election violence in kenya, problems in kenya, The Kenyan Crisis, war and conflict, war in east africa | Leave A Comment »
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 […]
Jan 21, 2008 | Categories: Africa, Kenya, Latest News, The Kenyan Crisis | Tags: about kenya, breaking news kenya, information about kenya, jobs in kenya, kenyan latest news, news about kenya, news around world, news in kenya, news kenya, post election violence in kenya, problems in kenya, The Kenyan Crisis, war and conflict, war in east africa | 5 Comments »
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 […]
Jan 19, 2008 | Categories: Africa, Kenya, Latest News, The Kenyan Crisis | Tags: about kenya, breaking news kenya, information about kenya, jobs in kenya, kenyan latest news, news about kenya, news around world, news in kenya, news kenya, post election violence in kenya, problems in kenya, The Kenyan Crisis, war and conflict, war in east africa | Leave A Comment »
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 […]
Jan 19, 2008 | Categories: Africa, Kenya, Latest News, The Kenyan Crisis | Tags: about kenya, breaking news kenya, information about kenya, jobs in kenya, kenyan latest news, news about kenya, news around world, news in kenya, news kenya, post election violence in kenya, problems in kenya, The Kenyan Crisis, war and conflict, war in east africa | 12 Comments »