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Eco-Waste, Water Plans Aid Kenya's Poor

Caroline Zimmerman — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 17:03:24 CDT

Sewage and sunlight are offering unexpected aid to the poor of Kenyan slums, the AP reports. Public toilets are recycling waste into gas, while sunlight disinfects water and reduces cases of waterborne illness. Adapted from a plan in Tanzania, the project was funded by international donors to help people struggling...

IPO Fever Shows Kenya is Recovering

Kevin Spak — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:24:07 CDT

When Safaricom, Kenyan’s partially state-owned cellular giant, went public, Kenyans lined up by the thousands to buy in—a generally good sign for a country recently wracked by paralyzing ethnic violence, the Wall Street Journal reports. Safaricom’s IPO itself had been delayed by post-election clashes, but now the country’s economic...

Kenya Airways Halts Flights from Paris

Susan Reifer — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:05:12 CST

Plummeting tourism in the wake of January's post-election violence and France's sweeping advisory against travel to Kenya have emptied airline seats, triggering the cancellation of all Kenya Airways flights from Paris to Nairobi. The cancellation, which begins Feb. 26, will disrupt travel to other African destinations, including Congo and Rwanda.

Kenya Upheaval Could Reach 'Catastrophic Levels'

Matt Cantor — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:29:00 CST

Kenya's political turmoil continues to wreak havoc, and it is "threatening to escalate to catastrophic levels," UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today. After the killing of another member of Raila Odinga's opposition party yesterday, the country faced renewed violence, Reuters reports. The death toll has reached 850 since late December...