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Kenyan Slum Tours: Voyeurism Or Altruism

Kibera, is possibly the largest and most renowned slum in Africa; home to approximately a million people, a site for hundreds of charities and a place considered the typical slum situation. Although, what can be considered typi...

by Flo Carson

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Growth of the Al-Shabaab movement in Kenya

Kenya’s Minister for Internal Security George Saitoti in 2011 said, “Our territorial integrity is threatened with serious security threats of terrorism. We cannot allow this to happen at all………R...

by Samson Faboye

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Cancer And The Tobacco Industry In Africa

During the World Cancer Day (4th of February 2014) the message which spread across the world media was the cancer burden can no longer be ignored. As figures reached the mark of 14 million new cases per year in 2012 and is expe...

by Daniele Bassi

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Fighting preventable diseases

For five years Mercy Onsando went to primary school on her mother’s back, each day the same as the first day. Some of her classmates laughed, others were too scared to look at her thinking she is contagious, while the teacher...

by Fridah Mlemwa

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Philanthropy Is Not The Solution: Bright Ideas Light Up Africa

1.6 billion people around the world live without reliable access to electricity. 600 million of those live in Africa. I’m sure this isn’t the first time you’ve heard an astonishing statistic like this. Everyday we’...

by Urban Times

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The Internet: Where Violence Is A Click Away

“The Internet is considered a safe place for women to communicate but at the same time, the same anonymity, the same safety is also offered to those who use it to commit crimes and abuse [against] women.” Alice Wanjira-Mu...

by Eunice Kilonzo

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Still Unsustainable; Nairobi

Changing weather patterns! Ozone layer depletion! Melting ice caps! This has been the alarming news across the globe last few years. When climate change became a public concern a few years back, the media presented Kenya with t...

by Fridah Mlemwa

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Travelers Against Plastic

Plastic bottles and plastic paper bags are a threat to our environment. A couple of years back, the government of Kenya abolished plastic paper bags and advocated for bio-degradable carry bags or cloth reusable bags. The privat...

by Fridah Mlemwa

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Gender Based Violence: The scourge of emergencies

Even the most well resourced nation is almost always caught off guard by an emergency. An emergency can cause a humanitarian crisis which leads to a total or considerable breakdown of authority resulting from conflict. In many ...

by Jermain Ndhlovu

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Kenyan Slum Tours: Voyeurism Or Altruism

Growth of the Al-Shabaab movement in Kenya

Cancer And The Tobacco Industry In Africa

Fighting preventable diseases

Philanthropy Is Not The Solution: Bright Ideas Light Up Africa

The Internet: Where Violence Is A Click Away

Still Unsustainable; Nairobi

Travelers Against Plastic

Gender Based Violence: The scourge of emergencies

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