Kenya

PhotoBlog - Fire burns Deep Sea slum in Kenya's capital Nairobi

vero — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 11:19:34 +0100

Around 80-90% of Deep Sea informal settlement in Nairobi were destroyed after a fire broke out on the afternoon of 8 March. According to the Kenya Red Cross, up to 10,000 people may have been affected by the fire - a majority of them having been made homeless, and dozens were reportedly injured.

Source: PhotoBlog - Fire burns Deep Sea slum in Kenya's capital Nairobi

Forced Evictions

SamSam — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 13:49:52 +0000

Mapping Kibera

vero — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 16:55:26 +0000

Until recently, what is often billed as one of Africa's largest slums - Kibera, in the Kenyan capital Nairobi - was a blank spot on official maps. But a group of volunteers have been training young people living there to create their own digital map of the area.

Source: Mapping Kibera

Forced evictions in Kenya - Justus Nyang'aya

vero — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:09:00 +0000

People of Kibera

vero — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:27:11 +0000

Eastlea launch the school Dignity pack

Old Man Planet — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:03:03 +0000

Forced evictions in Kenya

vero — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 08:55:01 +0100

Women are heroes - Photo project in Kibera slum, Kenya

vero — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:33:30 +0100

At the beginning of 2009, in Kenya, JR used the rooftops of Africa’s largest shanty-town, in Kibera (Nairobi), to mount an unofficial exhibition. It was in this shanty-town that conflict began in February 2008, after the presidential elections.

Source: Women are heroes - Photo project in Kibera slum, Kenya

Kenya's slums attract poverty tourism | World news | The Guardian

ZigZag — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:50:43 +0100

"It might seem a bit strange to come here," said Eric Schlangen, as the guide led him towards the sea of tin-roofed shacks that constitute Kibera, often described as one of the world's largest slums. "But I wanted to see how people live in this country, not just the animals."

Source: Kenya's slums attract poverty tourism | World news | The Guardian

Nairobi: Kenya begins huge slum clearance « The Struggle for the City

vero — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:20:11 +0100

Kenyan authorities have begun to move residents out of Africa’s largest slum – the Kibera settlement in Nairobi

Source: Nairobi: Kenya begins huge slum clearance « The Struggle for the City

Kenya sweeps away top-rank police

DrPot — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:56:27 +0100

The government in Kenya has replaced almost all of the country's most senior police officers in what analysts say could be the start of major reform.
Human rights groups blame the police for much of the killing that took place during violence that followed elections in 2007.
The changes go to the top - ex-police commissioner Maj Gen Hussein Ali has been moved to the Post Office.
Human rights agencies have cautiously welcomed the changes.

Source: Kenya sweeps away top-rank police

Nyamalo and Opiata - AGM 09

vero — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:16:16 +0100

Nyamalo and Opiata at the Amnesty UK AGM 09

vero — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:13:06 +0100

Deep Sea residents meet Amnesty's campaigners

vero — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:43:56 +0100

Wangari Maathai

vero — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:26:32 +0100

Poverty and human rights

vero — Tue, 12 May 2009 13:28:46 +0100

Kenyan women hit men with sex ban

fionamc — Fri, 01 May 2009 10:06:52 +0100

The Women's Development Organisation coalition said they would also pay prostitutes to join their strike.

The campaigners are asking the wives of the Kenyan president and the prime minister to join in the embargo.

Source: Kenyan women hit men with sex ban

Outrage at Kenya assassinations

DrPot — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:59:09 +0000

A UN investigator of extra-judicial killings in Kenya has called for an international inquiry into the murder of two human rights activists.
Oscar Kamau Kingara was shot dead along with a colleague hours after a government spokesman accused their group of aiding a criminal gang.
A consortium of human rights groups in Kenya says it holds the government responsible for the death.
The police have denied any government involvement in the killings.

Source: Outrage at Kenya assassinations

About at Mshairi

OldGreg — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:27:04 +0100

I am a Kenyan mshairi (poet in Kiswahili) living in the UK dreaming of a time when the cultural, legal and political obstacles that prevent African women attaining economic independence and equality are eradicated. I would like to see the development of gender-sensitive ICT policies leading to more African women accessing and using these technologies. My interests are world music, poetry, books, art, love, movies, life, Africa, gender activism.

Source: About at Mshairi