Topic: Kenya

Tribal clashes kill at least 7 in Kenya

CNN - 20 days ago
Clashes between two tribes in northern Kenya left at least seven people dead this week, a local government official said Saturday.. . The clashes...

Record smashers

GulfNews, United Arab Emirates - 20 days ago
Debutant Abshero posts fourth-fastest time in history as three Ethiopians eclipse Gebrselassie's mark while seven women go past course best. It was ...

Kenyan Officials Say Government Sites Hit By Indonesian Hacker

CSO Online: Information Security - 20 days ago
An Indonesian hacker compromised 103 Kenyan government websites earlier this month with the aim of showing that the sites could be exploited...

Bad Year for Endangered Elephants

Sci-Tech Today - 20 days ago
It's been a disastrous year for elephants, perhaps the worst since ivory sales were banned in 1989 to save the world's largest land animals from ...

One-Week Safaris in Kenya Have Again Dropped to Affordable Levels

Arthur Frommer - 20 days ago
The days of an air-and-land package to Kenya for under $2,000 are long gone, wiped out by the high cost of aviation fuel. But a price of only...

New Spring Ads: Karl by Karl Lagerfeld, Marni for H&M, and More

The Cut - 20 days ago
Two of the most anticipated mass-market fashion lines for spring 2012 released their print ads this week. Karl Lagerfeld tapped some of his...

Gaps in traps make for sustainable fisheries

SciDev.Net - 20 days ago
Fitting traditional fish traps with 'escape gaps' dramatically reduces the catch of non-target fish while maintaining fishers' incomes, according...

‘Corpses lay strewn in scrubland’

IOL, South Africa - 20 days ago
Tribal militias in northern Kenya clashed over grazing rights for a second day on Friday, killing at least 21 people and torching houses, residents...

Davos: Ushahidi Grows Its Global Crowd-sourcing Platform, Slams Twitter Censorship [TCTV]

TechCrunch - 20 days ago
At Davos I managed to catch Juliana Rotich, Co-Founder of Ushahidi, the incredible crowd sourcing platform which came out of Kenya. Starting with...

Matt Gurney: Bin Laden's killers send a message to Somali pirates

Full Comment - 23 days ago
Three months ago, two aid workers helping to clear landmines out of Somalia were captured by local pirates. Jessica Buchanan, a 32-year-old...