Apr 11 Watch 10:00 How widespread corruption is hurting Kenya By PBS News Hour In Kenya, corruption and bribery are commonplace in law enforcement and the government. Many police officers seem more interested in keeping citizens' cash than keeping the peace, allowing criminals to get off. Meanwhile, the government has "misplaced" $999 million. Special… Continue watching
Apr 10 Watch 7:54 How Al-Shabab is recruiting young men from Kenya By PBS News Hour Al-Shabab, an Al Qaeda-linked militant group based in Somalia responsible for a shopping mall attack in Kenya that killed 67 in 2013, is enlisting more recruits from Kenya than any other country. In the second part of the NewsHour series… Continue watching
Apr 05 How ‘MTV Shuga’ works to wipe out the stigma of HIV By Larisa Epatko Amid the stylish dresses and crimson lips of “MTV Shuga” comes a message of acceptance for those who have HIV. Continue reading
Feb 11 Watch 6:55 What it’s like to call the world’s largest refugee camp home By PBS News Hour Established by the U.N. in 1991 to house Somalis fleeing their civil war, the Dadaab refugee camp complex in eastern Kenya has grown into the largest in the world. Some call it a humanitarian disaster, but to its half-million residents,… Continue watching
Jan 27 Watch 5:28 Why wildlife preserves in Kenya resemble war zones By PBS News Hour With rhinoceros horn now more valuable than gold on the black market, poaching has reached unprecedented levels. Some wildlife preserves in Africa resemble war zones, as rangers struggle to keep pace with poachers, who may have ties to terrorist groups. Continue watching
Dec 20 False alarm after suspicious device forces landing of Air France flight By Michael D. Regan An Air France flight on route to Paris made an emergency landing in the Kenyan city of Mombasa on Sunday following a bomb scare that turned out to be a false alarm, according to a company official. Continue reading
Sep 19 Watch 9:15 ‘Now it’s me as their elder’: After a mother’s death, a struggle to finish school in Kenya By PBS News Hour In 2000, the UN set a goal that by 2015, every child in every nation should be able to obtain free basic education. At the time, 100 million children of primary school age worldwide had never set foot in a school. Today,… Continue watching
Sep 01 When refugees scatter, here’s how family members can find each other By Larisa Epatko While working on a documentary, two brothers in Copenhagen met a teenage Afghan refugee. They soon learned there wasn't a digital database to help him find his family and that they should try to create one. Continue reading
Jul 26 Obama in Kenya says country at ‘crossroads’ By Julie Pace, Associated Press Declaring Kenya at a "crossroads" between promise and peril, President Barack Obama on Sunday pressed the nation of his father's birth to root out corruption, treat women and minorities as equal citizens, and take responsibility for its future. Continue reading
Jul 25 In Kenya, Obama prods African nations to afford gays equal treatment By Associated Press President Barack Obama nudged African nations Saturday to treat gays and lesbians equally under the law, a position that remains unpopular through much of the continent… Continue reading