Mar 30 Watch Kenya takes on e-waste problem with new recycling hub By PBS News Hour Used electronics are one of the fastest growing sources of waste globally, and it is estimated that 15,000 tons of used computers and mobile phones are shipped to Kenya every year. Today, Kenya is trying to get ahead of the… Continue watching
Jan 07 Watch Al-Shabab terrorists in training find inspiration in Kenya mall attack By PBS News Hour For the Somalia-based Islamist militant group al-Shabab, the 2013 attack on the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, that killed 67 people is being used to inspire new soldiers. Jamal Osman of Independent Television News goes inside a camp where nearly… Continue watching
Nov 15 African bid to defer Kenyan trial fails at the UN President Uhuru Kenyatta. Photo by Hoss Njuguna/AFP/Getty Images A request by the African Union to postpone the International Criminal Court trials of Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy, William Ruto, failed after a split vote among… Continue reading
Nov 14 From college courses to cultivating local agribusiness in Kenya By Larisa Epatko It's not an overstatement to say it gets frigid in Boston. So the company Mike Behan started while attending Northeastern University began by selling slouchy knit hats and scarves. It has since grown to support its main mission of helping… Continue reading
Oct 31 Watch News Wrap: Kenyan military troops destroy al-Shabab training camp in air strike News Wrap: Kenyan military troops destroy al-Shabab training camp in air strike… Continue watching
Sep 25 Poet Kwame Dawes Remembers Kofi Awoonor With Reading of 'The Weaver Bird' Wednesday on the PBS NewsHour, poet Kwame Dawes remembers his uncle, Ghanaian poet Kofi Awoonor, who was killed in the terrorist attack at the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya. Dawes read one of his uncle's most famous works, "The Weaver… Continue reading
Sep 25 Watch Kwame Dawes reads "The Weaver Bird" by Kofi Awoonor Kwame Dawes reads "The Weaver Bird" by Kofi Awoonor… Continue watching
Sep 25 Watch News Wrap: Kenyan Troops Work to Secure Nairobi Mall Site After Four-Day Battle In our news wrap Wednesday, Kenyan troops combed the Nairobi mall to ensure the site was secure after a four-day battle against al-Shabab militants, with a confirmed death toll of 72. Also, a 7.7 magnitude earthquake in a rural part… Continue watching
Sep 24 Kenya's president: Terrorists have been defeated BREAKING: Kenya president: Terrorists defeated, 3 mall floors collapsed, 72 dead, more bodies trapped.— The Associated Press (@AP) September 24, 2013… Continue reading
Sep 24 Watch Kenya Forces Faced Well-Prepared Attackers in Mall With Many Hiding Places While the Kenyan authorities have announced the end of the siege at a Nairobi mall, troops there still face work of clearing and searching the area. Judy Woodruff talks to Nicholas Kulish of The New York Times, who explains the… Continue watching