Aug 03 Watch 7:22 How tech is putting the needs of impoverished Kenyans on the map By Fred de Sam Lazaro At least 50 percent of Nairobi's population lives in slums, yet until a few years ago, many busy neighborhoods were blank spaces on official maps. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from Kenya on the ways mapping technology is… Continue watching
Jun 28 Fire kills 15 people in Nairobi’s largest open-air market By Tom Odula, Associated Press The cause of the fire that injured 70 people was not immediately announced, but the blaze is being treated as a crime scene, the Associated Press reported. Continue reading
Jun 09 1 US soldier killed, 4 wounded in attack in Somalia By Matthew Pennington and Cara Anna, Associated Press One U.S. special operations soldier was killed and four U.S. service members wounded in an “enemy attack” Friday in Somalia. Continue reading
May 10 At least 44 killed after dam bursts in Kenya, officials say By Tom Odula, Associated Press At least 44 were dead and another 40 were missing Thursday after a dam swollen by weeks of seasonal rains burst in Kenya's Rift Valley, sweeping away hundreds of homes and sending people fleeing, officials said. Continue reading
Apr 08 Watch 24:59 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode April 8, 2018 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, April 8, dozens are dead and hundreds injured following a suspected poison gas attack in Syria, and President Trump appeals to his base with attacks on immigrants. Also, 20 years after the Good Friday Agreement… Continue watching
Apr 08 Watch 1:54 Kenya racing to preserve rhino subspecies after last white male died By Zachary Green After the world's last male northern white rhino died in Kenya two weeks ago, scientists are hoping in vitro fertilization with the last two females can save the subspecies from extinction. The government is also using the rhino’s death as… Continue watching
Apr 01 Large crack in East African Rift is evidence of continent splitting in two By Lucia Perez Diaz, The Conversation A large crack, stretching several kilometres, made a sudden appearance recently in south-western Kenya. Continue reading
Mar 20 Sudan, last male northern white rhino on Earth, dies By Tom Odula, Associated Press The world's last male northern white rhino, Sudan, has died after "age-related complications," researchers announced Tuesday. Continue reading
Jan 31 Kenyan TV stations remain shut down after planning to air mock ‘inauguration’ By Michael Boulter Despite losing in the country’s recent elections, Kenya’s main opposition leader Raila Odinga declared himself “the people’s president” and was “sworn in” at a mock inauguration Tuesday, prompting the government to shut down several television stations. How did we get… Continue reading
Jan 04 Analysis: The devastating stigma of fistula and the surgery that can help By Fred de Sam Lazaro Fistula, once a common occurrence in the United States, continues to be an unfortunate reality for many of the world’s poorest women around the world. Continue reading