Nairobi, Kenya - Though her status as the first and only woman from Africa to be awarded with the prestigious Noble Peace Prize offered the opportunity for a promising political career, the indomitable Professor Wangari Maathai has seen her grand plans falter. Maathai's ambitions to ascend to high political office continue to be challenged by a patriarchal society and populace that doesn't support her, believing she in not in touch with the everyday realities of Kenyan life.
Nairobi, Kenya-"We hurriedly buried the seven in the shallow grave and fled due to fears of attacks," explained Joseph Mwangi Macharia as armed police accompanying him went through the motions of evacuating the cattle farmer's entire family, all victims of post-election violence in Kenya.
Nairobi, Kenya-Supporters cast Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga as a noble warrior fighting for democracy, transparency and accountability. Opponents portray him as a desperate adversary who would stop at nothing to achieve his political ends. Odinga himself acknowledges he has been criticized for changing political parties at will, but maintains that he has never compromised his principles. "Some men change their party for the sake of their principles; others change their principles for the sake of their party," he said, quoting Winston Churchill.
Many people were murdered with machetes and some victims were assaulted with arrows. Occasionally, in the dead of the night, victims were corralled by a mob to forlorn structures where they were executed. Did radio broadcasts contribute to the recent violence in Kenya which left 1,000 dead and displaced tens of thousands?
Nairobi, Kenya - As an impressionable girl straight from college, Njeri Mwangi was exhilarated when the Human Resources Department of East and Central African region's largest selling newspaper had hired her as a reporter. But throughout the five years that she worked for the Nation Media Group, rising to the enviable position of Senior Parliamentary reporter, Njeri was anything but happy.
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