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? Soldier stands over displaced Kenyans
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.Wangari Maathai
A few nights ago, I received a text message from a friend in Kenya. Afraid of being attacked by members of the Kikuyu community, one of Kenya's largest ethnic groups, he was fleeing his home. "Am ok," it read. "There were revenge attacks from Kikuyus, as the place is predominantly Kikuyu. Looking for another house." Kenya Votes, Photo: Frederick Onyango
The notion of a 'Mother City' is seriously misleading and far from the truth. The available evidence compels one to conclude that Cape Town is a mother only to white people; the few people of color that the 'Mother City' adopts as its sons and daughters are adopted on specific, regulated conditions."The Other Mother City" Photo: Thomas Sly
The recent fighting in Ndjamena, Chad on February 2-6 between an alliance of insurgencies and the army of President Idriss Déby Itno has highlighted the transnational politics of Sudan, Chad, and the Central African Republic. Europeans and Americans living in Ndjamena were flown out by French Army planes, mostly to Libreville, Gabon where France has a military airbase. Many ordinary Chadians, an estimated 20,000, walked or drove across the two bridges which span the river Chari into northern Cameroon.Refugee Camp in Chad, Photo by Mark Knobil
As the US military establishes more bases across Africa, the US government continues to seek a home for AFRICOM, the future center of US military power on the continent. Meanwhile, multi-national corporations continue to plunder Africa's natural resources, and play troubling roles in the region's conflicts.
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