Kenya update 6: Things are looking up
Following a lot of hard work by Kofi Annan and other folks at the UN, it looks like the government and the opposition are finally getting down to the hard work of working out some kind of reconciliation. MyBabyMama says things are pretty much back to normal now in most parts of the country but that Western Kenya is still a bit tense.
This story from the BBC points out the ongoing economic costs of the crisis. One of the most important aspects of Kenyan life are the tens of thousands of small traders who sell everything from cooked food to used clothes and stereo equipment. These folks have suffered huge losses and may well become crippled by debt. This has severe ramifications also for the for-profit micro-finance industry which was one of Kenya's flagship development programs.
Lots more to be done and much to deal with. Meanwhile the world's attention turns to who won the Grammy awards, the Suadi religoius police banning valentine's day flowers and whether or not Obama supporters are sexist and Hillary supporters are racist.
This story from the BBC points out the ongoing economic costs of the crisis. One of the most important aspects of Kenyan life are the tens of thousands of small traders who sell everything from cooked food to used clothes and stereo equipment. These folks have suffered huge losses and may well become crippled by debt. This has severe ramifications also for the for-profit micro-finance industry which was one of Kenya's flagship development programs.
Lots more to be done and much to deal with. Meanwhile the world's attention turns to who won the Grammy awards, the Suadi religoius police banning valentine's day flowers and whether or not Obama supporters are sexist and Hillary supporters are racist.