'We are not wildlife': Kibera residents slam poverty tourism

Tourism in Nairobi slum is rising but many residents are angry at becoming an attraction for wealthy foreign visitors.
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Wangari Maathai

Kenyan winner of the Nobel peace prize for environmental efforts to help the poorest


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Uncovering the brutal truth about the British empire

The Harvard historian Caroline Elkins stirred controversy with her work on the crushing of the Mau Mau uprising. But it laid the ground for a legal case that has transformed our view of Britain’s past

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24/06/2014 / KENYA
This article was written by FRANCE 24 journalist Andrew Hilliar (@andyhilliar).


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Since bursting onto the big screen with her Oscar-winning breakthrough performance in '12 Years A Slave', Lupita Nyong'o quickly became the world's sweetheart. And a very stylish one at that ( Read more... )

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At least 25 people have been killed in a suspected terrorist attack in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, after gunmen opened fire and threw grenades in an upmarket shopping centre.
On Saturday evening the Kenyan presidency tweeted that one of the gunmen had been arrested. The country's head of police, David Kimaiyo, said several assailants were also ( Read more... )

Kenya: Britain to Compensate Kenyan Veterans of Mau Mau Uprising
6 JUNE 2013Britain has bowed to legal moves and agreed to compensate 5,228 elderly Kenyans tortured during the Mau Mau uprising from 1952 until 1961. The deal follows a London court ruling last year that victims could sue ( Read more... )