Goat 'condoms' save Kenyan herds

population control of herds in this drought prone zone of Africa is one of the most important challenge for the Massai tribes.  " Maasai herdsmen in Kenya have turned to an age-old contraceptive device, the...

BLOODBATH IN SOMALI CAPITAL

At least 13 civilians have been killed and as many as 40 wounded in fighting between Islamist insurgents and African Union peacekeepers in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, the fighting was sparked when Islamists...

Berlin, Here I come! Samuel Wanjiru.

BY JOEY KANYI NAIROBI, KENYA. Let’s meet in Berlin Marathon next year …that was the message Samuel Kamau Wanjiru, Beijing Olympics Marathon gold medalist sent to his competitors on arrival in Nairobi yesterday as...

Obama’s Half-Brother on CNN’s ‘Situation Room’

It appears CNN reporter David McKenzie must be a reader of this blog.  McKenzie’s video report about Barack Obama’s half-brother, George Hussein Onyango Obama, aired on Wolf Blitzer's The Situation Room on...

Media Silent About Obama’s Hut-Dwelling Sibling

In a post eight months ago, I asked the , Why is ‘Grandma Obama’ Still Living in a Hut? Yesterday, I published a post about the discovery of another Barack Obama relative — a half-brother — living in a hut in...

88-Year-Old Man is Oldest Primary School Student in Kenya

Kimani Ng'ang'a Maruge, 88, is the oldest man in Kenya to attend primary school. At the time of his enrollment four years ago, the Guinness Book of World Records listed him as being the oldest person in the world to...

Do you Remember her, Lakshmi (who was born with four arms and four legs ) - ...

This was in the news last year and it's really good to know that she is doing so well. I just wanted this to share with everyone. I am also putting the original news below, so you can see the amazing journey this...

Barack Obama’s brother pushes Chinese imports on US

There's no doubt that Barack Obama's daddy was a "travellin' man" and his children represent a wide range of lifestyles. This Obama brother runs an internet trading business that apparently isn't even legal in China. "BARACK Obama’s half-brother has been helping to promote...

Kenyan waitress fired for being HIV positive wins landmark case

The experience of living with AIDS is undoubtedly made worse by the social stigma that accompanies the disease, but a ruling today by the Nairobi high court may allow AIDS victims to fight back against discrimination with the law on their side. "An HIV-positive Kenyan...

Hotel saga reveals Kenya cracks

Kenya has seen the end of war and its people were promised at least some negotiations that is a coalition government bringing together two parties with each claiming to have won the election. But what about tackling graft? Kenya's Finance minister Amos Kimunya a key ally of...

Hotel sale prompts calls for sacking of Kenyan minister

Sale of a hotel owned by country's finance minister in Kenya has become matter of big dispute and demand of his resgination has started. Hundreds of protestors have come on street calling for a probe in the...

Kenya urges AU to suspend Mugabe

Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe is not only facing criticisim from the international community but from his own people as well. The Kenyan Prime minister Raila Odinga is urging the African union to suspend him until he allows free and fair elections, which we all know is never going...

Destiny's Child star takes HIV test in Kenya to raise awareness

Just like J.Lo couple days ago performing for audistic children at an elementary, it is nice to see Kelly Rowland lending a hand to help others with her celebrity status. Lets hope more and more people will follow...

Environmental change re-draws atlas of Africa

"Africa`s rapidly changing environmental landscape, from the disappearance of glaciers in Uganda`s Rwenzori Mountains to the loss of Cape Town`s unique `fynbos` vegetation, was presented Tuesday to the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN).The Atlas,...

Kenya's Safaricom soars on debut

In the unsaturated mobile phone market of Kenya, the IPO launch of the mobile phone firm Safaricom saw great success."The stock rose as high as 8 Kenyan shillings ($0.13; £0.06) from a sale price of 5 shillings in...

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