Dirty fuels are still popular in large parts of Africa.
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In urbanising communities in sub-Saharan Africa, women cooking primarily with charcoal and wood had approximately 50% higher odds of likely depression than those cooking with gas.
Telemarketers at an international outsourcing call centre in Nairobi.
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It’s still fashionable today to promote tech startups and tech hubs based on models from the global north. But new, alternative and more sustainable models might be emerging.
A man sits next to dead livestock in the village of Hargududo, Ethiopia, where there’s hardly been a drop of rain in 18 months.
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The ongoing humanitarian crisis raises serious questions about future food and water security in the Horn of Africa.
A protest against police brutality outside parliament buildings in Nairobi.
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A host of problems are behind police failures, including poor evidence gathering and the mistreatment of witnesses.
Candidates are always willing to outspend each other to boost their visibility during the campaigns amid fierce competition for the elective posts.
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The transactional nature of politics reduces opportunities for debate and dialogue between elected officials and their constituents.
After being displaced by drought, nearly 300 people, mostly women, and children arrived at Qansahley camp in Dollow, Jubaland, Somalia.
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About 7.7 million Somalis need emergency aid right now.
Queen Elizabeth II waves from the balcony of Buckingham Palace during the Platinum Jubilee Pageant.
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The decolonisation process was to take place rapidly during the reign of Elizabeth II.
A woman selling produce at the Manzini Wholesale Produce and Craft Market in Swaziland.
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Monitoring and enforcing competition rules is essential to level the playing field for fairer food markets.
At least 57 of the government’s affordable housing units completed so far have been allocated to the KDF soldiers.
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The Ngara project is only 17% complete but has so far generated 650 direct jobs for artisans.
A choir performs during independence day celebrations in Kenya.
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Music has often been used as a political tool to urge Kenyans to forget the sins of colonial and post-colonial regimes.
Increased financing will enable universities in Kenya to make climate change activities a central part of curricula and research output.
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Universities in Kenya should be more sensitive to national policies aimed at addressing the effects of climate change.
Maize grown in a small-scale farm.
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If small-scale farmers can’t afford to grow certified seeds – or can’t find them – food shortages would follow.
Muhoozi Kainerugaba, commander of Uganda’s land forces and President Yoweri Museveni’s son.
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The plan to replace Museveni with his son has dramatically shifted from rumour to reality in recent months.
Potatoes grown in the Kibirichia area of Mount Kenya.
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Potato productivity in Kenya is declining, this is partly due to potato cyst nematodes - a microscopic type of roundworm that feeds on potato roots.
South Sudanese children play at a refugee camp in northern Uganda.
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Refugee law puts humanitarianism above considerations of state sovereignty.
A Nairobi protest against homophobic statements made by a government minister.
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Kenya’s LGBTI community continues to face the deadly consequences of homophobia, transphobia and biphobia.
An activist leaves Kenya’s high court after a 2019 ruling refused to scrap laws criminalising homosexuality.
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LGBTI refugees from other countries expect Kenya to be safer but are quickly disillusioned.
A general view shows the Standard Gauge Railway train constructed by the Chinese Communications Construction Company and financed by Chinese government.
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The fear that borrowers’ strategic assets are at risk from Chinese banks continues to fail the test of evidence.
The Supreme Court of Kenya in Nairobi.
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The country’s courts have already exhibited a significant level of maturity in rulings touching on the executive.
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How can a big infrastructure project benefit marginalised communities?