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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Nairobi

Nairobi stories: 5 news summaries

Kenya's Quiet Casualty: Flowers

Violence threatens nation's 3rd-largest industry

Feb 9, 08 6:25 AM CST
(Newser) - The violence in Kenya has come at the worst possible time for an industry quietly flourishing in the warmth of the nation's long, sunny days—flowers. Kenya supplies 25% of Europe's cut flowers, making it the third-largest industry behind tourism and tea, the Economist reports. Roses are the main crop,... More »

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Kenya • Nairobi • flowers • roses • Lake Naivasha

Kenya Braces for More Violence

Opposition gearing up for street protests

Jan 16, 08 11:24 AM CST
(Newser) - Tensions are rising in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi as angry opposition supporters prepare for three days of protests over the re-election of President Mwai Kibaki in an allegedly rigged ballot. Opposition protests have been banned by the Kibaki regime, triggering concerns that rallies could spark major clashes. Some 600... More »

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Kenya • protests • Kofi Annan • Nairobi • Mwai Kibaki • Raila Odinga • Kenneth Marende • Kisumu • roadblocks

African Union Can't Resolve Kenya Crisis

Delegation led by
Kofi Annan will take next crack

Jan 10, 08 4:48 PM CST
(Newser) - An attempt to broker an end to the Kenyan crisis failed today when an African Union mission couldn't get opposing sides to agree on how to end the violence, Reuters reports. AU head John Kufuor pressed opposition leader Raila Odinga and President Mwai Kibaki to settle; after talks disintegrated into... More »

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Kenya • African Union • Nairobi • Mwai Kibaki • Raila Odinga • election

Africa Nations
Move to Ban
Plastic Bags

90% don't make it to dumps, clogging sewers, littering streets

Dec 2, 07 6:55 PM CST
(Newser) - With garbage rotting in the streets and being burnt in toxic bonfires, many African countries are looking to ban plastic bags. Kenya produces 48 million every year, and is now trying to follow Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda by outlawing them. In Nairobi’s slums, bags even clog channels leading out... More »

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Kenya • plastic bags • Nigeria • Tanzania • ban • Nairobi • Uganda

8,000 Kenyans Killed by Cops, Lawyers Say

Police call charges against outlaw sect 'fictitious'

Nov 25, 07 8:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Kenyan cops have killed or fatally tortured more than 8,000 youth since 2002, human rights lawyers charged today. The deaths, along with 4,000 cases of missing men, are allegedly part of a state crackdown on the Mungiki—an outlawed sect the government blames for gang violence. Police have... More »

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Africa • Kenya • human rights • gangs • tribes • Nairobi • Mungiki • Kikuyu • Mau Mau rebellion • Mwai Kibaki

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