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  • August 2008

    • Eco-Waste, Water Plans Aid Kenya's Poor

      Associated Press  |  Aug 24, 08 5:03 PM CDT

      Eco-Waste, Water Plans Aid Kenya's Poor

      (Newser) - Sewage and sunlight are offering unexpected aid to the poor of Kenyan slums, the AP reports. Public toilets are recycling waste into gas, while sunlight disinfects water and reduces cases of waterborne illness. Adapted from a plan in Tanzania, the project was funded by international donors to help people struggling with high coal and food prices. More »

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      Kenya  • biofuel  • green energy  • solar power  • Kenya's economy

  • April 2008

    • IPO Fever Shows Kenya is Recovering

      Wall Street Journal  |  Apr 15, 08 1:24 PM CDT

      IPO Fever Shows Kenya is Recovering

      (Newser) - When Safaricom, Kenyan’s partially state-owned cellular giant, went public, Kenyans lined up by the thousands to buy in—a generally good sign for a country recently wracked by paralyzing ethnic violence, the Wall Street Journal reports. Safaricom’s IPO itself had been delayed by post-election clashes, but now the country’s economic boom appears back on track. More »

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      Africa  • Kenya  • IPO  • Kenyan elections  • emerging markets  • Kenya's economy

  • February 2008

    • Kenya Airways Halts Flights from Paris

      Reuters  |  Feb 20, 08 6:05 PM CST

      Kenya Airways Halts Flights from Paris

      (Newser) - Plummeting tourism in the wake of January's post-election violence and France's sweeping advisory against travel to Kenya have emptied airline seats, triggering the cancellation of all Kenya Airways flights from Paris to Nairobi. The cancellation, which begins Feb. 26, will disrupt travel to other African destinations, including Congo and Rwanda. More »

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      Africa  • Kenya  • air travel  • Air France KLM Group  • Kenya's economy  • Kenya Airways  • travel ban

  • January 2008

    • Kenya Upheaval Could Reach 'Catastrophic Levels'

      Reuters  |  Jan 31, 08 11:29 AM CST

      Kenya Upheaval Could Reach 'Catastrophic Levels'

      (Newser) - Kenya's political turmoil continues to wreak havoc, and it is "threatening to escalate to catastrophic levels," UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today. After the killing of another member of Raila Odinga's opposition party yesterday, the country faced renewed violence, Reuters reports. The death toll has reached 850 since late December as political disputes have opened old territorial conflicts. More »

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      United Nations  • protests  • Kenya  • Mwai Kibaki  • Raila Odinga  • Ban Ki-Moon  • Kenyan elections  • Kofi Annan  • ethnic violence  • Kenya's economy

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