Attorney returns to Richmond after a year helping Kenyans establish public defender system
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Category Archives: Nairobi, Kenya
Women will march again with aim to become a political force
A year after more than 1 million people rallied at women's marches around the world with a message of female empowerment and protest... . In this Jan. 17, 2018, photo, Minnie Wood, center, makes signs with her daughters Buckley, right, and Zoey in preparation for a rally in Las Vegas.
Wednesday November 29, Our World in Pictures
Still no Submarine: Spokesman Enrique Balbi talks during a press conference at Navy headquarters in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday. There have been no signs of the missing ARA San Juan, last heard from on Nov. 15., despite an intensive multinational search.
Kenyan president is declared winner of troubled election
Chebukati said Sunday that the election had gone well, and h... . Opposition leader Raila Odinga greets his supporters after attending a church service in the slum of Kawangware in Nairobi, Kenya, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017.
Kenyan election panel poised to announce Kenyatta as winner
Chebukati said Sunday that the election had gone well, and h... . Opposition leader Raila Odinga greets his supporters after attending a church service in the slum of Kawangware in Nairobi, Kenya, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017.
Obama’s struggling ancestral Kenya village misses him – and cashing in on his presidency
Residents in Kogelo, Kenya, say students have had to drop out of school and donor-funded health clinics have closed due to lack of funding. Obama's struggling ancestral Kenya village misses him - and cashing in on his presidency Residents in Kogelo, Kenya, say students have had to drop out of school and donor-funded health clinics have closed due to lack of funding.
Like father, like son: Kenya goes to polls in family affair
Their fathers were allies in the struggle for Kenya's independence from British colonial rule, and then became adversaries.
Kenya’s Biggest Bank Warns Rate Caps Risk Crippling Industry
Equity Group Holdings Ltd. , Kenya's biggest bank by market value, posted a 6 percent decline in first-quarter profit as its chief executive officer warned government-imposed caps on commercial lending rates risk crippling the industry. Net income slid to 4.83 billion shillings in the three months through March as the revenue generated from loans after expenses tumbled 15 percent to 8.89 billion shillings, the Nairobi-based lender said in an emailed statement.
‘It doesn’t feel as welcoming’: Becoming a U.S. citizen in the time of Trump
Omar Ibraham, dressed in a dark jacket and pants, heard his name called by the woman who would change his life forever. He stood up and took a step forward.
Obama made Kenyan artist’s name, but Trump portraits fizzle
In this photo taken Thursday, Dec. 22, 2016, Kenyan artist Evans Yegon displays one of his paintings of Donald Trump, as a painting of President Barack Obama hangs on the wall, left, at his studio in Nairobi, Kenya. Yegon is sad to see President Barack Obama leave office.
Nyamira Senator Kennedy Mong’are launches his presidential bid
Addressing the press during the launch in Nairobi, Senator Mongare said Kenyans have been betrayed by subsequent governments since independence. The Nyamira senator said he believes he is the change Kenya needs adding that the country requires a paradigm shift in politics.
Man shot dead after stabbing officer outside US embassy in Kenya
A man was shot and killed by Kenyan police outside the US embassy in the capital Nairobi on Thursday after stabbing an officer with a knife, police said. "The man was shot after stabbing a GSU officer in the hand and left him with injuries," said local police chief Vitalis Otieno.
Obama’s Kenyan father’s American Dream revealed in letters
The archivist stumbled across the file in a stack of boxes on the second floor of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem. The yellowing letters inside dated back more than half a century, chronicling the dreams and struggles of a young man in Kenya.