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Childcare solution springs up for Nairobi's market trader mothers

While informal markets keep Kenya's economy going, childcare solutions for the mostly female traders are scarce. But now small daycare centres are opening at the markets, allowing these women to work without worrying about their children.

Radio France Internationale

East Africa’s dismal football record doesn’t match its passion – what needs to happen

East Africa loves football. From the streets of Nairobi and the markets of Kampala to the beaches of Dar es Salaam, the passion for soccer is an undeniable current running through the region. Yet, despite fan support, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania haven’t translated this enthusiasm into sustained international success.

The Conversation

Electric motorcycle riders in Kenya demand more flexible battery networks

Electric motorcycles, also known as electric mobility bikes or e-bikes, are gaining ground throughout Africa

The Independent UK

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Climate storytelling often ignores young people – arts-based research can change that

One autumn evening in 2021, I was co-facilitating the first of ten creative sessions with young people in the Daimler Warehouse, Coventry. It’s home to Highly Sprung Physical Performance, a partner in a pilot project called With One Breath. I was there to use theatre, photography and creative writing to…

The Conversation

'I can't afford cooking gas,' shutdown of Kenya's Koko biofuel firm wipes out clean cooking options

In Nairobi's informal settlements, the closure of Kenyan supplier Koko Networks has left thousands of households without access to clean bioethanol cooking fuel

The Independent UK

‘I didn’t know how to shoot’: how African men have been tricked into fighting for Russia

Exclusive: Lured by false job adverts, they are unknowingly enlisted on arrival and put in mortal danger

The Guardian - UK

The rocket builder sending Kenyan kids' imaginations into orbit

On the ground floor of an apartment block in the town of Ongata Rongai, south of Nairobi, two rockets stand upright on metal pillars, their aluminium skins catching the light. They look out of place here – too ambitious, too futuristic for a space meant for laundry lines and water…

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Two Kenyan women rebuild libraries in a quietly powerful new documentary

Two Kenyan women – Wanjiru Koinange and Angela Wachuka – set out in 2017 to do something both ordinary and radical: rebuild neglected libraries in Nairobi.

The Conversation

Tennis Kenya Finally Explains Why Hajar Abdelkader Received A Wildcard At Nairobi Tournament

Tennis Kenya explains Hajar Abdelkader's wildcard was granted last‑minute but later conceded misstep, promising tighter standards to safeguard African tennis.

International Business Times UK

Who Is Hajar Abdelkader? Internet Reacts To How Egyptian Tennis Player Got A Wildcard, Debuts Sports Career

Unranked Egyptian tennis player Hajar Abdelkader went viral after a 6-0, 6-0 loss in her ITF W35 Nairobi debut, sparking debate over wildcard entries and tennis standards.

International Business Times UK

A tall building under construction collapses in Nairobi, with 4 believed to be trapped

A multi-story building under construction in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, collapsed Friday, leaving at least four people believed trapped, according to a government official

The Independent UK

Kenya: Multi storey building collapses in Nairobi, trapping unknown number of people

Kenya woke up to another construction disaster after a multi storey building collapsed in Nairobi's South C area, trapping an unknown number of people.

Euronews

Israel's recognition of Somaliland ‘is not an isolated initiative': expert

For the first time, the secessionist state of Somaliland has been officially recognised by another state, namely Israel. It's a blow for the President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, who managed to organise local elections despite growing pressure from the Islamist group al-Shabaab. RFI spoke to…

Radio France Internationale

Tribe Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya, hotel review

HOTELS: This art-filled hotel is loved by the A-list, which comes as no surprise to Kate Wickers when she checks in for the chance to experience a nighttime safari

The Independent UK

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Radio France Internationale

Nairobi sounds alarm over recruiters luring Kenyans into Russian war effort

Kenya has pledged to crack down on overseas recruitment networks after hundreds of its citizens were lured to Russia with promises of work, only to be sent to military camps and, in some cases, the front line in Ukraine.

The Guardian - UK

Letter: Sir Tom Stoppard obituary

Adrian Phillips writes: My doctor in Nairobi, Dr Gellert, also Jewish, told me a story about this. He had been a friend and colleague of Sträussler in Czechoslovakia

The Conversation

High-rise living in Nairobi’s Pipeline estate is stressful – how men and women cope

Within sight of Kenya’s main international airport in Nairobi’s east, Pipeline residential estate stands out like a sore thumb. Composed almost entirely of tightly packed high-rise tenement flats, the estate has been described by the media as an urban planning nightmare. They point to its garbage problem, its waterlogged and…

The Independent UK

How US evangelicals are using Trump’s aid cuts to attack human rights in Africa

INVESTIGATION: As Donald Trump's aid cuts leave African health programmes scrambling, The Independent pieces together events at a number of conferences where American religious organisations are looking to move in to shape the future. Rachel Schraer reports

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The Guardian - UK

‘Every day’s a fight’: join the commuters in Africa’s rapidly growing cities

With more and more people moving to big cities such as Nairobi and Abidjan, daily commutes are becoming tougher

The Independent UK

A mushroom farm in Kenya and fungi-based panels give hope for sustainable building

A large mushroom farm near Nairobi is producing mycelium for building materials that end up as fungi-based panels, which are more sustainable and affordable than traditional bricks

International Business Times

Kenya Holds State Funeral For Opposition Leader Odinga After Mourners Killed

Kenya held a state funeral for revered opposition leader Raila Odinga in Nairobi on Friday, a day after security forces opened fire to disperse huge crowds of mourners, killing at least three.

Radio France Internationale

Raila Odinga, an enduring voice of Kenya’s democratic struggle, dies aged 80

Kenya’s former prime minister and veteran opposition leader, Raila Odinga, has died following a decades-long career that defined the country’s struggle for democracy.

International Business Times

Kenyans Swarm Home Of Fallen 'Hero' Raila Odinga

"A king", "a hero", "Nelson Mandela", "Jesus Christ" -- no superlatives were too much for the crowd that came to mourn the death of Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga at his Nairobi home on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Suspect in the fatal stabbing of a Kenyan presidential guard will be assessed

Police in Kenya have been granted 14 days to hold a man accused of killing a guard outside the presidential office in Nairobi

The Independent UK

How climate crisis is creating hellish conditions for waste pickers at Nairobi dump declared ‘full’ 24 years ago

ON THE GROUND: Nairobi’s Dandora dumpsite continues to receive 2,000 tonnes of waste each day despite being declared full in 2001. Waste pickers who come each day searching for valuables to sell tell Nick Ferris how extreme heat and rains are making the work increasingly difficult

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