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KENYA
Four Years On, IDPs Remain in Camps
By Peter Kahare
RIFT VALLEY, Kenya - Six-year-old Victor Muruga points to a hole in the bush that he calls his "bedroom". "I sleep there, under that tree and my mother sleeps under that blanket," says Muruga.
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KENYA
Key Lakes Succumb to Human Activities
By Peter Kahare
RIFT VALLEY, Kenya - Several years ago, Lakes Kamnarok and Ol Bollosat in Kenya were vibrant water bodies that supported and shaped the ecosystems around them. But today they are shells of their former selves, due to heavy siltation caused by human activities.
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Political Will – and Money – Needed for Disaster Management
By Joshua Kyalimpa
DURBAN, South Africa - Managing the impact of increased disasters due to climate change will only be possible if such efforts are led by local communities, say non-governmental organisations working in climate change.
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KENYA
Like a Fish Belongs to Water, the Ogiek Belong to the Mau Forest
By Miriam Gathigah
NAIROBI - The resettlement of evictees from Kenya’s Mau Forest remains a humanitarian and environmental concern for the country as more than 25,000 people continue to live in camps around the forest.
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Kenya's Two Female Supreme Court Justices Set to Work
By Protus Onyango
NAIROBI - Deputy Chief Justice of Kenya’s Supreme Court Nancy Baraza, who made history as the first woman appointed to the post, has begun overhauling the country’s judiciary.
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HORN OF AFRICA
Human Trafficking on the Rise Amid Drought and Famine
By Peter Kahare
RIFT VALLEY, Kenya - Amina Shakir (not her real name) fled the drought and famine in Somalia for a better life in Kenya. But she did so illegally, placing her faith in the hands of a criminal network headed by Mukhalis or agents in Swahili. In the end her faith was misplaced as she was "sold" into employment upon finally reaching Kenya.
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KENYA
"Hold Your Heart" Delayed Justice for Missing Insurgency Victims
By Isaiah Esipisu
NAIROBI - Three years after her husband’s disappearance, Phyllis Chamnai Kipkeyo from Mount Elgon, Kenya cannot stop thinking about him. She does not know if he is dead or alive. All she knows is that he was one of the over 300 people said to have disappeared during an insurgency in the region between 2006 and 2008.
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AFRICA
More Dangerous to Be a Woman than a Soldier
By Saaleha Bamjee
MIDRAND, South Africa - African women who bear the brunt of the continent’s conflicts now demand to play a defining role in peacekeeping.
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KENYA
Post Election Violence Victims Still Suffer
By Peter Kahare
RIFT VALLEY, Kenya - The Mawingu camp for internally displaced persons affected by Kenya’s 2007- 2008 post-election violence is a desolate place. Located in the Rift Valley, the camp is a collection of tattered, sagging and forlorn tents.
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Wrestling Over ICC's Role in Africa
Analysis by Robbie Corey-Boulet
NAIROBI - On its face, Kenya’s failed bid to defer International Criminal Court cases against alleged organisers of post-election violence in 2007-2008 was a story of changing positions. But to argue that either the U.S. or Africa has switched sides in the debate over the appropriate role of the ICC is too simplistic.
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ICC Suspects Cautious at 'Heroes Welcome'
By Robbie Corey-Boulet
NAIROBI - Two alleged organisers of violence around Kenya’s December 2007 elections delivered impassioned speeches during a raucous political rally in Nairobi on Monday, just days after an International Criminal Court judge advised them to refrain from inflammatory language.
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KENYA
No Easy Path for Disabled Women with Political Dreams
By Miriam Gathigah
Nairobi, Kenya - "People living with disability face all sorts of discrimination. We are discriminated against at job interviews in schools. Everyday is a battle to remain positive in the face of a world that is too bent on dismissing those among us that do not meet the standard of what is normal", explains Mishi Juma, a disabled community leader from the Coast region.
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Student Drop Out Rate on the Increase Despite Free Education
By Miriam Gathigah
NAIROBI, Kenya - 2010 will go down in history as the year when the first batch of pupils to benefit from the government’s introduction of free primary education sat for their Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE).
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