Kenya

If Kenyan politics makes it into the international mainstream media it is likely through the lens of electoral politics. Ever since post-election violence made global headlines in 2007, this is the narrow lens through which Kenyan politics is viewed. 

I grew up in a small town in Kenya that felt like it had too many families affected by sickle cell disease. We knew of so and so’s brother or sister who was a sickler or had unfortunately passed away as a result of the disease.

For Kenya, increased access to the EU market is the magic wand. This is mostly due to its comparative advantages in vital sectors, with a potential to improve the country’s export revenue base.

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Faiza Jama Mohamed is Africa Director for international women’s rights organisation Equality Now and has been instrumental in building several women’s organisations and is a key founder of the pan-African coalition

Energy poverty is a persistent problem for refugees. Isolated from the national grid and lacking reliable access to renewable power, the search for alternative energy is a struggle refugees are often confronted with.

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According to the Global Journal there are an estimated ten million non-governmental organisations (NGOs) worldwide. In Kenya, the number of NGOs grew by over 400 percent between 1997 and 2006 and by 2014, according to the NGO Coordination Board, there were 9,728 registered NGOs.

On 1 September 2017, the Supreme Court of Kenya defied popular expectations by declaring null and void the Kenyan presidential elections of 8 August 2017 in which the Independent Elect

No part of the world can claim to be cushioned from the effects of climate change. From hurricanes, to mudslides and landslides, to bursting rivers, floods and increased desertification. The effects of climate change are already being felt all over the world in the form of heat waves [1] .