Tag: Kenya
the Fumbua collective mobilized against infox
The presidential campaign is in full swing in Kenya and each camp is multiplying online publications. Kenyan politicians have understood this well: in a country where half of the inhabitants…
In the hustle and bustle of colonial Kenya, with Ngugi wa Thiong’o (2/2)
” Dreaming in times of war is the French title of the childhood memories of novelist and playwright Ngugi wa Thiong’o. Octogenarian, the writer restores in this first volume of…
Literature: dreaming in times of war, with the Kenyan Ngugi wa Thiong’o (1/2)
The Kenyan Ngugi wa Thiong’o is the author of an immense body of work inspired by the myths and legends of his country, but also by its political destiny from…
a suspected drug and endangered species trafficker has been arrested
He is accused of being part of a network smuggling rhino horns, elephant ivory and heroin from several African countries to the United States. Last week, the US State Department…
long-banned play by Ngugi wa Thiong’o performed again in Nairobi
It’s an event in Kenya: 45 years after it was banned, the play Ngaahika Ndeenda (I will marry when I want) is performed again in Nairobi. Very critical of the…
Kenya enters the electoral campaign, the parties pull out all the stops
This weekend, William Ruto was in a political rally in central Kenya and his competitor Raila Odinga in the west. On the first official day of the campaign, the election…
like Ogier, Loeb will be in Kenya at the end of June
Paris (AFP) – Frenchman Sébastien Loeb will drive a Ford Puma with Isabelle Galmiche as co-driver during the Kenya Rally, round 6 of the World Championship (WRC), from June 23…
“I still want to represent Kenya at the Olympics someday”
Hannan Shah first touched the ice with skates at the age of 14. Figure skating jumps and pirouettes felt too scary, but hockey took the young woman with her. NAIROBI.…
The message of James Kagambi, 62, the first Kenyan to climb Everest
A Kenyan on top of the world. His name is James Kagambi, nickname “KG”. He is 62 years old. And he is now the first Kenyan to have climbed Everest,…
Kinshasa and armed groups oppose over the reintegration of rebels into the army
The Nairobi consultation team is continuing its tour of eastern DRC. Objective: to exchange with as many representatives of rebel groups, militias and other armed movements as possible before the…