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KENYA: Hungry and HIV-positive in Nairobi’s slums

Wednesday, March 10, 2010 10:20 No Comments

KENYA: Hungry and HIV-positive in Nairobi’s slums
Source: IRIN Violet Tinah, 40, a resident of Korogocho slum in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, is living with HIV and was recently diagnosed with tuberculosis, but her biggest problem today is not disease – but hunger.
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Threats after Kenya’s vote violence derail justice

Sunday, March 7, 2010 10:26 No Comments

Threats after Kenya’s vote violence derail justice
Threats against Kenyan human rights activists and victims of violence could undermine the quest for justice from Kenya’s 2007-2008 postelection violence, a state-funded human rights group said
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Father played for Kenya, son plays for Canada

Thursday, March 4, 2010 10:15 No Comments

Father played for Kenya, son plays for Canada
It is a rare story of an Indian father and his Kenya-born son — both taking to hockey, but across the continental divide. Meet Canada’s star forward in the ongoing Hockey World Cup Ranjeev Deol, whose late father Surjeet Singh Deol was a Kenyan hockey Olympian.
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