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Technical problems threatening to spoil Kenya’s smooth election process – By Solomon Ayele Dersso
Kenya too much of the lessons of 2007/2008 to heart. First, the institutions and processes for conducting the election were thoroughly followed to deliver a free ... -
Kenya 2013: of watching and waiting at Bomas and Westlands – By Magnus Taylor
Bomas of Kenya has, for the last 2 days, been the official location of Kenya’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission for its coordination and announcement of ... -
A Bold Bill for change opens up the Debate on Nigeria’s Oil Industry – By Dele Meiji Fatunla
Ever since Nigeria’s first oil find at Olobiri in 1956, the question of who should benefit and pay for the costs and consequences of oil production ... -
Kenya 2013: rise of the six-piece suit – By Andrew Green
Though the presidential race is getting most of the attention, when voters go to the polls today, they will be voting for more than an executive. ... -
Kenya 2013: the art of the grin and shimmy – By Magnus Taylor
Nairobi 03/03/2013 I’ve talked to a lot of people since I’ve been in Nairobi. To the taxi driver and policeman; the journalists at the Nation Newspaper ... -
A rich man’s game: elections, violence and the urban poor in Nairobi – By Jeremy Lind
Kenyans go to the polls for national elections on Monday March 4th for the first time since a conflagration of violence swept the country following disputed ... -
Kenya: In praise of the minimalist President – By Magnus Taylor
28/02/2013, Nairobi It’s a cliché, but the first thing I experienced coming back to Nairobi this time around was the traffic. Two hours of it, mostly ... -
Kenya between hope and despair. Again – By Daniel Branch
Many Kenyans will go to the polls on 4 March with a sense of trepidation. Three of the four elections since 1992 have been accompanied by ... -
Framing news in Africa – how journalists approach stories and reinforce stereotypes – By Keith Somerville
Having worked as a journalist for 33 years and having taught journalism and analysed the processes and performance of journalism for the last five, it is ... -
Darfur before: technologies, symbolism and multiple identities
Over the last 50 years several interconnected crises (ecological, economic, and political) have been building up in Darfur, culminating with atrocities of killing, rape, and population ...
