Photo: Glenna Gordon/IRIN Wakesho’s events provide entertainment and allow HIV-positive people to socialise NAIROBI, 1 December 2008 (PlusNews) - The party at a popular restaurant in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, looks ordinary, but the people attending it - all of whom are HIV-positive - are enjoying a rare opportunity to... [view entry]

Photo: Manoocher Deghati/IRIN Northeastern Kenya’s proximity to conflict-prone Somalia makes it relatively unstable MANDERA, 1 December 2008 (PlusNews) - Recent fighting and an increased security presence along the Kenya-Somalia border have brought HIV/AIDS campaigns to a virtual standstill in Kenya’s northeastern region, according to local health workers. Hundreds of people... [view entry]

Photo: Eric Kanalstein/UNMIL A new support group has empowered HIV-positive prisoners (file photo) NAIROBI, - HIV-positive prisoners in Kenya not only suffer isolation from friends and family, but also within the prison walls. “Fellow prisoners and warders treat us so uncaringly - they stigmatise us,” said Collins Kiwinda*, a prisoner... [view entry]

This is a World AIDS day post. WASHINGTON,  (OneWorld) - Pamela Adoyo stands calmly and resolutely at the epicenter of Kenya’s AIDS epidemic. Her women’s group is helping care for the sick, impede the disease’s spread, and stitch back together a community torn apart by the epidemic. Her days as... [view entry]

Recently published on this weblog:Lake Victoria Potential Source of Regional Conflict By Muliro Telewa BBC News, Kisumu Boats approaching the tiny Migingo Islands on Lake Victoria are greeted by the surprising sight of a Ugandan flag flying high above a collection of shiny tin shacks. The three islands are... [view entry]

Nairobi, Kenya - Efforts by the Kenya government to halve extreme poverty by 2015 as envisaged in the Millennium Development Goals may not be achieved, owing to high poverty level and rising unemployment rates. The Minister for Planning and Vision 2030, Wycliffe Oparanya, sounded optimistic but noted that key challenges... [view entry]

21 November 2008 HIV prevalence in Kenya has halved in a decade – a dramatic and sustained decline rarely seen elsewhere in Africa. The Government aims to continue this level of progress by ensuring that the national response to the epidemic is as coordinated and collaborative as possible, and that... [view entry]

World AIDS Day, observed December 1 each year, is dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection. AIDS has killed more than 25 million people, with an estimated 33.2 million people living with HIV, making it one of the most destructive epidemics in... [view entry]

News on Kenya’s forests were recently dominated by the eviction of squatters from the Mau forest. This may change as the country moves towards sustainable forestry. Jenny Curtain analyses the investment potential created by changes in Kenya’s forestry management and developments in the international carbon credit markets. Changes in Kenya’s... [view entry]

The so-called ‘scramble for fish’ in Lake Victoria is turning out to be a source of conflict between nations bordering the lake and could potentially threaten regional stability. In the past month alone there have been several incidents around the lake that have heightened tensions between Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya... [view entry]