Anthony Kimani Muhia is as ambitious as he is entrepreneurial. The 32-year-old farmer from central Kenya has figured out much of what’s wrong with the country’s farming system, and he’s determined to change it, starting with himself. His plot of land feels not much bigger than a handkerchief – about... [view entry]

Joseph Musyoka Nthenge employed negotiating skills to avert post presidential election violence The United Nations in Kenya, on the occasion of UN Day on Oct. 24, has decided to award the 2008 “UN in Kenya Person of the Year” to Acting Senior Superintendent of Police, Joseph Musyoka Nthenge. Speaking for... [view entry]

In September 2000, 189 world leaders attended the Millennium Summit at the United Nations and made a commitment to address the world’s most pressing development needs by 2015. Leaders pledged to eliminate gender inequality, environmental degradation and HIV/Aids, and to improve access to education, healthcare and clean water. Last month... [view entry]

CAPE TOWN, - Eight years ago, the leaders of 189 countries pledged to work towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals, eliminating extreme poverty by 2015. The Stand Up, Take Action Campaign mobilises millions of people around the world to press for action to make this a reality. The campaign is... [view entry]

Over the next three days, more than 1 percent of the global population — 67 million people — will participate in mass rallies, sports events, concerts, and other actions around the world to promote the poverty eradication Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). To browse events worldwide and get involved in your... [view entry]

Photo: Richard Lough/IRIN Thousands of people displaced by flash floods following heavy rains in Mandera are in need of medical assistance to prevent an outbreak of water-borne disease, an official of the Kenya Red Cross Society said MANDERA, 16 October 2008 (IRIN) - More than 10,000 people have been displaced... [view entry]

Photo: Manoocher Deghati/IRIN An IDP puts up a shelter in a camp near the town of Eldoret in Rift Valley province: Human rights activists say the Kenya government has no specific law on internal displacement NAIROBI, 16 October 2008 (IRIN) - Kenyan officials “violated with impunity” the Guiding Principles on... [view entry]

Photo: Manoocher Deghati/IRIN Boys wait to be circumcised at Migosi health centre in Kisumu KISUMU, 9 October 2008 (PlusNews) - Health facilities in Nyanza Province in western Kenya are struggling to meet the demand for medical male circumcisions since politicians threw their weight behind efforts to promote the procedure as... [view entry]

Photo: Zofeen Ebrahim/IRIN The Ministry of Health has launched a nationwide campaign to retreat at least 1.8 million bed nets with long-lasting insecticide to control the spread of malaria as the rainy season sets in NAIROBI, 10 October 2008 (IRIN) - Kenya’s Ministry of Health has launched a four-day nationwide... [view entry]

Ecosystem renovation - bring it on back A ‘lost’ lake in Mali and a Kenyan forest that is the water tower for key rivers and lakes in East Africa are among two country projects aimed at bringing significant degraded and denuded ecosystems back from the brink. The projects are among... [view entry]