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4 days ago

How Kenya’s jailhouse lawyer turned a life sentence into a legal career behind bars

After being incarcerated for murdering her partner, Ruth Kamande studied the legal system to understand her own case. Now she is fighting to reform Kenya’s laws

It is a cool, overcast morning in Nairo…

41 days ago

‘Every day’s a fight’: join the commuters in Africa’s rapidly growing cities

With more and more people moving to big cities such as Nairobi and Abidjan, daily commutes are becoming tougher

Africa is a rapidly urbanising continent. Since 1990, the proportion of people who live …

51 days ago

53 days ago

Could ‘trash fashion’ save this Nairobi neighbourhood from drowning in discarded western clothes?

A runway show in Gikomba, east Africa’s largest secondhand clothing market, has attempted to highlight the impact of mass clothing imports – and offer a solution

Antony Njoroge paces back and forth, c…

62 days ago

76 days ago

British soldier accused of murdering Kenyan woman Agnes Wanjiru named

Arrest warrant issued for Robert James Purkiss, with Kenyan government seeking his extradition to face charges

  • Analysis: Arrest warrant is milestone in Agnes Wanjiru case but lengthy UK process awaits

82 days ago

Visa hassles and pricey flights: is the dream of seamless intra-African travel dead?

From bureaucratic burdens to extreme detours, travelling across Africa can be a nightmare – especially for Africans

For the Kenyan DJ Coco Em, planning how to get around Africa for gigs can take as mu…

84 days ago

‘It belongs to everyone’: the Black Kenyans dispelling perceptions of horse racing - picture essay

The sport, a popular pastime of the white elite during the colonial period, has struggled in recent years, but its fortunes may be changing

The spectators on the grandstand at Ngong Racecourse in Nair…

88 days ago

‘I broke completely’: how jobseekers from Africa are being tricked into slavery in Asia’s cyberscam compounds

A growing number of Kenyans, Ugandans and Ethiopians are being trafficked to Myanmar, where missing online scam targets leads to beatings and torture

• Revealed: the huge growth of Myanmar scam centre…

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