Brian Otieno

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To support children across Kenya in continuing their education, UNICEF has been working with the government t…

In his fifth, and possibly last, bid for president, Raila Odinga failed to enthuse a crucial bloc of voters i…

Många vågar inte ta sig hit eftersom de är rädda att smittas, säger Nelson Njenga. Han är 39 år och motsvaran…

The small African nation has positioned itself as an altruistic partner of wealthier countries seeking to cur…

In Somalia hat der Klimawandel ganze Landstriche unbewohnbar gemacht, der Hunger treibt Millionen in die Städ…

William Ruto wurde als Sieger der Präsidentschaftswahlen in Kenia ausgerufen, doch sein Konkurrent sowie ein …

Der amtierende Vizepräsident William Ruto hat knapp gesiegt - und es kommt bereits zu Straßenprotesten. Viele…

Unterwegs im Auftrag des Friedens: Hellen Kariithi und Collins Baraza ziehen durch ihr Viertel in Eldoret im …

Five years after its launch, the railway has become associated with debt, dysfunction and criminal inquiries,…

Erst die Pandemie, dann die Dürre, jetzt noch der Ukrainekrieg: Im Osten Afrikas brauen sich mehrere Krisen z…

Kondik, KenyaOn a sunny morning, John Ming'ala Obure shelters underneath the shade of a sausage tree, or yago…

In Kenya and elsewhere in Africa, the rapid spread of smartphones and mobile money has come with a stubbornly…

Ami Doshi Shah "expands expectations of what jewelry is," one museum curator said. Send any friend a story As…

n audience wearing face masks sits around the edges of a nondescript room in an unassuming building in the ce…

One day in May last year, Violet Chemesunte, a community health volunteer in Kibera, the largest slum in Nair…

The pandemic is worsening in Africa as more contagious variants spread, vaccinations lag and hospitals in som…

NAIVASHA, KenyaIn May, George Mwaura went fishing with his close friend Babu along the swampy shores of Lake …

Hundreds of health workers have tested positive and some have died, while health facilities are overwhelmed a…

With a pen and notepad in hand, Elizabeth Akinyi approaches the entrance of a corrugated-metal home in Mukuru…

KIBERA, KENYA When Brian Otieno was 11 years old, living in Kenya's Kibera urban settlement, he saw something…