NAIROBI, Kenya — It took all of about 15 minutes on Sunday, after Kenya’s president was declared the winner of a deeply controversial election, for the country to explode.Thousands of young men burst out into the streets across the cities of Kenya as soldiers poured into the streets to fight them.
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Archive for December, 2007
Kenya: Tribal Rivalry Boils Over After Kenyan Election
Posted in Uncategorized on December 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Kenya/Namibia – Wind Powered Cell Phone Base Stations
Posted in Uncategorized on December 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Motorola plans to expand its business in rural areas of Africa. How? Using wind and solar powered base stations. Afrigadget previously wrote about this technology being implemented in Kenya. At this site is a short video showing that it is also in use in Namibia.
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Nabuurs Network
Posted in Improving the World, tagged development projects, economic development, nabuurs, networking on December 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
If you are not familiar with the Nabuurs’ Network, please take a look at what we are doing! Here is the link and my badge:
http://www.nabuur.com/modules/homepage/home.php
I am a neighbour on
Board Game Gift Guide 2007
Posted in Uncategorized on December 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Welcome to BoardGameGeek, a worldwide community of folks who love board games! Together we’ve played pretty much every game ever made, and we’ve worked together to produce this list of great gift ideas for you this holiday shopping season.
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Illegal immigrants ‘’self deport” as woes mount
Posted in Uncategorized on December 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
By Tim Gaynor PHOENIX (Reuters) – Mexican illegal immigrant Lindi sat down with her husband Marco Antonio in the weeks before Christmas to decide when to go back to Mexico. She has spent three years working as a hairdresser in and around Phoenix,…
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We are what we do!
Posted in Improving the World, tagged actions we can do, change the world, improvement on December 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
“We are what we do” is a website that provides ideas about things we can do to make the world a better place to live. We do not all have to start our own charity or climb a mountain to make a difference. We must, however, do something that will demonstrate and reinforce our desire [...]
Kenya and Rwanda on Ebola alert – Times Online
Posted in Uncategorized on December 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A recent outbreak of Ebola in Uganda killed 35 people. Kenya and Rwanda are now on high alert, but officials indicate that tourists have nothing to fear since ebola is spread through body excretions and contact with infected individuals.
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[PIC] A lighthouse picture like never before
Posted in Photographs on December 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
As a photo bug myself, I was stunned by this shot. According to the story, you can only get this shot once a year, and in the first 5 minutes only…
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Kenya: 7 killed by Cholera in Western Region
Posted in Kenya, Mbita, Western Province, tagged Cholera, Contaminated Drinking Water, Kenya, Mbita, Suda District, Western Province on December 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Tue. December 18, 2007- At least seven people have been killed by a fresh outbreak of cholera and 33 others were also infected over the past week in western Kenya, health officials reported on Monday. Cholera is a waterborne disease which causes serious diarrhea and vomiting and can be fatal if not treated [...]
Media Coverage 12/2007
Posted in Kisumu Project, tagged humanitarian aid, Kenya, Kisumu Project Inc on December 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
On Thursday, December 13, 2007, Kisumu Project, Inc. and El Campo High School sponsored a Barbecue Plate Lunch dinner to support Kisumu Project, Inc’s endeavors to send humanitarian aid to Kisumu,Kenya.
