On rape during the PEV

DNA Testing Services Kenya has sent a curious letter to O’Campo / the ICC arguing that  Kibaki, Odinga, Anyang Nyong’o, Elizabeth Ongoro, Mugabe Were & Major General Ali Mohammed are not culpable for mass rape incidents in Nairobi during the post-election violence period (an estimated 40,500 women and children were raped country-wide), because they have [...]

Resources on the RED Campaign

For those who were asking more resources on the RED Campaign (hat tip @shailjapatel for some of the links): – Representations of African Women and AIDS in Bono’s Product Red – Two of its major brands, Apple and Dell, are leading buyers of illegally mined cassiterite, copper, cobalt, tantalum, tin, from the DRC. – It’s [...]

Internet as a candidate for Nobel Prize?

Interesting idea.

Davos Global Agenda Council on the Future of Africa

I’m the newest and I suspect the youngest member of the Davos Council on the Future of Africa.   I’m headed to Dubai for my first meeting as a Council member.   It’s a terrific honor – other members include Mo Ibrahim , Sam Jonah, Graca Machel, Maria Ramos, Obiageli Ezekwesili, Christopher Khaemba, Nkosana Moyo, and Salim [...]

Kuweni Serious

Website of the week – young Kenyans speak out -  Kuweni Serious (hat-tip @afromusing).   It’s relatively new, hope they keep up the content. ….we at Kuweni Serious – we’re a bunch of kids ourselves – have decided to go out there and find out: how do Kenya’s youth feel about all the chaos around us? [...]

Mo Faya in Nairobi

A Kenyan musical written and composed by Eric Wainaina and directed by John Sibi-Okumu. Starring: Eric Wainaina, Valerie Kimani, Atemi Oyungu and Mũmbi Kaigwa Location:  The GoDown Arts Centre – Dunga Rd, off Lusaka Rd Tickets available at Silverbird Cinemas (Village Market, Junction and Westgate) and selected Uchumi outlets Contact Info: Mo Faya 0720 492540 [...]