Archive for April 25th, 2008
KENYA: IDPs Remain Cautious as Leaders Preach Peace
Photo: Julius Mwelu/IRIN
Hundreds of thousands of people were displaced in post-election violence in Kenya
ELDORET, 25 April 2008 (IRIN) – Ndirangu Mwangi, 26, one of 14,000 people camping in the Rift Valley town of Eldoret’s showground, was less than encouraged after Kenya’s political leaders visited the town as part of a “national healing” initiative.
“We [...]
Anti-Malaria Bed Nets: New Push Announced at UN
The United Nations has teamed up with religious, business and sports leaders in a new effort to send insecticide-treated bed nets to Africa to prevent millions of deaths from the disease, ahead of the first-ever World Malaria Day on Friday.“Nothing But Nets” is a grassroots campaign created in 2006 by the UN Foundation to raise [...]
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