In Strange Twist, Kenyans March For Police Officer Accused Of Murder
Kenyans rate their police force among the most corrupt institutions in the country. Even worse, police are often accused of inflicting violence on citizens. So when a Nairobi officer was arrested for...
View ArticleAfricans Are Introduced To The Blood Pressure Cuff
Some blame witchcraft. Others think it's a bad batch of moonshine.But Esther Okaya, who lives in Korogocho, a slum in Nairobi, Kenya, says even teetotalers are falling victim. One minute quarreling...
View ArticleAfrica's 'Switzerland' Bans Ebola — But At What Cost?
Most African nations have responded to their Ebola-affected neighbors by canceling flights and closing borders. The logic driving this isolationism has little to do with advice from the World Health...
View ArticleShould You Stock Up On Chocolate Bars Because Of Ebola?
Jack Scoville was buying himself a chocolate bar a few weeks ago — Hershey's, milk — at a corner store in Chicago. And he noticed the price was just a bit higher than he's used to paying: 5 or 10 cents...
View ArticleNo Ebola, S'il Vous Plait, We're French: The Ivory Coast Mindset
There are all kinds of theories why Ebola hasn't arrived in Ivory Coast, despite the fact that it shares a long and very porous border with two Ebola-afflicted countries, Liberia and Guinea.Some Ivory...
View ArticleGuarding The Ebola Border
On a map, a border is a solid black line. On the ground, it can feel like a fiction. I'm standing on the edge of a shallow stream through the forest that separates two West African countries: Ivory...
View ArticleViral Videos Show Kenyan Women Assaulted For Wearing Miniskirts
Earlier this month, a woman selling hard-boiled eggs at a bus station in Nairobi got into an argument with a customer over 70 cents she said he owed her.The man mocked the mother of two — who was...
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