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Articles general

• Kenya - Wikipedia
• Kibera - "Kibera is the largest slum in Nairobi, and the second largest urban slum in Africa." - Wikipedia
  
• Maasai - "The Maasai are an indigenous African ethnic group of semi-nomadic people located in Kenya and northern Tanzania." - New World Encyclopedia
• Raila Odinga - profile of Kenya's main opposition leader
  
• Mwai Kibaki - profile of Kenya's president
  

Articles news

• How Kenyans are lured into domestic servitude and forced prostitution - "Kenya is ranked among source, transit and destination countries for trafficked persons due to its porous borders and poor surveillance by security officials. Kenya and Tanzania serve as transit routes for Ethiopian women being trafficked to Europe and the Middle East." - Daily Nation - May 2, 2011
  
• State to launch tree planting programme - "The Government will next month launch another mass tree planting drive, similar to kazi kwa vijana initiative to create jobs for women and the youth." - The Standard - March 18, 2011
• Israel pledges to help Kenya establish Supreme Court - The Standard - March 10, 2011
  
• Kenyan Activist Becomes a Victim of Rendition - "In 2007, the Muslim Human Rights Forum (MHRF), which Kimathi chairs, exposed a huge renditions scandal — dubbed "Africa's Guantanamo" — in which Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia and the U.S. were secretly moving prisoners to different African countries." - Time - March 10, 2011
  
• Kenya: Mau Forest - Endangered Water Tower - Video - "The Mau Forest is the largest and most critical watershed in Eastern Africa... This 11-minute piece explores the ... Mau Forest issue in Kenya, as it relates to poverty, population growth, the role of Kenya's government..." - Indigenous Peoples Issues & Resources - March 6, 2011 (More about this problem in this video with a representative of the indigenous Okiek people of Kenya)
  
• Kabila, Kibaki meet over smuggled gold - "DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo) President Joseph Kabila flew in for emergency talks with President Kibaki over huge consignments of gold stolen and smuggled into Kenya from his country by a cartel." - The Standard - March 4, 2011
  
• Raila's family was involved in maize scandal, claim US cables - "Wikileaks claim Prime Minister Raila Odinga attempted to suspend former Agriculture Minister William Ruto to divert attention from his family’s involvement in the Sh2 billion maize scam." - The Standard - March 1, 2011
  
• Kenyans demonstrate against Ethiopia’s mega-dam - "Kenyans have demonstrated against a hydroelectric mega-dam being built in neighbouring Ethiopia, over fears that it will devastate hundreds of thousands of lives in both countries." - Survival International - Feb 24, 2011
  
• Kenya Reform Moves Forward - "Since late January, Kenya’s coalition government has been engulfed in a bitter struggle between President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga over controversial nominations for Kenya’s judiciary." - VOA - Feb 23, 2011
• Humanitarian Groups Call for Investment, Infrastructure to Prevent Famine in Kenya - "As drought continues in Kenya's arid north, a coalition of humanitarian groups is urging the east African nation to combat future shortages through infrastructure development and economic reform." - VOA - Feb 16, 2011
• Drought continues to ravage north Kenya - Aljazeera video - Feb 9, 2011
  
• Prime Minister Disputes Key Nominations in Kenyan Judiciary - "Controversy is again raging in Kenya’s coalition government after the prime minister rejected key judicial appointments he says were made behind his back." - VOA - Jan 31, 2011
  
• Kenya: Video Report On Maasai: The Race To Preserve The Past - "Their centuries old culture is at risk of disappearing. They are the Maasai in Kenya. Now two of their own are in a race against time to preserve their heritage." - Indigenous Peoples Issues and Resources - Jan 23, 2011
• China defends race for road contracts in Kenya - "Chinese firms have in recent years won several tenders in the country’s major road expansion programmes, locking out local firms from the lucrative contracts worth billions of shillings." - Business Daily - Jan 11, 2011

Books

• Kenya: Atlas of Our Changing Environment - "... the country's mountains, forests, water bodies and national parks, chronicling the evolution of the country's environment over the last few decades" - ebook pdf 168 pages - free download (this link worked for me)
  

Music

• Massai & Samburu - Playlist of 45 videos

Projects

• Orphans and street kids - "Simon Kingori homepage to get support for his project to help orphans, street children and affected families in Kenya." - photos about this project and Kenya
  

Videos

• Born to Run - Kenya - "12 September 2000 - An insight into Kenya's unrivaled production of long distance runners." - 13:30 min
• Kenya: Where Perception Isn't Reality Documentary - "[shows] how much of a rich Country Kenya is, and how Kenyans as a people are some of the most creative beings in the world." - 25:23 min
• Research topics: Kenya - Playlist

• The last nomads: drought drives Kenya's herders to the brink - "With livestock dying and water scarce, the pastoral way of life has been reduced to a struggle for survival" - guardian.co.uk

Websites

• Kenya - allafrica.com