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May 13, 2020 at 1:19 am

Kenyan ballet student struggles in slum with no remote class VIEW

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic is forcing children to stay home and learn remotely. But in the depths of Kenya’s slums, 12-year-old ballet...

FILE – In this Sunday, May 3, 2020 file photo, Jane Mbone, 7, arrives home after having her hair styled in the shape of the new coronavirus at the Mama Brayo Beauty Salon in the Kibera slum, or informal settlement, of Nairobi, Kenya Sunday, May 3, 2020. The coronavirus has revived a hairstyle in East Africa, one with braided spikes that echo the virus’ distinctive shape, with the growing popularity in part due to economic hardships linked to virus restrictions. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File) NAI105 NAI105

May 11, 2020 at 3:19 am

‘Coronavirus hairstyle’ spikes in popularity in East Africa VIEW

The growing popularity of a hairstyle with braided spikes that echo the virus' distinctive shape is cheap, mothers say, and also helps to spread awareness...

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June 19, 2019 at 2:09 am

LGBT refugees allege harassment in Kenya, a rare safe haven VIEW

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Burundi national Nina Muregwa says she feels threatened again. After escaping death threats back home over her sexual identity the 17-year-old...

In this photo taken Friday, April 26, 2019, Director of the National Sericulture Research Center, Muo Kasina, stands by silkworms feeding on mulberry leaves at the center in Thika, Kenya. A growing number of Kenyan farmers are turning to silk production as they move away from traditional cash crops such as coffee, maize, sugarcane and cotton, with the mulberry trees the silkworms need to survive seen as less affected by a changing climate. (AP Photo/Khalil Senosi) NAI104 NAI104

May 27, 2019 at 5:20 am

Some Kenyan farmers turn to silk production for cash VIEW

THIKA, Kenya (AP) — A growing number of Kenyan farmers are turning to silk production, in a move away from traditional cash crops such as...

December 5, 2018 at 1:13 am

Some Africans are studying their way out of prison VIEW

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Morris Kaberia was on Kenya's death row and feeling suicidal when he came across a program that eventually set him free....

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