‘A colonial mindset’: why global aid agencies need to get out of the way
With the world’s humanitarian system in crisis, many NGOs now recognise that local charities can deliver much more at far less cost Before civil war...
Category : Kenya
Kenya floods: tourists evacuated from Maasai Mara after river bursts banks
Kenya Red Cross rescues more than 90 people from hotels and lodges as heavy rainfall continues Scores of tourists have been evacuated by air from...
Dozens dead after dam bursts amid torrential rain in Kenya
Houses washed away and road cut off as dam collapses amid heavy rains and floods across country At least 45 people died when a makeshift...
Kenya flood death toll rises as more torrential rain forecast
Total deaths reach 76 and more than 130,000 displaced as weeks of flooding also affects east African neighbours Seventy-six people in Kenya have died because...
‘It’s mission impossible’: fear grows in Kenya over plan to deploy police to Haiti
Deal to send hundreds of officers to Caribbean country amid spiraling gang violence is facing intense public and legal scrutiny Haiti’s raging gang insurrection has...
Kenyan Del Monte farm seeks human rights manager after claims of violence
Exclusive: new role created after Guardian uncovered allegations against company’s security guards A vast Del Monte pineapple farm in Kenya that supplies most British supermarkets...
‘I saw many people suffer’: former Del Monte Kenya guards speak of violence on pineapple farm
Exclusive: Former guards tell of clashes on farm that is facing civil claims over allegations of killing, rape and beatings Former security guards at a...
Haiti crisis: gangs attack police stations as Caribbean leaders call for emergency meeting
National palace guards set up security ring after gangs attack at least three police stations in Port-au-Prince Explainer: what caused Haiti’s gang violence crisis Police...
Dramatic rise in women and girls being cut, new FGM data reveals
Progress to prevent female genital mutilation needs to be ‘27 times faster’, says UN The number of girls and women who have undergone female genital...
Kenya signs deal in attempt to rescue plan for deployment of 1,000 police officers to Haiti
It’s not clear if the new agreement can circumvent the Kenyan high court’s earlier ruling that such a deployment is unconstitutional Kenya and Haiti have...
