Cancer is the third-leading cause of death in Kenya, according to the World Health Organization
Cancer cases are on the rise in Kenya, especially among women. Many can’t afford the cost of wigs if cancer treatment causes them to lose their hair. But as Ruud Elmendorp reports for VOA, one woman is on a mission to bring a change.
After five months in supposedly virus-free Tanzania, I came home to Kenya where preventive measures are everywhere
After five months in supposedly virus-free Tanzania, he came home to Kenya where preventive measures are everywhere
The president’s claim defies logic, but I saw no signs of a pandemic on the streets of Dar es Salaam
Kenyan immigration told me I would be able to come home if I traveled, then the policy changed
Kenya-based reporter Ruud Elmendorp who was visiting a friend in Tanzania in March when the country confirmed its first COVID-19 infection, has been stuck in Dar es Salaam
The coronavirus outbreak has brought shipments from China to a halt as Kenya's small traders depend on manufactured goods from China
Kenya is feeling the economic effects of the coronavirus, despite having recorded no infections, as imports from China are dropping over travel bans for people and restrictions on goods. Airlines are incurring losses and small traders in Kenya fear their stocks will soon be finished and they will be out of business. Ruud Elmendorp reports from Nairobi.
In Kenya's remote island communities near the border with Somalia, the threat from al-Shabab militants has scared away most medical personnel. But one group of volunteers the Safari Doctors - is braving the danger to provide much-needed regular health care to the area's most vulnerable. Ruud Elmendorp reports from Lamu County, Kenya.
The care arrives in a classic wooden ship flying the Safari Doctors logo on its sail.
Kenya’s oldest continually inhabited town is Lamu, one of the first Swahili settlements in East Africa
Kenya's oldest continually inhabited town is Lamu, one of the first Swahili settlements in East Africa
Mara Phone markets itself as Africa’s first smartphone manufacturer
Rwanda’s government is getting behind the “carbon neutral” movement by promoting electric cars and motorcycles. German automaker Volkswagen is demonstrating electric vehicles in Kigali, while a local company has begun selling electric bikes. Will the vehicles work in a city with a dense population and poor road system? Ruud Elmendorp went to Kigali to find out.
As part of carbon reduction efforts, German automaker Volkswagen is demonstrating electric vehicles in Kigali, while a local company has begun selling electric bikes
'We really need to struggle for democracy in our country,' says Victoire Ingabire, pointing to recent mysterious deaths of two other opposition leaders
African migrants evacuated from Libyan detention centers to Rwanda say they still want to make the dangerous journey to Europe, despite the abuse they encountered in Libya. The 189 migrants, mostly Eritreans but also Somalis, Ethiopians and Sudanese, were brought to Rwanda after a September agreement with the African Union. Rwanda has agreed to host 500 migrants who Libya rescued in the Mediterranean and put in detention. Ruud Elmendorp reports from Gashora, Rwanda.
African migrants evacuated from Libyan detention centers to Rwanda say they still want to make the dangerous journey to Europe, despite the abuse they encountered in Libya. The 189 migrants, mostly Eritreans but also Somalis, Ethiopians, and Sudanese, were brought to Rwanda after a September agreement with the African Union. Rwanda has agreed to host 500 migrants who Libya rescued in the Mediterranean and put in detention. Ruud Elmendorp reports from Gashora, Rwanda.
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