Global News by Tag: Kenya
NAIROBI, KENYA – It is 2:30 p.m. in Kibera, Kenya’s largest slum. The sun is vengefully hot, and foreheads are polka-dotted with sweat droplets.
A 5-foot-5-inch figure wearing a green and white checkered dress, matching socks and a red sweater approaches from the shade. With each step the shadowy figure takes, the bright sunshine reveals the face of a smiling young girl. She cradles a wooden box in her sturdy arms like a newborn.
ARGENTINA, KASHMIR, KENYA AND NEPAL – May 1 marks International Workers’ Day, or May Day. It is a public holiday in some countries in honor of the international labor movement and an unofficial holiday in many others. Global Press Institute senior reporters from four news desks use the occasion to highlight traditional and unique jobs in their regions.
NAIROBI, KENYA – The weather may have been gloomy on Saturday, but World Circus Day brought vibrant colors and energetic acts to Nairobi, Kenya’s capital.
From acrobats to jugglers, a range of artists performed on April 21 in celebration of the third annual World Circus Day. The crowd-riveting acts came from local performing arts institutions such as Sarakasi Trust and Mighty Jambo Trust.
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KIBERA, KENYA – Laughter is in the air in Bombolulu, one of more than 10 villages in Kibera, the most populous slum in East Africa. Celebrating the new year, children scream as they chase each other, their clothes dirty from the numerous falls in the dust.
NAIROBI, KENYA – It is nearly noon on a Sunday in Lavington, a wealthy Nairobi suburb with palatial homes. Many families approach the Nakumatt Junction mall for brunch after Sunday worship services.
Traffic is heavy approaching the mall, which is unusual for a Sunday. Some inconvenienced motorists turn back. Others opt to use alternative entrances to the mall, investigating if they are less congested.
NAIROBI, KENYA – Underneath the scorching heat, Cynthia Shikuku, 27, walks as fast as her legs can carry her from Kikuyu town, an informal suburb west of Nairobi, Kenya’s capital. Shikuku, a live-in domestic worker, needs to beat the setting of the Sunday sun. Her employer requires her to return from her weekend leave by 7 p.m.
This is her eighth month working for a family of three. She says she is a happy nanny, housekeeper, cleaner and cook for the family, which treats her well.