Category: Kenya

How to Plan an African Safari

The New York Times – Business:
From budgeting to timing your trip, here’s what to consider before you go.
An Invasive Mosquito Is Spreading With Alarming Speed, Threatening Africa’s Cities

The New York Times – On the Runway:
The malaria-carrying mosquito is resistant to all insecticides. Scientists are scrambling to find ways to blunt the risk.
Ritz-Carlton Is Sued Over Luxury Safari Camp in Kenya

Ritz-Carlton’s luxury camp in Kenya’s Masai Mara offers “front row seats” to the Great Migration. But some Masai tribe members and wildlife experts say it’s in a sensitive area and should not have been approved.
How Magdalene Odundo Makes Ceramics Seem Like Bodies in Motion

For more than five decades, the ceramist Magdalene Odundo has been making abstract, time-intensive vessels that recall bodies in motion.
‘People Who Are Salaried Are Crying’: Taxes on Workers Add to Debt Misery

Increased payroll taxes are one element of a desperate bid in Kenya to keep the government running and pay off the country’s foreign creditors.
Adani Group, a Symbol of India’s Soft Power, Stumbles After Indictments

Countries in Asia, Africa and elsewhere have been distancing themselves from Gautam Adani, the Indian magnate, after accusations of bribery and conspiracy by American prosecutors.
Africa’s Debt Crisis Has ‘Catastrophic Implications’ for the World

Crushing obligations to foreign creditors that have few precedents have sapped numerous African nations of growth and stoked social instability.
Getting to Know Kenya Through a Local Hiking Club

The author sought an authentic experience, and found it in Lets Drift, “an exuberant Kenyan-centered enterprise” of people living in and near Nairobi.
Growing Economic Anxiety and Inequality Fuels Unrest Worldwide

Economic turmoil is spreading across the globe, and the response has been protests, attempted coups and elections of far-right politicians.
Behind the Unrest in Kenya, a Staggering and Painful National Debt

Kenya, the fastest growing economy in Africa, is on the brink of a fiscal calamity. Across Africa, nations are spending more on interest than on health or education.
Flooding in a Kenyan Natural Reserve Forces Tourist Evacuation

The heavy rains that pounded East Africa for weeks, killing hundreds, have spilled into the Masai Mara, one of Africa’s greatest wildlife national reserves.
Sex Abuse Inquiry Poses Leadership Test for World Bank’s Ajay Banga

The bank is facing scrutiny as it debates how to compensate victims of abuse at Kenyan schools that it was financing.