Harvey Mudd College senior Paul Riggins, 20, recently won a $10,000 scholarship from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation. Born in Nairobi, Kenya, Riggins moved to Whittier when he was 1 and was raised there.
NAIROBI, Kenya - There's not a warship for miles, a small pirate skiff is speeding toward you and there's no way the creaking tub you're on can outrun the bandits. How long do you wait before you shoot? It's just one of many possible dilemmas facing an increasing number of private security companies who offer armed escorts - known in the industry as "shipriders" - from Somali pirates.
To join CouchSurfing, people create a profile complete with references, friends and photos. A member must specify whether he or she "definitely has a couch," "yes, has a couch" or "maybe has a couch." People who "definitely have a couch" will almost always host a traveler, while those who say, "yes, has a couch" can be more discerning. Hosting is not mandatory; people can opt. to use the site for traveling only. If you're not ready to offer a couch, another option is to make yourself available for coffee, so you can meet travelers, get to know them outside your living room and give them some pointers on your city. I spent a month backpacking around Europe, exclusively couch surfing, with the exception of one time in Dublin when I had to stay in a hostel," says [Jamie Seiffer], adding t...
There's been a lot of talk about the new hostel set to o... American University and was on his way to Nairobi to do reporting .. now he's published in Time maga...
[Johnnie Carson], a former U.S. ambassador in Nairobi, said there were "enormous concerns" in Washington that the coalition government was not taking effective action against extrajudicial killings and corruption. Carson, a former U.S. ambassador in Nairobi, said there were "enormous concerns" in Washington that the coalition government was not taking effective action against extrajudicial killings and corruption.
The instability that has prevailed in Somalia for the last 20 years has become a cancer. We now have a wartorn society where probably 60 to 70 percent of the people are dependent upon food aid from the outside, just to stay alive. We see the population of Mogadishu having declined by some two-thirds as a result of the fighting in and around the city, and we see unemployment among youth at astronomical levels. Southern Somalia is a humanitarian problem of enormous proportions. But it's not just Somalia itself. The cancer has started to metastasize, spreading across the border into Kenya. Today the Dadaab refugee camp in northern Kenya has some 270,000 refugees. That camp, which was established about a decade and a half ago, was built to handle 90,000. It is estimated by the United Nation...
... and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Forum in Nairobi, Kenya, and visit several other countries on the c...I think there should be more aid personnel in the field - person...
When news broke in Kenya that Barack Obama would become the next president of the United States, Isabel Mwangi Muraguri watched her neighbors crowd into the streets of Nairobi to celebrate. There were shouts of excitement, tears of joy, Muraguri recalled. If the son of a Kenyan economist could become president of the most powerful nation of the world, wasn't anything possible?
Born Kamau wa Ngengi into the Kikuyu tribe, [] lost his parents ([Peter Muigai] and Wambui) early in life, and was brought up by his uncle, Ngengi. and his grandfather, Kungu wa [Peter Magana]. His early education came via the Church of Scotland missionaries at Thogoto, about 12 miles northwest of present-day Nairobi, where he converted to Christianity and later changed his name to Johnstone Kamau-blending part of his original name with his newly-adopted "Christian" name. He took the name "Kenyatta" after the beadstrung leather strips he often wore as a belt Around World War I, Kenyatta moved to Narok, west of Nairobi to live with his relatives who were members of the Masai tribe and there he also worked as a clerk. When Kenyatta was released in 1961, after spending almost ...
Helping neighbors in need and confronting the issues of the poor have been parts of my life from as early as I can remember. A couple of years ago, I had the opportunity to visit an impoverished settlement outside of Nairobi, Kenya. The story of how the people got there is filled with injustice and pain, including the fact that over half the parents and children died while trying to survive their first year on this undeveloped land where they were forced to move.
NAIROBI, Kenya -- There are thousands of foreign troops inside Somalia and their presence could lead to "an all out war" between Somalia's transitional government and an Islamic group that controls much of the country, according to a confidential U.N. report obtained by The Associated Press. The report dated Oct. 26 cites diplomatic sources in estimating that "between 6,000-8,000 Ethiopians and 2,000 fully equipped Eritrean troops are now inside Somalia supporting" the internationally recognized government and the Islamic group known as the Council of Islamic Courts.
NAIROBI, Kenya -- Kenya's president named half his Cabinet Tuesday, angering opposition leaders who accuse him of stealing the recent election and undermining mediation attempts for a power- sharing agreement to end violence that has left more than 500 dead. In the hours after President Mwai Kibaki announced his Cabinet appointments, police fired over the heads of youths who set up a roadblock of burning tires in the western town of Kisumu, according to a resident there. In Nairobi's oldest slum, Mathare, a witness reported hearing the first gunshots in three days just an hour after the announcement.
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