It’s official.
I bought my ticket to Ghana!
My happy dance scared the dog.
This happened on Tuesday. Wednesday was spent ironing out travel insurance. And today I’m faced with how to handle the blog.
This space has been dedicated to Kenya from the start. The name Alfajiri is a Swahili word. The banner and almost all my posts have [...]
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Mere moments ago I received the following news:
With the continued unrest in Kenya, Village Volunteers finds it necessary to cancel the Kenya program for the remainder of 2008. If you would like to volunteer with one of our other programs – in Ghana, India or Nepal – or if you would like to postpone your [...]
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Just announced on The Today Show:
Today Kenya’s ruling party and opposition agreed to form a joint government in an effort to end weeks of post-election violence there that’s killing more than a thousand lives. The two sides are still discussing which roles each party would play.
A quick news search produced the following results:
Voice of America
Kenya’s ruling [...]
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A new form of post-election unrest, the Kibaki Tosha Tena Virus and the Odinga Raila Pop-up, has reared its ugly head, infiltrating technology, breaching Kenya’s borders and adding more frustration to the already troublesome mix.
As for the first virus, PreciseSecurity.com says:
Seeing this “KIBAKI TOSHA KIBAKI TENA” message during Windows logon means that you have been infected with W32.Baki.A. [...]
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David Kobia just went live with his new brainchild, I Have No Tribe. This site is dedicated to positive discourse on the Kenyan conflict from around the world and it has been met with great response in the form of debate, poetry, hope and support.
In early January, Kobia contributed to tech development of Ushahidi, a forum for civilian reporting on acts of violence [...]
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