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Selly Rotich stands in what used to be her kitchen. Hours earlier ​Kenya Forest Service  officers destroyed the mud and thatch dwelling, Rotich said.

Indigenous tribe watches houses burn and points fingers at the World Bank

A former World Bank official says the bank shut down his efforts to defend rights of tribal group in Kenya.

Indigenous tribe watches houses burn and points fingers at the World Bank

When Kenya kills: A family's quest for justice

When Kenya kills: A family's quest for justice

Kenya's anti-terror police are inflicting terror of their own

Kenya's anti-terror police are inflicting terror of their own

In Africa, being gay makes you a target for extortion

In Africa, being gay makes you a target for extortion

Guns, knives and rape: The plight of a gay Ethiopian refugee in Kenya

Guns, knives and rape: The plight of a gay Ethiopian refugee in Kenya

Inside the nightmares of Africa’s LGBT refugees

You’ve heard about Uganda. But all over East Africa, people are fleeing for their lives because of their sexuality.

Inside the nightmares of Africa’s LGBT refugees

Anti-LGBT groups are making inroads across East Africa

In Africa, 37 of 54 countries consider homosexual acts criminal.

Anti-LGBT groups are making inroads across East Africa

Five years after the earthquake, Haiti remains on unsteady ground

Foreign aid donors are making progress — and mistakes — but many Haitians say the country's leadership is failing to deliver.

Five years after the earthquake, Haiti remains on unsteady ground

In Tanzania, Coke improves medical distributions

A successful Coca-Cola partnership in Tanzania to better distribute medicine across the country shows that not all public-private partnerships have to be self-serving.

In Tanzania, Coke improves medical distributions

Coca-Cola's river cleanup work in Tanzania shows mixed motives

Coca-Cola is partnering with governments, NGOs, and other companies to improve access to water, occupying a gray area where genuine charity meets corporate profit.

Coca-Cola's river cleanup work in Tanzania shows mixed motives

Kenya redefines marriage in a blow to women’s rights

A push by Kenya’s president and male-dominated parliament to overhaul marriage bodes ill for the nation’s wives, socially and economically.

Kenya redefines marriage in a blow to women’s rights

In Kenya, major debate over government wages 'spiraling out of control'

In the nation’s public sector, there are huge disparities between the highest earners and the low. Now, Kenyans are fighting over who should take a cut.

In Kenya, major debate over government wages 'spiraling out of control'

Six months later: Kenya’s Westgate Mall workers reflect on a delicate recovery

Six months after a terrorist attack killed dozens at the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, GlobalPost correspondent Jacob Kushner talks with mall workers about their stories of trauma, joblessness and moving on.

Six months later: Kenya’s Westgate Mall workers reflect on a delicate recovery

Kenya's workers fear for their pensions as the country cries ‘scandal’

A botched investment by Kenya's social security agency may delay workers’ retirement benefits, make a Chinese construction firm richer and leave thousands of small landowners with nothing.

Kenya's workers fear for their pensions as the country cries ‘scandal’

Kenya may be uniquely ripe for advances in gay rights

An increasingly supportive church and other signs suggest Kenya may be departing from its neighbors in the region by accepting homosexuality.

Kenya may be uniquely ripe for advances in gay rights