Kenya

Makaa or charcoal is often used in cooking methods in Kenya and other countries in Africa.

The push to end harmful cooking methods worldwide

Energy

A third of the world’s population cooks with fuels that produce harmful fumes when burned. Breathing in the fine particles produced by cooking with wood, charcoal, coal, animal dung and agricultural waste can penetrate the lungs and cause multiple respiratory and cardiovascular problems, including cancer and strokes. Women and children are most at risk. Fifty countries gathered in Paris on Tuesday to raise funds to replace dangerous cooking with clean ones. Marco Werman speaks with Dymphna van der Lans, CEO of the Clean Cooking Alliance.

Elvis, the Kenyan King

If it’s country music and it’s Kenya, it must be Elvis

Arts, Culture & Media
A Kenyan police officer tries to secure an area inside the Westgate Shopping Centre after a militant siege.

The urban guerrilla comes of age

Conflict & Justice

How the extremist group al-Shabab looks for recruits

Conflict & Justice