Nairobi

City in the Sun

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Tuesday 9th February 2010
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Nairobi - City in the Sun

Nairobi is the capital of Kenya. It is one of the largest cities in Africa with a population of around 3 million. Nairobi's name comes from the Maasai Enkarenairobi, meaning "cool waters".
The compact city centre is bounded by Uhuru Highway, Haile Selassie Avenue, Tom Mboya street and University Way. The main bus and train stations are within a few minutes walk of this area. The National Museum is to the north of the central area, while Westlands, a major shopping centre, is further north. Jomo Kenyatta International Airport is 15km southeast of the centre; Wilson Airport is 6km south of the centre.

Nairobi News

Relevant Links (AllAfrica.com)
The system was developed by the secretariat of the Nairobi Convention of 2004 and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) at the request of governments within the western Indian Ocean region, to enable them share information on the coastal marine life.
Tanzania : Airline Launch Commercial Partnership (AllAfrica.com)
Dar Es Salaam ? ZAMBEZI Airlines and Kenya Airways have entered into a commercial partnership which will see the Zambian carrier starts thrice weekly flights between Lusaka and Nairobi and also connect passengers to all the major cities served by the Kenyan flag carrier.
Reject both Christian and Muslim extremists
By Ahmed Nassir Abdullahi Kenyans have religiously co-existed for a remarkably long time.
From A Whisper
This film commemorates the 10th anniversary of the August 1998 terrorist bombing of the U.S. embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, in which over 250 people died and more than 5,000 were injured.
Kenya First Lady wants stiffer penalties against sex offenders
Kenya's First Lady Lucy Kibaki wants parliament to revi ew laws on rape with a view to providing stiffer penalties for sex offenders.
IDPs hiding in North Kivu forests
Children at one of North Kivu's internally displaced persons camps : UNHCR is worried that more people may be displaced by ongoing government offensives and assaults by armed militia NAIROBI, 27 January 2010 - Insecurity in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has displaced thousands of civilians, forcing many to hide in forests or seek shelter ...
SOMALIA: Bomb survivors tend to IDPs
A doctor attends to a displaced woman at an IDP camp near Mogadishu: Several graduates who survived the 3 December 2009 blast vowed to continue the work of their dead colleagues NAIROBI, 8 February 2010 - A bomb explosion was the last thing Abdiqani Sheikh Omar, 26, expected on his graduation day, after six years of studying medicine at Somalia's ...
Soul Boy
A One Fine Day Films /Anno's Africa /Ginger's Ink production, with participation of Arri Film & TV Services, Goethe-Institut Kenya, Gothenburg Film Festival, Hubert Bals Fund Rotterdam Film Festival.
East Africa : KCB Focuses on Regional Integration Benefits (AllAfrica.com)
Nairobi ? The East African Common Market Protocol will facilitate the free movement of labour and capital flow to the benefit of investors in the region, a banker has said.
Kenya : PNU Rush to Save Mwakwere (AllAfrica.com)
Nairobi ? PNU is expected to meet this morning to deliberate on how to recapture Matuga and win over South Mugirango seats after high court elections nullified the 2007 elections results for the two constituencies.

Out and about

Kenya's capital is cosmopolitan, lively, interesting and pleasantly landscaped. Its central business district is handily compact and it's a great place to tune into modern urban African life.
Like most cities, Nairobi has its crowded market, trading and transport areas, its middle class/office workers' suburbs and its spacious mansions and flower-decked gardens for the upper middle class

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