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April 10, 2016 | PBS NewsHour
How Al Shabaab Is Recruiting Young Men from Kenya
Nick Schifrin and Zach Fannin interview young Kenyans who have joined Al Shabaab, the Somalia-based terror group.
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April 09, 2016 | PBS NewsHour
Al Shabaab Exploits Kenya’s Divisions to Wage War
Nick Schifrin and Zach Fannin report on east Africa's deadliest terror group, Al Shabaab.
March 17, 2016 | Pulitzer Center
Kenya: Better Roads Bad for Pedestrians
In Kenya, pedestrians are the most vulnerable road users.
February 10, 2016 | Pulitzer Center
Number of Fatal Motorcycle Crashes in Kenya on the Rise
Motorcyclists and pillion passengers made up 22 percent of traffic accident deaths in 2014, according to the Kenya’s National Transport and Safety Authority.
February 08, 2016 | Pulitzer Center
On the Ground in Western Kenya
In rural western Kenya, access to safe abortions is next to impossible. As a result, women are left to seek out untrained abortion providers, or beg a skilled clinician to perform one clandestinely.
January 27, 2016 | Global Press Journal
A Poor Kenyan Dreams — and Dreams Again — of Going to the Promised Land of Israel
Encouraged by memories of earning money in Israel during one five-year stint, during which he stayed illegally, Douglas Maina wants to return. But saving money to return is a challenge.
January 27, 2016 | Global Press Journal
Podcast: Kenya's Migrants to Europe
Pulitzer Center grantee talks about her project "In Limbo: Kenya’s Exodus to Europe."
January 25, 2016 | Global Press Journal
Kenyans Brave Dangerous Journeys in Hopes of Slipping into Europe
Some migrants work for years to save enough for a trip that requires them to risk their lives. Some are turned back at international borders, but many others slip unnoticed into Europe.
January 22, 2016 | Global Press Journal
Tricks of the Trade: Kenyan Smuggler Tells How She Helped Illegal Immigrants Get Into Europe
A smuggler who helped Kenyans move to and around Europe used various ploys, including sending them her own identity documents.
January 22, 2016 | Global Press Journal
Jobless in the Promised Land, Kenyans Face Tough Choices in Economically Racked EU
Unemployed African migrants can continue a desperate struggle in Greece or Spain amid the financial crisis. Or they can return to their native land, ashamed to tell others of their failure.
January 19, 2016 | Foreign Policy
Kenya: School Is Back in Session in Garissa, for Now
The university targeted by al-Shabab last year has reopened. Will Kenya's softer, gentler approach to counterterrorism keep it safe?
January 11, 2016 | The Christian Science Monitor
Students Stay Away as Classes Resume at Kenya's Garissa University
Garissa University was intended to bring opportunity to long-marginalized northern Kenya when it opened in 2011. Its reopening after Al Shabab's 2015 attack provides a second chance to get it right.
March 22, 2009 | News Points
Talking Water: Voices from Istanbul
Jon Sawyer, Pulitzer Center
This dispatch was featured on the St. Louis Beacon's online publication on 3-23-09 as an Editor's Pick.
ISTANBUL, Turkey – An international gathering devoted to water's dominant role in global disease and health was rich in rhetoric and sparse on anything in the way of tangible policy breakthroughs.
October 14, 2008 | Project news
Is Water A Human Right?
How does the Universal Declaration of Human Rights fit in when it comes to water issues?
August 06, 2008 | Awards
Pulitzer Center Projects Receive Knight-Batten Honors
Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting projects received an Honorable Mention and two Notable Entries in the annual Knight-Batten Awards for Innovations in Journalism.
The Knight-Batten Awards for Innovations in Journalism spotlight news and information providers who offer more than multimedia journalism. The awards honor novel efforts that seize and create opportunities to involve citizens in public issues and supply entry points that invite their participation or spark their imagination.
July 10, 2008 | Project news
Common Language Team presents at Americans for Informed Democracy's Global Scholar Program
On July 10th, The Common Language team presented their reporting on the growing water crisis in Ethiopia and Kenya to Americans for Informed Democracy's Global Scholar Program. The course seeks to give students a historical overview of international affairs and a background on the most important international institutions. It takes an in-depth look at globalization and the U.S. role in our increasingly globalized world.
May 07, 2008 | Project news
"Water Wars" airs on DePauw University's The World is Talking
"Water Wars," a Pulitzer Center-commissioned video that addresses how a decreasing water supply is fueling conflict in East Africa, aired on DePauw University's The World is Talking television program in May 2008.
View the video and the rest of the program on The World is Talking blog.
March 27, 2008 | Project news
"Sons of Lwala" documentary premiers at Vanderbilt University
"Sons of Lwala," a film directed and produced by Pulitzer Center grantee Barry Simmons, follows two brothers from Kenya as they build their village's first clinic in dedication to their father who died of AIDS. The film premiered on March 27, 2008 at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center.
February 28, 2008 | Project news
One World Features Pulitzer Center's "Water Wars" Project
OneWorld.net highlights the Pulitzer Center's ongoing "Water Wars: Ethiopia and Kenya" reporting project on February 28 in the Today's News section of its website. The project, conducted by the young journalists of the Common Language Project, addresses the increasing scarcity of water in East Africa and how the shortage is fueling conflict in the region.
See OneWorld's feature in its February 28 Today's News section.
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