Full Coverage: East Africa

16.05.2008 The approximately 100,000 ethnic Nubians living in Kenya continue to demand official recognition -- notably citizenship -- although they face less political discrimination than in previous years.

14.05.2008 A photoessay including award-winning photographs depicts the lives of girls in Afghanistan, Ethiopia, and Nepal who marry as children.

08.05.2008 Zimbabwen demokratia-aktivistit hyödyntävät tehokkaasti tekstiviestejä, blogeja ja muutta uutta teknologiaa. Kontrolloidun valtamedian ohittava viesti on usein humoristinen letkautus presidentti Mugabesta tai maan katastrofaalisesta taloudellisesta tilasta.

07.05.2008 Erive Community Radio is bringing a change in the lives of young girls in Maganja da Costa. The UNICEF-supported station has led to a rise in enrollment in primary schools through its programmes promoting girls’ education. The station is run in partnership with Mozambique’s Social Communication Institute.

07.05.2008 Zimbabweans are increasingly harnessing new technologies -- notably cell phones and the internet -- to challenge the ever more dictatorial nature of Mugabe's regime.

06.05.2008 Zimbabween aseita kuljettava laiva on ollut kuun vaihteesta valmiina rantautumaan Luandan satamaan Angolaan. Satamatyöläiset kieltäytyvät purkamasta lastia.

02.05.2008 Once one of the few Maasai girls able to attend school and now the chairperson of a leading coalition of indigenous peoples' organizations in Africa, Mary Simat embodies the changing gender norms of the Kenyan Maasai community.

01.05.2008 An outreach and education program for youth that have lost their homes and families helps girls like Tryphine Chikabida, 14 years old, overcome the challenges of life in Zimbabwe.