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Sustainable and efficient transportation is essential for cities, communities and individuals to thrive.
There’s been a rise in partnerships, over the past 20 years, between private security companies and police units in Kenya
How theatre and artwork allowed us to better address severe air pollution.
Research found that burns were most common among children under five years.
Foreign press took away the dignity from victims killed in the Nairobi terror attacks by publishing their pictures.
Kenya is attacked far more than Ethiopia or other eastern African states by al-Shabaab militants.
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Car-free days could work in Nairobi where traffic, congestion and air pollution is a real problem.
Women in developing countries are burdened by the lack of access to proper toilets in their homes, communities, schools and public spaces.
South Africa and Kenya have some valuable lessons for other African countries on how to finance urban infrastructure development.
The rental housing market in Nairobi’s informal settlements offers its tenant households a perverse market outcome of higher prices for lower quality products.
Green infrastructure can be a valuable tool in helping vulnerable communities to face the double threat of flooding and drought.
In many ways US-Kenya relations is in uncharted territory.
Riparian zones are meant to be a vital part of Nairobi’s drainage system, but they’ve been built on.
Kenya needs to complete its national digital land registry to increase transparency and efficiency of the city’s land.
Research shows that cities benefit from car-free days in many ways.
The beauty of rainwater harvesting is that anybody can do it.
Shared toilets have been shown to be linked to poor health outcomes.
The health challenges that Nairobi can expect in the wake of heavy rains are largely preventable.
Nairobi’s new governor should learn from the mistakes of the past
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