Sólo en Kenia, el sida ha dejado 1.200.000 huérfanos. "Mtree" es una organización no gubernamental fundada por un joven surcoreano que organiza talleres para niños traumatizados en Kenia y Benín. …

Reviving the Historic Mauritius Opera

DW: Deutsche Welle · 8 July 2014 English

Bavarian opera singer Katrin Caine and conductor Martin Wettges have a mission: to bring the oldest opera house in the southern hemisphere back to life. Located on the island of …

Questionnaire: John Steve Okumu from Kenya

DW: Deutsche Welle · 8 July 2014 English

John Steve Okumu is 26 years old and lives in Kisumu, Kenya. He sells jewelery he makes using water hyacinths from Lake Victoria and other materials.

Journal Interview

DW: Deutsche Welle · 8 July 2014 English

Egypt after the Arab Spring: What Hopes for Peace? In the Interview: Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy.

Uganda: Doing business with Paper Bags

DW: Deutsche Welle · 8 July 2014 English

In 2012 the Ugandan government banned polythene plastic bags. For Andrew Mupuya, then a schoolboy, it was an inducement to create a business plan and make paper bags. To fund …

Los huérfanos del sida en Kenia: arte para superar los traumas

DW: Deutsche Welle · 8 July 2014 Spanish

Congo: the fight against poachers

DW: Deutsche Welle · 8 July 2014 Spanish

The Congo Basin is together with the Amazon the second big lung in the world. Thousands of square kilometers of jungle are vital to the global climate, but they also …

Digital Economic Boom in Kenya

DW: Deutsche Welle · 8 July 2014 English

Life in Kenya has changed a lot thanks to technology. Commerce, education and communication are now all far easier because of high-speed Internet connections - and bills are now paid …

GHANA: e-books for primary school students

DW: Deutsche Welle · 8 July 2014 Spanish

Although Ghanaian public schools are subsidized by the state, books and teaching materials are often scarce. Since 2010, Worldreader, a nonprofit organization, provides schools with ebooks where they can upload …

Aids orphans in Kenya - young artists help traumatized children.

DW: Deutsche Welle · 8 July 2014 German

In Kenya alone, 1.2 million AIDS orphans live. These children grow up in extended families or village communities\ "Mtree\," a non-government organization founded by a young South Korean, has been …