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• ***Elections/Post-Election Crisis in Kenya in 2007-2008
  • Electoral Commission of Kenya Official web site
    
    
  • Presidential Candidates and Political Parties in the 2007 Elections
    -- Raila Odinga
    -- Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka
    
    
    
  • ACE Project--The Electoral Knowledge Network: Kenya Profile and Reports (2007) (USA and Canada)
    
    
  • Center for Strategic & International Studies: CSIS Africa Policy Forum---Kenya (Washington, DC)
    
    
  • European Union Election Observation Mission to the Republic of Kenya 2007
    
    
  • See also: Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre on Kenya, 2007-2008 (via Columbia University Libraries)
    
    
  • See also: IRIN news on Kenya--Current below
    
    
  • See also: Kenya Human Rights Commission (Nairobi)
    
    
  • Selected commentaries by scholars & writers on the post-election crisis:
    -- Council on Foreign Relations (Washington, DC)
    -- openDemocracy (London)
    -- Royal African Society (London)
    -- The Zeleza Post (Chicago): December 31, 2007 ; January 25, 2008 ; February 2 ;
    February 6 ; and Archive
  
  
• Africa ICT Policy Monitor (APC--Association for Progressive Communications, Melville, South Africa ; Nairobi, Kenya)
  This site offers extensive information on all ICT and development policy-related issues for Africa; plus news and some country-level statistics.
  
  
• BBC News on Kenya (British Broadcasting Corporation, London, UK)
  • "Kenya in Crisis" and latest news (January--May 2008) -- "Kenya opposition cancels protests" -- "Kenya official [Attorney-General] calls for vote inquiry" -- "Kibaki named victor in Kenya vote" -- "Odinga rejects Kenya poll result" (December 31, 2007) and other 2007 Kenya Election-related stories
    
    
  • John Githongo Report on Graft in Kenya (Submitted November 22, 2005) Copy of report, with cover letter, in PDF format
    See also, related news stories and short video (February 2006).
  
  
• Business Daily Africa. (Online) -- Nairobi, Kenya : The Nation Media Group, Ltd., 2007-
  The electronic version of the current daily issue with business and economic news for Kenya and East Africa.
  
  
• Capital FM Radio -- News (Nairobi, Kenya)
  The web site for Capital RM radio--music and news, with live listening! (Windows Media Player format)
  
  
• Coast Express. (Online)--Archive 2005 -- Kenya: The Nation Media Group, Ltd., 2002-2005.
  Note: this newspaper suspended publication in late April 2005. The electronic issue of this weekly newspaper for coastal Kenya, with back issues ("Last Week") for the preceding month only.
  
  
• Coastweek. (Online). -- Mombasa, Kenya: Coastweek, Ltd., 2002--
  The most recent electronic issue of the tourist- and business-related, weekly newspaper is available; current issue only.
  
  
• Daily Nation (Online). -- Nairobi: The Nation Newspapers, Ltd., 1996-
  • Excerpts from the current daily issue and a searchable archive of back issues since 1997.
  
  
• East African, The. (Online) -- Nairobi, Kenya: The Nation Newspapers Ltd., 2001-
  The current weekly electronic issue, plus the issue of the previous week only.
  
  
• Indexkenya.org: Kenya Indexing Project (Nairobi, Kenya)
  This free database provides only an index to topics covered in newspapers published in the period 1993 to 2001. There are no links to online archives, but there is a document delivery option. "Indexkenya.org is an online index of articles published in Nairobi newspapers. The focus of the articles indexed includes culture, law/governance, reproductive health, and other topics about which information is difficult to obtain."
  
  
• International Press Institute World Congress and 54th General Assembly, May 21-24, 2005, Nairobi, Kenya (via IPI Kenya Congress, Nairobi)
  
  
• IRIN on Kenya (See UNOCHA below)
  
  
• Internet Service Providers in Kenya (via Rich C. Bowen, Lexington, Kentucky)
  
  
• KTN Television (The Standard Group, Nairobi, Kenya)
  This website offers information on TV programs and top news stories.
  
  
• Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (Nairobi)
  KBC is "a state corporation": Current news, links to reports related to the press or Kenyan political issues, information about broadcasts, and music videos from KBC Channel 1--via JumpTV.
  
  
• Kenya Meteorological Department: Weather Forecasts and Other Services (Nairobi)
  
  
• Kenya Times, The. (Online) -- Nairobi, Kenya: Times Media Group Ltd., 2001--
  The current electronic version of this independent daily newspaper, with archives of the past 5-6 months. This publication is historically linked to the Kenya African National Union (KANU), the political party of former presidents Moi and Kenyatta.
  
  
• Kenyaweb (Anthony Kagotho et al., Weblink Services, Ltd., Nairobi)
  A compilation of current news reports, basic information on Kenya politics, travel, and business, a chat channel, and links to other resources.
  
  
• Monde diplomatique, Le. Archives, 2006--: Rechercher << Kénya >>
  
  
• National Information and Communications Infrastructure for Sustainable Development in Africa: Kenya, 1999 (United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
  General background, Internet connectivity data, and project information.
  
  
• The Project for Information Access and Connectivity (PIAC)--Archive 2002 (Nairobi, Kenya)
  'The PIAC, which is sponsored by the Ford Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation, was established in 1997. Its goals are to work with African grantees and program officers of both foundations on using technology to enhance communications, to improve access to information, and to improve the dissemination of African information.'
  
  
• Standard, The. (Online) -- Nairobi, Kenya: The Standard Group, 2001-
  Formerly The East African Standard: the current daily electronic issue and the previous week of back issues are available.
  
  
• State House, Kenya -- Official Website (ikenya.ws, Science and Engineering Resource Center, Nairobi, Kenya)
  This is one of the main sources for official news and information from the Government of Mwai Kibaki; with an extensive archive of news summaries.
  
  
• United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs: Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) on Kenya (Nairobi, Kenya; Geneva, Switzerland)
  Current humanitarian news and analysis.