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Lion’s den
Despite its athletes, writers and conservation efforts winning international acclaim, Kenya’s divisions, corruption and poverty gap are curbing its potential.
Africa/Middle East
Testing times in East Africa, economic elation in West Africa and everything in between.
Defence
What the arrival of US naval forces in the Philippines' Oyster Bay would mean to locals.
Africa/Middle East
The Somalian president's motorcade of choice, plus the imprisoned bloggers in Ethiopia.
Expo 67: Take off
Somalia is a failed state. But its Aden Abdulle international airport – once a no-go zone – may hold the key to its recovery.
Hunger for peace
With the sudden exit from Mogadishu of Islamist insurgents, life in the Somali capital has shifted yet again. Just as war has abated, famine has arrived. Who can fix this ravaged city?
High noon for Sharif
Somalia's new president, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, faces pirates, a humanitarian disaster and deadly rivals. Is he the man to revive the failed state? We meet him in Nairobi during shuttle diplomacy.
