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Rebecca Wanjiku

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I am a journalist and blogger (beckyit.blogspot.com). I believe in using technology and information to develop our society.

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11 February 2008

Kenya: Bloggers hopeful of Kofi Annan mediation

Written by Rebecca Wanjiku · Sub-Saharan Africa

When Ghana's President John Kuffour handed the peace batton to former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, few people in Kenya had hope that there would be breakthrough in the negotiations. That was a month ago, when the political temparatures were so high and threatening to boil over to a full blown civil war. But with a month of continued engagement, there is renewed confidence that there will be a lasting peace deal. This confidence in the streets of Nairobi is also reflected in the blogosphere.

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8 February 2008

Kenya: Bloggers rooting for peace and reconcilliation

Written by Rebecca Wanjiku · Sub-Saharan Africa

After blogs and other online forums had becoming new avenues of channelling tribal prejudices, bloggers are now using the same avenues to express the need for peace and justice in Kenya.

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4 February 2008

Kenya: Tribal hatred claims its first online casualty

Written by Rebecca Wanjiku · Sub-Saharan Africa

When conflicts erupted in Kenya after the elections, many fingers pointed at the newspapers and radio as the sources of hatred and fanning the fires of tribal hatred that have...

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24 January 2008

Kenyan Bloggers back to “almost” normal life

Written by Rebecca Wanjiku · Sub-Saharan Africa

After the unfortunate crisis following the presidential election in Kenya, Kenyan bloggers are back to normal business writing about a variety of non-political subjects.

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11 January 2008

Kenya: Bloggers seek to heal a wounded nation

Written by Rebecca Wanjiku · Sub-Saharan Africa

After a week of killings, looting and the political madness witnessed in Kenya after last month’s general elections, Kenyan Bloggers are blogging to heal a deeply wounded nation.

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