By Cynthia Gichiri When Florence Kalikwon sat through a workshop on how to start a kitchen garden at the ACK Chemolingot Church in East-Pokot sub-county, Baringo County...
By Africa Uncensored and OCCRP As Kenya reeled after a high-level official blew the whistle on a sprawling corruption case at the heart of government, a businessman...
By Linda Ngari Adults who play handle stress better according to BBC’s The Compass, which explores the role of play and its overlooked importance. However, “As we grow...
In this episode, THAO questions our humanity and the choices we make in relation to money. It tells the story of how love for money has allowed corruption and...
THAO takes you into the world of counterfeiting. It is a world where the currency may be fake, but its impact is real.This episode explains how fake currency has been...
By Cynthia Gichiri The afternoon sun is overhead at Lelen Village, Emining Ward in Baringo County, Kenya. For a typical dry season, it has already scorched everything...
THAO picks up the thread of Kenya’s history with money with a story from the early 1990s. Its a difficult time for money, but it’s even tougher for the...
By Ruth Keah & Cynthia Gichiri When Miriam Katana lost her mother to breast cancer in 2016, she and her elder sister were advised by a doctor to go for regular...
THAO is a metaphorical story about A ONE THOUSAND SHILLINGS NOTE’s journey of finding its purpose and reason for its existence through the human world (Kenya). Through...
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Timber Logging and Crime: How Rosewood is Stolen in Cameroon, Laundered in Nigeria and Exported to China
By Christian Locka As rosewood is getting rarer in Nigerian forests, traffickers wanting to continue to satisfy demands by the Chinese, have been harvesting this rare...