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Nairobi

How Kenya’s Youth, Middle Classes and Working Poor Joined Forces

A Digital Uprising

Protests triggered by the introduction of a tax bill broke out in Kenya two weeks ago. Initially coordinated by young people on social media, they drew in other groups as they spilled onto the streets. Amid the destruction, Kenyans are focused on government accountability like never before.

Nairobi Gang Members Turn to Greenery to Change Their Lives and City

Ex-Gang Members Turn Nairobi Green

"Nature has saved a lot of youths who might have been killed.” In impoverished areas of Kenya’s capital, gang members are putting down their guns and instead creating green spaces in the urban jungle.