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oil blessings for all - uganda
Uganda government promises equal sharing of revenues from recently
discovered oil reserves.
2'20" Script   
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refugee crisis - somaliland
10 million USD needed to avoid human
disaster Somali refugees.
1 '44" Script |
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undp award winner
- kenya
A portrait of Kenyan photographer
Simon Ndegwa for winning the 2009 UNDP Environment Award. |
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undp award winner
- kenya
A portrait of Kenyan photographer
Jacob Otieno for winning the 2009 UNDP Environment Award. |
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new hope malaria vaccine
- mali
Over 400 children enrolled
in vaccine trial Mali.
2 '06" Script |
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two fastest united
- kenya
Jamaican sprinter Usain
Bolt adopts cheetah cub.
1 '10" Script |
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resistant mosquitoes
- burkina faso
Malaria mosquitoes
show resitance against insecticide in bed nets. Government sounds
alarm bell.
1 '52" Script |
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small machine big mission
- kenya
The XO laptop exciting
children in rural Kenya.
1 '34" Script |
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evictions mau forest
- kenya
Kenya
government to evict Mau Forest dwellers for sake environment.
2 '01" Script |
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simu yu solar - kenya
First
solar mobiles to help against many power cuts.
1 '24" Script |
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pamoja mtaani - kenya
Computer
game to improve lifes of youths.
1 '59" Script |
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al shabaab recruiting
- somalia
Somali
extremist Al Shabaab now recruits Muslim youngsters world wide.
'They offer them martyrdom in a holy war,' says Abdi Rashid.
He is Horn of Africa analyst for the International Crisis Group.
2'06" Script
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10,000 people affected
- kenya
Kenyan
mine lays off 400 workers because of economic downturn.
2'00" Script
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somali government resisting - somalia
International
support badly needed, says president Somalia. Updated report
from Mogadishu with exclusive extremist Islamist propaganda
video.
2'11" Script
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G8 plegde small scale farmers -
kenya
Global
food crisis should give world of opportunities. Report on two
farmers in central Kenya.
3'12" Script |
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relief for all
- kenya
Kenyan business
opens clean and safe public toilets with an extra touch.
2'10" Script |
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scrap export ban worries dealers
- kenya
'What are we going
to do?' Scrap metal dealers in Kenya want recent export ban
revoked.
1'51" Script |
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urge for extra troups - somalia
A day with the heavily attacked AMISOM
peace keeping forces in Mogadishu Somalia. Fast deployment of
extra troups urged to maintain positions.
2'30" Script |
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fear of islamists - somalia
'I cannot talk about these things because
I am woman.' Report from Mogadishu on latest Islamist threat.
President urges for fast intervention before things go wrong.
2'30" Script |
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from bag to pole
- kenya
'I am proud.'
Recycling waste plastic gives Kenyan business man good fortune.
3'04" Script |
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3 millions bed nets coming
- SOUTHERN sudan
'My son
is going to sleep under a net.' Southern Sudan is preparing
for the distribution of 3 million bed nets. The prevalence of
malaria has to come down with 60 per cent.
5'14" Script |
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somali refugee crisis - kenya
Humanitarian
emergency rampant for Somali refugees in Kenya, warns Human
Rights Watch.
1'51" Script |
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local tribunal - kenya
New
violence in Kenya if local tribunal is not incepted soon, says
pressure group Human Rights Watch in Nairobi.
1'45" Script |
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easy riding - kenya
Is
it a menace, or affordable transport? Cheap motor bikes from
China take over Kenyan roads.
3'00" Script |
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telling the story - kenya
Julius
Kasyoka is a reporter of Cameras for Kibera. A Dutch project
that gives young Kenyans from a slum estate the tools to report.
'I want to become a journalist.'
4'00" Script |
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finally home - mombasa
The
final arrival of MV Faina in Mombasa, after its crew was hijacked
4 months by Somali pirates. What happened with the cargo, being
Sovjet tanks?
1'55" Script |
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hammering the way forward
- nairobi
Kenyan metal workers don't fear
the credit crunch. 'I can even save some money'.
3'33" Script |
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fresh blood - kogelo
Barack Obama's father's home
village in Kenya welcomes a special new citizen.
1'24" Script |
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tropical ice against
home sickness - nairobi
Expatriates seek refuge in Nairobi ice skating rink. Holiday
on ice in the tropics.
1'41" Script |
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moving art on mini buses for
jobs - kenya
Maxi and Sammy in Nairobi did it. They found work by making
designs for the thousands of mini buses in Kenya.
3'13" Script |
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mobile banking kicking off
- kenya
Sending and receiving money through mobile phones was never
so easy. The viral growth of 'M Pesa.
1'58" Script |
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'he's our brother' - kenya
People in Kisumu in Western Kenya cheer about the election of
their brother Barack Obama.
1'21" Script |
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obamamania - kenya
In Kisumu in Western Kenya you can't without hearing the name
Obama somewhere. Total frenzy in the home area of Barack Obama's
father. 'He is our brother.'
2'38" Script |
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cooking from bio gas- kenya
Bio gas latrines in a slum in Nairobi provide for free cooking
gas. Human waste disposal leads to free meals for the children.
1'42" Script |
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navy to attack pirates - somalia
The Somali waters are the worst in the world. Pirates hijacks
cargo ships and ask ransom for the crew. The Dutch navy escorted
food vessels of the World Food Programme for 3 months.
2'26" Script |
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farmers coping with high costs
- kenya
Pauline Kosgei and Samuel Kiprono in Nakuru are facing hard
times because of rising costs. 'We could have been rich.'
International version with optional voice over.
3'27" Script |
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albinos killed for their organs
- tanzania
Already 25 albinos are killed for their organs. According to
traditional healers they can bring good fortune.
2'08" Script |
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block your car by sms - kenya
All you need is your mobile, and monitor your car from a distance
and command it by sms. Young Kenyan does small invention with
big potential.
2'04" Script |
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dutch volunteers stay put
- kenya
'It could have happened anywhere.' A group of Dutch girls continues
voluntary work in Watamu, after their colleagues in Kakamega
were raped. 'Kenya is still a safe country.' |
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antibiotic resistance - kenya
In some areas in Kenya 50 per cent of patients attending a doctor
show resistance to antibiotics. One doctor at the coast tries
to resist. |
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idling camel man mombasa -
kenya
Hard times for camel man Sharif Osman. Hardly any tourist in
Mombasa to take a ride on his camel Jack.
Script |
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village phones - uganda
'I never expected to start a business.' Nakakande Uvumba got
herself a Village Phone.
Script |
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green computers - uganda
Green Computers Uganda offers new computers for a good price.
Or is it a way of dumping old machines in Uganda?
2'35" Script |
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crushing resistance - kenya
Government and drug manufacturers in Kenya hope that new measure
will crush the growing antibiotics resistance, which is costing
lives unnecessarily.
2'10" |
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sleeping on stairs - south
africa
The situation in South Africa is still tense after the xenophobic
attacks. Some 2,000 refugees still seek refuge in the Methodist's
Church in Johannesburg.
1'58" |
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flames of xenophobia - south
africa
Although the situation in South Africa calmed down the situation
is still tense. 10,000nds of 'foreigners' remain in spontaneous
camps and refuges. Report from Jeppe Police Station in Johannesburg.
2'19"
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refugees to remain in camps-
kenya
In Kenya peace seems to be prevailing againg after the post-election
violence. Still 300,000 refugees still remain in camps. The
story of the 28-years-old John Otieno in Nakuru.
2'45" Script |
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rape cases on the rise - kenya
Over 2,000 women were raped in the conflict after the general
elections of December 2007. 'It was used as a weapon of war.' |
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queuing for shares - kenya
Mobile provider Safaricom offers 10 billion shares on the market.
They cost 7.5 Dollar cents each, causing major queues at the
registration offices.
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refugees spark new crisis
- kenya
Chief mediator Kofi Annan is
expecting a quick resolution for the political crisis in Kenya.
Although it doesn't mean a fast solution for the 300,000 refugees
in the country. |
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displaced and dispersed -
kenya
Faith Awuor is 22-years-old
and she has two children. She was chased from her house because
she is married to a Kikuyu. |
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2nd demo day - kenya
Another day of civil unrest
as the opposition calls for demonstrations against president
Kibaki, who is said to have frauded his election. Eight people
died this day. |
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1st demo day - kenya
In the capital Nairobi some
small riots emerged on the first of three days of demonstrations
by the opposition. They want incumbant president Kibaki to step
down after frauded elections. |
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kikuyu refugees - kenya
3,000 to 4,000 members of the
Kikuyu tribe reside on the Show grounds in Nakuru. They fled
their homes around Eldoret because of insecurity. |
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tourism falling down - kenya
Tourists on the coast are staying
away after the violence that erupted after the presidential
election on the 27th of December. Hotels and business fear for
a massive job loss. A report from Mombasa on the coast of Kenya.
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between poverty and tribalism
- kenya
A background report on the conflict
that started after the presidential elections in Kenya. Is it
just alledgely frauded elections, or is there more? 600 people
so far died, and some communities seem to be set up against
eachother.
Commissioned by Al
Jazeera English.
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presidential elections 2007
- kenya
Can he stay, or not; the incumbant
president Kibaki. Economically he did well, but he forgot corruption.
His popular opponent Raila Odinga chips in on that, and leads
the opinion polls. Report from his Kibera slum polling station.
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the simpsons - kenya
Where you would least expect
it. A Simpson's carving workshop in Western Kenya. It's the
only place in the world where they make soap stone carvings
from the world widely famous Simpsons cartoon. 'We can finally
sustain our families.'
Script
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carpet weavers from the slums
- kenya
Report on an unique weaving
workshop in Nairobi. The carpets are sold world wide, and the
weavers come from the slum areas. 465 single mothers there were
trained last years as weavers.
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'even dogs ran away from us'
- kenya
Report on a team in Kenya that
sprays houses to guard them against malaria mosquitoes. They
seem to come from outer space, but they're quite succesful.
The prevalence of malaria under children in Kenya almost halved.
Script
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chewing miraa - kenya
The Somali community in Holland
is unhappy with a ban on the mild drug Qat. These twigs are
very popular among the Somalis in East Africa and Europe. Qat
is grown in Kenya, and the Somalis here feel sad for their brothers
in Holland.
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art from scrap metal - kenya
Need something in your house
or garden? Mabati Workshop can do something for you. Useless
scrap metal there changes into art. Saving environment and creating
jobs.
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'these animals should have
been dead' - kenya
A day in the Kitale Conservancy
in Northern Kenya. It's the only reserve with only handicapped
animals. The care giver had really to get used to these creatures
who alledgely bring bad luck.
Script  
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'i want to be their spokes
person' '- kenya
Portrait of the 30-years-old
Michael Mutuku in de Dandora slum estate in Nairobi. He wants
to change his environment. So he started a garbage collection,
a car wash and a dance group. He wants to continu as a city
councillor, and now he is campaigning.
Part Two in a serie on youth leadership in Kenya. |
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documentary: sidi goma - zanzibar
On the rare home coming concert
of the Indian musical group Sidi Goma on Zanzibar. The ancestors
of the musicians left the island eight hundreds ago to India.
They kept their music and dance, and performed on The Zanzibar
International Film Festival.
Branded festival version for evaluation. |
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miss koch - kenya
Raphael Obonyo is 26-years-old,
and his the founder of Miss Koch, a youth group in the Korogocho
slum in Nairobi. He managed to start the community radio station
Koch FM. |
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mobile reporters - kenya
He sees it as a new opportunity
for African journalists; Evans Wafula in Nairobi. As one of
four in Africa he is equipped with a mobile phone and makes
news videos, which appear on the Internet almost live. The Dutch
project is called Voices of Africa.
2'00" Script |
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child prostitution - kenya
Rehema en Jacintha are among
10 to 15,000 children who, according to a Unicef report, are
working in prostitution on the Kenyan coast.
2'35" Script |
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nyumba ya wazee - kenya
83-year-old John has his own
workshop in the Nyumba ya Wazee in Nairobi. 'I am happy
here.' Also in Kenya the housing of the elderly is a growing
challenge. |
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elephant rangers - kenya
Elephants in Kenya were almost
wipe out in the late nineties. Kenya imposed a hunting ban,
and now the elephant population is growing again. This is partly
because of the ver patrolling rangers in the national parks. |
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camel library - kenya
For thousands of years they
have been trekking through the deserts. In Kenyan district of
Garissa the camels are still dispatching books to the nomadic
communities.
Branded preview, available in several languages. |
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search for bird flu in magadi
- kenya
In case the deadly bird flu
strain H5N1 is encountered, Kenya will be prepared. Report on
the routine wild bird assesment, now from Lake Magadi. |
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obsolete computers no e-waste
- kenya
They re-furbish obsolete computers
from Western countries and Kenya, and then deliver them to schools.
Still also a second hand computer has a limited life span. The
emergence of E-Waste is looming, but not at Computers for Schools
Kenya. |
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dandora dump site - kenya
1,000 people a day gather in
Nairobi's Dandora Dump Site. There they look for food and things
to sell. It's their only way of survival, and they accept a
poor health resulting from being exposed to toxic chemicals
in the dump site. |
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big brother in kenya
Taxi drivers have mixed feelings
about a new system that tracks all their movements. Gone are
the days of taking extra customers without the boss knowing
it. |
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waiting for amin - uganda
The people of Arua are waiting
for The Last King of Scotland, the motion picture on
Uganda's former dictator Idi Amin. He was ousted 30 years ago,
and now his home town has a booming economy. |
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rift valley fever - kenya
The butcheries in Kajiao are closed
because people stopped eating meat. They are afraid for the
Rift Valley Fever, which the claimed the lives of 118 people
now. The disease is common under live stock, but can transmitted
to humans through infected meat. |
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clashes nairobi slum - kenya
Report from the Mathare estate. People
were killed and houses set on fire, after recent clashes sparked
by the illicit breweries. |
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floodings - somalia
Report from Jamame in Southern Somalia.
The inhabitants of the area lost their land in the floodings,
and are also facing insecurity after the defeat of the Islamists. |
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v-spot: masai mara - kenya
For the beauty of Kenya, an Out
of Africa touched game drive through the Masai Mara, recently
branded as the new 7th World Wonder by an American tv channel. |
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flooded refugees - kenya
80,000 Somali refugees were washed
away by the torrential rains. After having fled their country,
they now face a next crisis; floodings. |
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polio case refugee camp -
kenya
Report from Hagadera
on the follow up after the first polio case in 22 years in Kenya
was diagnosed earlier this year. |
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mobile revolution kenya
Kenya in 2000 had 17,000 mobile subscribers,
and now six year later there are over 7 million people having
a mobile. A report on the revolution that took place in a developing
country. |
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welcome the new governor -
sudan
Clip of a traditional
Luo dance in the village Kuajok in Southern Sudan. The dance
performed by young girls was dedicated to the new governor of
Kuajok county. |
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songs of the cattle camp -
sudan
A day in a cattle
camp near Rumbek in Southern Sudan. For thousands of years the
Dinka tribe are keeping cattle camps, where they are milked
and looked after. Throught the ages songs for and about the
cattle are sung in the camps. |
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mobile phone booths nairobi
Duncan and John are living with a physical
handicap. Instead of begging they converted their wheel chairs
into mobile phone booths. 'We are doing good business now.' |
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betty bigombe on lra peace
process
A report on how
inhabitants in Gulu - Northern Uganda, think about the ongoing
peace talks between the LRA of Joseph Kony and the government
of Uganda. 'We are dealing with somebody who might have a multiple
personality disorder,' says Betty Bigombe. She lives in Gulu
and was involved in several other negotiations for peace in
the now 20-year-old civil war. |
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kampala stock exchange - uganda
A day on the smallest stock exchange
in East Africa. Founded in 1998 it now has eight companies listed,
and twenty bonds. CEO Simon Rutega: 'It takes time, but we will
get there.'
Part 3 in a serie on stock exchanges in Africa.
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award reported
on tv rijnmond - the netherlands
News report as made by TV Rijnmond in Rotterdam The Netherlands.
Site: rtv
rijnmond
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joseph kony - Sudan
The mysterious leader of the rebel
movement Lord's Resistance Army grants a press conference for
the first time in twenty years. Kony's LRA is held responsible
for the deaths of thousands of people in Northern Uganda.
Entitled with the International TV Award at the Video
Journalism Festival in Berlin - Germany.
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threats voor nomads northern
kenya
Recent rains gave
the nomads wandering in Northern Kenyan some relief. Since most
of the cattle died during the drought, a major food crisis is
looming. Report from the Maikona division in the Marsabit district. |
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dar es salaam stock exchange
- tanzania
With eight
listed companies, and twenty bonds, the Dar es Salaam is one
of the smaller exchanges in Africa. Still the stock market is
steadily growing since its inception in 1998. CEO Njau: 'We
came from a socialist economy, and this is the pace we have
chosen.' |
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water pumps for benin
Report on the working visit to Benin of Dutch minister Van Ardenne
for Developement Co-operation. She inspected water sites, visited
cotton farmers, and started a school campaign for girls education.
The Netherlands is planning to raise the aid for this small
country in West Africa. More reports available on the Benin
page. |
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cotton farmers - benin
Cotton farmers in Benin suffer from high prices for seeds and
fertilisers, and from low international cotton prices. The Dutch
minister for Development Co-operation stressed for reforms in
the cotton sector, otherwise she will withhold funding for the
Benin goverment. |
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all the girls to school - benin
In the capital Cotonou the Dutch Minister
Van Ardenne fired up a national campaign to get more girls to
school. Now only half of all the girls finish school education. |
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library: special olympics - tanzania
For the Dutch NGO Terres des Hommes
I produced a feature on the Special Olympics in Dar es Salaam,
2002. The games are for children living with a mental handicap.
The report was aired at DeNieuwe Omroep in The Netherlands.
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d-shot: on the way to marsabit
- kenya M.O.A.M. Working as
a journalist in Third World countries the first thing you have
to sort out is transport. That goes paramount of everything.
Research and establishing contacts only starts after transport.
Shown here is the journey from Isiolo to Marsabit in Northern
Kenya. Was there for reports on the drought situation. There
is no official public transport here. |
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library: father picavet -
uganda
The life and work
of the Dutch priest father Picavet in Jinja - Uganda. Version
with English subtitling on request. |
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d-shot: dar es
salaam by taxi - tanzania
New series: random drive-by shots from transport, M.O.A.M. class
I |
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rwanda tribunal arusha
A day at the International Criminal
Tribunal for Rwanda in Arusha - Tanzania. Here the main suspects
of the 1994 genocide are tried. Despite its relation with death
and horror, it made Arusha a bustling town since the well-paid
UN staff is living there.
Script
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tb in kenya on the rise
Joseph Kirika is one of the thousands
of Kenyans that receive TB treatment. Despite the free national
TB eradication programme in Kenya the prevalence of tuberculosis
is sharply on the rise. Joseph is getting his treatment through
the Melchizedek clinic in Nairobi.
3'40" |
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braids
A visit to Kenyatta Market in Nairobi. The best place in town
to have the forever braids fixed. They are very popular allover
Africa. What's wrong with natural hair? |
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webby nomination rocketboom
The daily videoblog Rocketboom
from New York is nominated for the much wanted Webby Award,
the Oscar for experimental websites. The correspondents were
asked to make a cling. |
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kenyan parliament resumed
From 21 March and now online: The Kenyan
parliament resumes after a break of seven months. The reason
was the turmoil around the referendum on a new constitution.
The president addressed the parliament and mentioned the policy
against corruption and relief efforts against the drought. The
policitical situation in Kenya remains tensed, and Kenyan were
not allowed near the parliament house. |
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run on nairobi stock exchange
The Nairobi Stock Exchange is becoming
more and more popular among Kenyans. The announced release of
shares in the national power company KenGen is causing a hype.
People are queuing to get their portion of the much-wanted shares.
'We haven't seen this before in Kenya,' says a major stock broker
from Nairobi.
Short version english |
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wfp WARNS FOR FOOD TRAGEDY IN kenya
James Morris returned from a trip through
East Africa and Kenya. 3.5 million people in Kenya need food
assistance, due to the prolonged drought. WFP requests hundreds
of million of US Dollars from the donors. 'If it doesn't come
fast we are facing a very serious situation,' Morris said, referring
to a massive famine in Kenya. |
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kenyan tv station shut down
Kenya Television Network and the newspaper
The Standard were shutdown for 11 hours by the government. They
alledgely were engaging in activities that endangered the security
of the country, said responsible minister Michuki. The act was
nationally and internationally condemned as a blatant violation
of the freedom of press in Kenya. |
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v-spot:
zanzibar, stone town
Just
the camera wandering on the cobbled stone streets of the capital
Stone Town. |
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v-spot:
zanzibar, stone town night market
Just the camera wandering on the nightly
food market of Stone Town. |
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v-spot:
zanzibar, the beach
Just
the camera wandering on the white sands beaches of Ugunja Island,
playing with Swahili tones. |
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v-spot: zanzibar, the harbour
Just the camera wandering through the
old harbour of Zanzibar, dedicated to the dhow. |
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Presidential Elections Uganda
The first multi-party elections in Uganda
took place on the 23rd of February. The opposition is fearing
for vote rigging. They see their fears come true when it appears
that many ballot boxes are not sealed. Report from Kampala. |
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kenyan athletes
Jonas Kiprotich and Stanley Kiplimo
are two young Kenyan athletes. They train at the High Performance
Training Centre in Eldoret. The place is founded by the Kenyan
old international Kip Keino. |
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Somalia drought
According to a recent report 1.7 million
people in Somalia are facing starvation due to prolonged drought.
Report from the area in Wajid in Southern Somalia. The situation
here seems to be worse because of the absence of a central government. |
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Kenya drought
3.5 million people in Kenya are facing
starvation due to prolonged drought. The government made an
international appeal of 242 million dollar for water and food
assistance. Report from the area around Marsabit in Northern
Kenya. Here even camels die of thirst. |
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mombasa tourism - kenya
'I come here for a white man,'
says Stella on the beach. She is only one of the many boys and
girls who seek their fortune in the many tourists.
Video report as prepared for the Dutch national tv channel LLINK.
Presented by Mariam Abbas. |
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geophrey - uganda
Geophrey is 14-years-old and
he lives in Northern Uganda. Every day he walks from his home
village to Gulu, to sleep in a shelter. Jimmy otherwise is afraid
of being abducted by rebels of the Lord´s Resistance Army. |
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turbi massacre
-kenya
Report on the 90 people that
were killed in tribal clashes in Northern Kenya. |
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bertiers - kenya
Portrait of the Kenyan artist
Bertiers. |
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tsunami - aceh
Reports from Aceh - Indonesia, six months
after the December 2005 Indian Ocean tsunami. |
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tsunami, VOL. 1
Volume one in a mini-serie of reports
in commission of the Dutch natcom of Médecins sans Frontières.
Shown: destruction and reconstruction in the capital Banda Aceh. |
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tsunami, vol. 2
Volume two in a mini-serie of reports
in commission of the Dutch natcom of Médecins sans Frontières.
Shown: the opening of the house of self-calmness in Banda Aceh. |
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tsunami, vol. 3
Volume three in a mini-serie
of reports in commission of the Dutch natcom of Médecins
sans Frontières. Shown: a jungle exploration in search
of people possibly infected with malaria. |
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tsunami, vol. 4
Volume four in a mini-serie
of reports in commission of the Dutch natcom of Médecins
sans Frontières. Shown: a day in a medical post in the
town of Lamno. |
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tsunami - somalia
Portrait of fisherman Ali Koh
in Hafun - Somalia. After the tsunami he lost his brother and
his boat. In Somalia 200 people were killed by the tidal wave,
and another 50,000 lost their houses. |
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v-spot: lake magadi, kenya
Impression of Lake Magadi,
on a two hours drive from Nairobi. At the lake lies the largest
salt production plant in Africa. The factory labourers live
in a nearby village. |
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marburg epidemic
angola
Reports from Uige, the most affected
region. |
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Dutch Princess
Maxima in Uganda
The Dutch princess Maxima meets
entrepreneurs in Uganda. |
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v-spot: bossaso
A sunny evening on the streets
of Bossaso, capital of the Punland state in Somalia. |
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bossaso
- puntland
A sunny morning in Bossaso, Puntland' Somalia's harbour.
Traders are shipping goods. This spot is notorious because
of its alledged people smuggling to Yemen and weapons import
to the whole of Africa. |
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Ziggy
Marley - ethiopia
Concert of The Marley Brothers at Africa Unite, 6 February
2005 in Addis Ababa. |
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royal
burundi drummers
A short impression of the world famous Royal Burundi
Drummers, playing here in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. |
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sudan
peace - nairobi
The late SPLM/A leader John Garang
signs the peace agreement for Sudan, ending the 21-year-old
civil war. The ceremony was held on the 9th of January 2005
in Nairobi. John Garang dies six months later in a helicopter
crash in Uganda. |
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congestion
graveyards - zambia
The city council of Lusaka looks for solutions for
the congested graveyards, as a result of the increased mortality
rate, caused by HIV/Aids. |
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hammarskjöld
- zambia
Reporting on a visit to Ndola in the
copper belt of Zambia. It is here that in 1961 the then secretary-general
Hammarskjöld of the United Nations crashed with his DC6.
The cause of the accident remains unclear. |
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nairobi marathon
2004
The 28-year-old Kenyan Benjamin
Kipchumba wins the marathon with 2:11:49. |
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nairobi - kenya, july 2004
Kenyans taking to the street
for a new constitution. The reform has to curb the power of
the president by appointing a prime minister. The draft of the
new constitution was to be discussed in Parliament, and so rallies
were organised by the pressure group Katiba Watch. The Government
had forbidden the rallies on the 3rd of July, and that resulted
in riots. NOTE: Realvideo. |
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lira - uganda
200 people were killed in an
attack on refugee camp Barlonyo near Lira. The assault is alledged
to the Lord Resistance Army. The archbishop of Uganda visits
the camp and pays his respect to the victims. Also he vows to
an end to the 18-year-old insurgency in the North of Uganda. |
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night commuters - uganda
It is July 2003 when tens of thousands
of children flock every evening in Gulu to find shelter on the
street. They are afraid of abduction by the Lord Resistance
Army. The army of the LRA mostly consists of abducted children.
They are used as soldiers or as sex slaves. The Dutchman Piet
Buitenwijk started a shelter In Gulu. |
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darfur - sudan
Report from camps for displaced people
in southern darfur. 'We are still not safe.' |
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never again - rwanda
Anita and Albert live in the capital
Kigali. They walk in the Genocide Museum and let their thoughts
go. They are both victims of the 1994 genocide. |
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raid on entebbe
- uganda
Report on the plane that was
hijacked in the Raid on Entebbe. Entebbe is the airport
where Israeli special forces ended the hijacking of a German
airplane in 1976, in the Raid on Entebbe. NOTE: Realvideo. |
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v-spot: st. peter - italy
An impression of the most impressive
site in Rome, the St. Peter Cathedral in the Vatican, the domicile
of the Pope. |
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v-spot: tour guides - italy
In Rome you can forget about a quiet
visit to the historic sites. You'll have to share with thousands
of others who were there just before you. Rome is the city where
the voice of the tour guide never stops. |
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v-spot: tallin
- estonia
A strawl through
the medieval city centre of the capital Tallin. |
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v-spot: stockholm - sweden
On the few summer days a sparkling
haze wanders through the streets and across the squares. |
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stockholm gamlastan - sweden
Gamla Stan is the island where
the settlers of Stockholm first set foot in 1255. You can enjoy
the shops along side the cobbled streets, and listen to the
tickling of horse shoes against the walls. |
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v-spot: helsinki
summer day - finland
An impression on sun shine in Nokia
country. |
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v-spot: sanliurfa
- turkey
The city Sanliurfa in Turkey
was formerly known as 'Ur'. The first settlers arrived here
6000 years ago. Sanliurfa is a sparkling city on the threshold
between European and Arab cultures. |
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video: Diyarbakir
- turkey
Diyarbakir is located in the
basin of Tigris and the Euphrates, ancient Mesopotomia. The
city was founded 5000 years ago. With its temples, bazars, and
about one million citizens, it's a very lively. NOTE: Realvideo. |
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v-spot: kalkbaaij
- south africa
An ordinary Sunday in Kalkbaaij
at the Atlantic Ocean. |
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v-spot: cape point
- south africa
Cape Point is at the far end
of Cape Hope National Park. Here the settlers from Portugal
and The Netherlands first set food. From here the colonisation
of Southern Africa started. Featuring Lucky Dube. NOTE: Realvideo. |
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v-spot: sunset
- south africa
Song
of the birds at sunset in the Atlantic Ocean. NOTE: Realvideo |
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miss stigma free - botswana
Kgalalelo Ntsepe is elected miss hiv
stigma free 2003 in the capital gaborone. She proves that HIV
positive people are equal members of society. |
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webdesign from slum areas
- kenya
Young people from
the slum areas of the capital Nairobi are trained in to web
designers. |
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v-spot: summer IN THE netherlands
In Holland clear skies are rare. Sunshine
in Holland changes the atmosphere dramatically. Bars release
their terraces, people start to dress and to act accordingly.
People go out, to sit on the sunny sides of the street. NOTE:
Realvideo. |
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v-spot: kralingsebos - THE
netherlands
Planted in
the thirties of the twentiest century to create jobs, the Kralingse
Bos belongs to all inhabitants of Rotterdam. Of course there
is a lake in the middle. On the sides there is the typical atmosphere
of parks; joy with an edge of despair. NOTE: Realvideo. |
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coffeeshops - netherlands
Amsterdam is the capital. It's not the
policital nor the economic centre, but the cultural heart of
the country. Tourists come to visit museums, theatres, and cinemas.
Still a majority leave the museums for what they are, and head
straight to a coffeeshop. NOTE: Realvideo. |
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introduction peru
Overview of the country Peru.
From Lima, the ancient Inca Machu Pichu, Lake Titicaca, up to
the slums of Arequipa. |
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out patient clinic - peru
The opening of the new out patient
clinic in Arequipa, supported by the Duch NGO Paz Holandesa. |
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hospital goyeneche
- peru
A day in the dreaded Hospital
Goeyeneche in Arequipa. |
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children's home
circa - peru
A day at the Circa children's
home in Arequipa. |
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queen's day- netherlands
Once a year the country plunges into
a collective craze: Queen's Day, when the Dutch are celebrating
the birth day of the Queen. It's a public holiday, so...
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v-spot: tokyo
- japan
Street walk through
nightly Tokyo. |
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v-spot: shinjuku
park - japan
Spring time
in Tokyo, blossoms in the parks. |
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v-spot: ueno park
- japan
On culture and
survival of the poor in Tokyo. |
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video: mayor rotterdam in tokyo
Filed feature from Summer 2000. A
strawl with the mayof of Rotterdam, The Netherlands, when
he was on a working visit to Japan. Report commissioned by
the regional tv station TV
Rijnmond, Rotterdam |
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v-spot: hase kannon
- japan
A virtual walk
through a very old temple on a peninsular near Tokyo. |
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v-spot: kyoto
- japan
A virtual walk
along the colliding cultures in the former capital Kyoto. |
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v-spot: fuji
Twenty five seconds of the top of the
highest volcano in Japan. |
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video: a-bomb
- japan
Impression of the
A-bomb memorial park in Hiroshima. NOTE: Realvideo. |
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