Martyn Drakard

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A wisp of hope for Sudan's suffering South

Martyn Drakard | 9 Aug 2006

Southerners in the Sudan are cautiously hopeful after a peace accord, but much depends on how its oil resources are managed.

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No pitches, no jerseys, but African soccer flourishes

Martyn Drakard | 30 Jun 2006

Commercialised sport has finally become a part of African life, as current interest in the World Cup shows.

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African families fighting Western pressures

Martyn Drakard | 9 Jun 2006

Family-unfriendly ideas are being imported from the West, but traditional African values are robust and resilient.

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War without end

Martyn Drakard | 26 May 2006

Somalia's warring factions are destroying their country. Who or what can bring them to the negotiating table?

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FOCUS ON THE DA VINCI CODE
In Nairobi, it's a bore

Martyn Drakard | 19 May 2006

A film about spooky art galleries and architecture will not make a dent in the developing world.

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A century of agony in the Congo

Martyn Drakard | 26 Mar 2006

The world's deadliest humanitarian crisis goes almost unnoticed in the media, even though a thousand are dying every day.

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Africa's religious fault line

Martyn Drakard | 18 Mar 2006

Two of the world's great religions are competing for followers in Kenya.

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For Kenyan street kids, glue sniffing is a way of life

Martyn Drakard | 3 Mar 2006

Tens of thousand of boys live on the streets of Nairobi, stealing their food and sleeping on the streets. With the government almost helpless, only private initatives offer hope.

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Famine in Kenya: an avoidable disaster

Martyn Drakard | 27 Jan 2006

Famine has returned to Eastern Africa and the government of Kenya is ill-prepared. How is it that a country which fed its people during a worse famine more than 20 years ago is now caught off guard?

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