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Where’s the Cockfight?

Today on Rocketboom, Molly gets to the bottom of the question, “Where’s the cockfight?”

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∞ permalink | Daily News, Topical, Thursday February 17 2011 | Chicken, Cock, Cockfight, facebook, fight, Gambling, Illegal, mememolly, molly, Rocketboom, twitter, violence

The Idling Camel Man of Mombasa

Rocketboom field correspondent Ruud Elmendorp profiles Sharif Osman, a Mombasa Camel Man or “beach boy” whose business has been hurt by tourists’ reluctance to visit Kenya after recent post-election violence. Previous Rocketboom coverage of the Kenyan election crisis: 1/8/08: Election Violence in Kenya, 1/16/08: Displaced Villagers in Nakruru, 1/16/08: Post Election Stress on Kenyan Markets, 1/23/08: Continued Coverage From Nairobi, 1/23/08: Kenya Crisis Continued, 2/13/08: 6,000 Refugees Seek Shelter Amid Continued Ethnic Violence, A Refugee In His Own Country, Kenya in Crisis page from the Rocketboom wiki, More stories by Ruud Elmendorp

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∞ permalink | Humanwire, Wednesday August 06 2008 | africa, kenya, kenyan presidential election, politics, Ruud Elmendorp, tourism, violence