Un week-end à Nairobi

Un samedi de lendemain de soirée. Fatigués ? le bon remède à tous les maux de la veille, une après-midi au bord de la piscine,à somnoler,discuter,jouer aux palets et feuilleter des magazines futiles, dont la lecture ne me manque en fait pas du tout...
Allez, amènes la pastèque, c'est l'heure du goûter :)

I'll miss it

Mon temps ici n'est pas terminé mais je sais déjà, avec les multiples départs des amis ces derniers temps, que l'Afrique, le Kenya, ma vie ici me manqueront ; je pourrais en parler longuement, peut être plus tard, après.
Pour le moment, j'ai lu cet extrait dans The Zanzibar Chest, et c'est si vrai...

"So yeah, i miss it. I miss the intense friendships, the madness, the heat, the red-eyed motherfuckers at roadblocks, the African sky at night, the desert cities where dogs sleep in the middle of the streets, the fact that nothing ever fucking works ever, knowing which side of the plane to ask for a seat on to get the best view on Kilimanjaro, the long dirt roads, the vast horizons, the flat-topped trees, freezing cold tuskers, the occasional breeze from the ocean..."

Tsotsi in Kibera

Ce soir, notre petite troupe s'est glissée aux côtés de l'ambassadrice et s'est rendue à Kibera (pas besoin de présenter cet endroit non ? Sinon, jetez un oeil au Constant Gardener) pour assister à une projection en plein air, d'un court puis d'un long métrage, Tsotsi.

Les enfants qui s'endorment sur nos genoux, la pleine lune et un très bon film sur la rédemption au milieu des slums de Soweto.
Je ne connais pas le degré de violence qui peut régner dans Kibera, considéré comme le plus grand slum d'Afrique ; oui peut être, mais la pauvreté ne se compte pas en mètres carrés non ?



PS : regardez l'intensité de la couleur du ciel sur les photos, c'est aussi pour ça que j'aime l'Afrique...

Greek envoy found with 25g of cocaine, when diplomacy leaves the rails

By Cyrus Ombati, The Standard

A top Greek diplomat seconded to Kenya has been arrested and charged in court after he was found carrying 25 grams of cocaine.
The official was leaving Nairobi for Athens, Greece, when Greek anti-narcotic police intercepted him on December 26.He was on vacation, highly placed sources said, yesterday.It is not clear where he got the drug, but he had left Nairobi for Athens via Cairo.
Sources said the envoy was later taken to court in Athens, where he was charged with an offence of drug trafficking and given bail.
The official was posted to the Greek embassy in Nairobi on September 10, last year, and has previously worked at The Hague and Pakistan in the same capacity. He is one of the top envoys at the Greek embassy.

Yesterday, Foreign Affairs Minister Moses Wetangula said he was aware of the diplomat’s arrest, but had no details on the circumstances surrounding the incident.
Wetangula said he would study the circumstances under which the official was caught before taking any action. "Kenya and Greece are two good friends and I cannot rush into conclusions and take action on him before I get more details, but I am aware of the arrest. I will study the case first," he said.

The Greek Embassy did not respond to our inquiries. A consular official we spoke to on phone requested our inquiries be sent to him through email, after he was briefed on the reports. However, he had not responded 24 hours later.
The consular section had earlier confirmed the said official is on vacation, but cut short the conversation and demanded to have a formal inquiry sent to him via email or post.The news came in the wake of a court battle between the State and a Nigerian national accused of drug trafficking and who has refused to be deported.