Mungiki, matatus, and why Nairobi is nothing at all like Mogadishu.
July 7th 2007 When even the locals have come to affectionately call their home “Nairobbery,” you can’t help but arrive in town with your guard up. For weeks I’ve been girding myself against what my guidebook cheerily describes as “the most dangerous city in Africa, beating stiff competition from Johannesburg and Lagos” - a statement that’s probably ruffled a few feathers in Mogadishu, and has cert
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