Topic - Kenya

• 50 Cent visits famine victims in Somalia, Kenya

  Rapper 50 Cent is teaming up with the World Food Program to see firsthand the effects of hunger in Somalia and Kenya.

• Chinese state TV starts American service this week

  Chinese state broadcaster CCTV is launching its American service this week as part of a major overseas expansion aimed at boosting China's international influence.

• Briefly

  The aging president of Senegal tried to divert attention from growing street protests calling for his resignation and prove that he still had grass-roots support by leading an impromptu rally through the capital late Tuesday.

• Attack on Kenya orphanage yields $80k in donations

  Anthony Omari earned the still-fresh 11-stitch scar that runs from his forehead to his upper lip in one of the noblest ways imaginable: By taking a machete to the face while defending an under-resourced Kenyan orphanage from attacking thieves.

• After 6 months of famine, Somali men return to farm

  Six months after the U.N. declared Somalia's capital a famine zone, the number of refugees in the capital is dwindling, as most of the men have gone home to try to revive devastated herds and withered crops.

• China TV expands but shackles remain

  The killing of a South Korean coast guard officer by a Chinese fisherman was a story tailor-made for China's CCTV News as it embarks on an ambitious plan to become a global network with assertive international coverage.

• China's state TV expanding, but fetters remain

  The killing of a South Korean coast guard officer by a Chinese fisherman should have been tailor-made for China's CCTV News as it embarks on an ambitious plan to become a global network with assertive international coverage.

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