News stories by Eleni Mourdoukoutas

NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 26 (IPS) - Eleni Mourdoukoutas, Africa Renewal*

For years, Kenyans freely used and disposed of plastic bags. The bags were ubiquitous—in the markets, in the gutters and in the guts out of 3 out of every 10 animals taken to slaughter.

UNITED NATIONS, May 25 (IPS) - Eleni Mourdoukoutas writes for Africa Renewal*Internet penetration is creeping up in Africa, bringing the prospect of digital dividends to a continent long marked by digital divides.

UNITED NATIONS, Apr 27 (IPS) - Eleni Mourdoukoutas writes for Africa Renewal* When some 276 teenage girls were kidnapped from their boarding school in northeastern Nigeria in April 2014, Oby Ezekwesili, a civil society activist and former World Bank vice president, was disheartened by the lacklustre response of her government and local television stations.