The ongoing youth protests by the Zoomers generation, commonly known as Gen Z, over the Finance Bill, 2024 have caused jitters and admiration in Kenya and the entire region. The street demonstrations that began on June 18 to put pressure on members…
There is a growing debate among the South Sudan political elite on whether the country should adopt a permanent constitution before or after the December 2014 elections. With only six months remaining before the country holds its first-ever elections, President Salva Kiir and his coterie are insisting…
A regional body recently released programmes incorporating marginalised pastoral communities into the mainstream economies. The Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (Igad) says that since the pastoral regions are the key to cross-border trade and regional integration, it would be foolhardy to exclude them. …
A global mining company, Hudson Mining Ltd last week launched its operations in Kenya for value addition to minerals in the region, especially from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Kenya does not have much minerals compared to the other countries in the…
The Director General of the European Union (EU) Directorate for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO), MACIEJ POPOWSKI, was in Kenya after visiting Somalia. He speaks to FRED OLUOCH about the EU humanitarian work in the eastern African region and…
The Inter-Governmental Authority on Development member states are designing policies and pre-emptive measures against desert locust invasion that caught them unawares between 2019 and 2022. The eight Igad member states comprising Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda, came…
As Somalia president Hassan Sheikh Mohmoud marked his second year in office on May 15, Hilaal Institute issued a new report that analysed the political, economic, and security sectors from May 2022 to May 2024. The report digs into President Mohamud’s tenure…
The Nairobi mediation between the government of South Sudan and the hold-out groups began on a sour note on April 9 with three main organisations distancing themselves from the talks. The suspicion between some holdout groups and President William Ruto and Kenya…
As Africa struggles to resist genetically modified organisms from being imposed by America in their agricultural system, there is a challenge between affordability and sustainability. Most African leaders, including Kenya’s president William Ruto have been coerced into accepting GMOs at the expense…
Previous assertions that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) is committing war crimes and crimes against humanity have been vindicated by their own video that shows gory details of human rights abuse. The video shot by the many mercenaries that have joined RSF…
