Even after losing two court cases against Jacob Zuma’s uMkonto we Sizwe party, the ruling African National Congress is still determined to block the former president from contesting the May 29 elections. The ANC has now lost two cases—one on March 26…
As China emerges as an economic global player, the United States and the West in general have mounted a multi-pronged campaign to discredit its activities on the African continent. Apart from spreading negative publicity, China has been portrayed as a greedy super…
After Somalia joined the East African Community in November 2023, it was an open secret that it was just a matter of time before either Ethiopia and Djibouti expressed interest. Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for EAC, Arid and Semi-Arid Lands and Regional…
Djibouti is a small country in the eastern coast of Africa that is attracting more Western attention similar to the scramble for Africa a century ago. What can Africa learn from Djibouti that even the most populous country like Nigeria followed by…
China emerges as the leading threat to the United States even overshadowing the nuclear-armed archrival Russia and the unpredictable North Korea. Iran joins China as the emerging threats to US interests and their allies in the Middle East in the face of…
Last year, France faced a lot of threats to its stranglehold on his former colonies in West Africa following the emergence of three leaders in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger—who are resisting neo-colonialism. Now with the election of the 44-year old Bassirou…
While there is a scramble to belong to the East African Community, Somalia the latest entrant has brought a new dimension—business. Somalia is known for the instability brought about by al-Shabaab but little do the rest of the region know that the…
Recent revelations that two of the al-Shabaab social media accounts that were shut down last year have been resuscitated poses a major challenge to the government in its war against terror. It has emerged that some of the 500 social media accounts…
T he South Sudanese leader, Salva Kiir Mayadit assumed leadership of the East African community in November 2003 at a very crucial time He took the East African Community Regional Force (EACRF) and was leaving DRC after protests by President Felix Tshisekedi that…
Passing by Mchumbi Road, the main thoroughfare in South B, Nairobi, the most tricking thing is the half-demolished shops that were once the lifeline of the centre. But opposite the debris across the road is a two-storey building that houses a youth…
