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…
The worst-affected regions, the main causes and the magnitude may differ, but famine is hardly ever a new phenomenon in South Sudan. Indeed, the state that came into existence only in 2011 and is, in the highest probability, bound to be part…
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…
Once thriving, prosperous and full of promise, the private media industry in Kenya today is literally grasping for breath. From the oldest, the Standard Group, to the hitherto most profitable, the Nation Media Group (NMG), gloom looms large. The modus operandi today…
The Ministry of Internal Affairs’ National Anti-Human Trafficking Office has initiated an investigation into the trafficking of 14 Burundians into Uganda, allegedly orchestrated by two notorious human traffickers, Pieri Ndayisenga and Shaban Serungaya. The duo stands accused of selling the victims to…
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…
With all the insecurity in Kenya, why would a government risk lives for a doomed mission? In a rare gesture of bravery, people with disabilities on March 6, 2024 came out in their numbers in one of Kenya’s President William Ruto’s political…
Ugandan lawyer Hassan Male Mabirizi has filed a lawsuit against the government of Kenya challenging the removal of Peter Mathuki as Secretary General of the East African Community (EAC). The suit, lodged at the East African Court of Justice under Reference No….
He burst on to the scene like a dynamite, acting with speed and alacrity that soon convinced many that he could be the antidote to Ethiopia, a country so devastated by decades of tyrannical rule. Abiy was taking over in 2018 from…
The spokesperson for the Tanzanian ruling party, Chama Cha Mapinduzi, Paul Christian Makonda is causing panic among ministers as he goes around engaging with the public on individual performance. Most ministers and directors of various parastatals are not happy that President Samia…
