Hope for Kenya as Uhuru Kenyatta & Raila Odinga agree to dialogue
Nairobi Star In a rare show of unity on Friday, President Uhuru Kenyatta and Opposition leader Raila Odinga told Kenyans they had set their differences aside and would work to unite the public. The two met at Harambee House office of the President before addressing the press. They neither specified their strategies nor took any questions. Raila, who More...
We had a dream… 53 years on all we have are memories
East African You can’t deny it. Despite a few bright spots last year, the East African Project is in trouble. In Arusha, we have an East African Community (EAC) secretariat grappling with one of its most difficult More...
Young African women turn to coding
More women techies could help close income inequality gap By Fatimatou Sene At Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Angela Koranteng was an accomplished student with a special dream. At a time More...
Delay defer deny – Foreigner driven ‘ Stability doctrine for Africa dangerous
Africa Arguments. In 2017, the world watched as Kenya endured one of the most complicated election cycles ever. In the hotly-contested initial August vote, the incumbent won. As expected, the opposition contested More...
Miguna Miguna Deported! Kenya Kuna Matata
Nairobi – Lawyers and human rights officials say a Kenyan politician who had been arrested for witnessing the “inauguration” of opposition leader Raila Odinga has been deported. Interior Ministry More...
#Kenya descends into a slippery slope – Media Shut down
AFP Rights groups on Wednesday criticised the government’s move to block live coverage of a mock inauguration by the opposition as a “violation” of the public’s right to information. Three More...
Corporate boardrooms: where are the women?
A lack of diversity afflicts most companies’ boards By Kwamboka Oyaro When a woman rises to the top rung of the traditionally all-male corporate ladder in Africa, it’s front-page news because women’s More...
Worldwide condemnation of Trump’s #Shithole insult to #Africans
African countries demand President Trump apology over ‘shitholes’ slur African ambassadors to the UN express “shock and outrage” after Donald Trump is accused of calling their countries “shitholes”. African More...
Africa nations /tribes slowly joining the growing Global secession movement
Globally, secessionist movements and trends are as old as the history of the state system. Some scholars date it to the ancient Greek city states. Others date it to the period of the French Revolution, when the More...
Africa’s poverty rates on a rebound despite notable Economic Development
In this special coverage of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), we focus on SDG 10, which is “Reduced inequality within and among countries.” The aim of SDG 10 is for countries to adopt policies that promote More...
