Two years on from the Gen Z revolution that reshaped the country’s political landscape, much has been said and written about its impact. While many have since moved on, a core group of pioneers and ...
Africa’s post-colonial promise of democratization that began in the 1980s and 1990s with the “second independence” struggles now confronts a defining and painful reckoning. The optimism that ...
A month ago I visited an exporter in Ruiru who processes crude avocado oil. They have contracts to deliver every month to buyers in Portugal, Italy and Spain, which means they need a consistent supply ...
In the quiet left by Baba's passing, the country is left reflecting on what he meant, and what this moment means for the ...
A new story map, Trans-Saharan Route Then and Now, traces this evolution across key nodes — from the Central to the Western and Eastern Trans Sahara Migration Corridor — highlighting how the economic ...
Once conquered and divided by Western empires, Africa now faces a more sophisticated challenge. In the modern world, the recolonisation of the African continent is not accomplished with ships and ...
When ambulances arrived to transport to hospital a group of soldiers that had been wounded in a fierce battle between Puntland troops and ISIS, Colonel Mukhtar Ahmed Farah, alias Gagale, a ...
In 2016, AMU Power Company was granted plans to build East Africa’s first ever coal power plant as part of the mega-infrastructure project known as The Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia Transport ...
The clash between progress and cultural heritage often results in painful outcomes, particularly the loss of family land and historical homes. The question remains: At what cost are we changing our ...
The United Nations declared 2024 the International Year of Camelids to celebrate the contribution of camelids to food security, nutrition, economic growth, and the Sustainable Development Goals. Over ...
Watching the anti-finance bill-turned-anti-government protests unfold in Kenya, I could not help but wonder what I could offer from my own experiences of analysing and contributing, however modestly, ...
A little over a month after Kenya adopted the amended Climate Act, the government evicted the residents of Sasimwani, Narok County, from their homes. David Ndaraiya, a leader of the forest-dwelling ...