On the first anniversary of the protests against the Finance Bill 2024 and the storming of Parliament, we cannot help being struck by the reality that Kenya was at this same point 30 years ago. Thirty ...

In the early days of his second term, President Donald Trump picked up on a promise he had made on the campaign trail. In January 2025, he issued an executive order for the declassification and ...

In April of 2023, two factions of the Sudanese armed forces, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), began attacking each other in the capital city of Khartoum ...

By now, many Kenyans, especially Nairobians, have returned from their annual pilgrimage to Mombasa. The coastal city renowned for its rich history and vibrant Swahili culture is more than just a ...

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, ...

The history of our region, in particular, tells us that one of two things is supposed to happen during a mass youth uprising such as has been witnessed in Kenya starting from late June: a military-led ...

For decades now, the United Nations (UN) and its collaborators have been saying that humanity faces an existential threat due to “global warming” caused by human activities (“anthropogenic factors”).

A few weeks into the protests that were sparked off by the Kenya government’s belligerent persistence in passing the Finance Bill, the government spokesman, Isaac Maura, held a presser in which he ...

Amidst Kenya's #RejectFinanceBill protests, as the echoes of dissent reverberate through the streets, a generation rises to challenge the pillars of a colonial legacy that still looms large. Dominated ...

Despite taking over office in 2022 with what appeared to be an unclear policy for diplomacy, President William Ruto is undoubtedly on a mission to position Kenya at the forefront of regional ...

In the complex political landscape of Somalia, recent events such as constitutional amendments, acts of treason by Somaliland and Puntland through compromises with Ethiopia, the SSC-Khatumo state’s ...