May 10, 2022
South Sudan: Kiir and Machar - Insights Into South Sudan's Strongmen
Salva Kiir and Riek Machar loom large over South Sudan's recent history. And they will keep holding the future of the young nation in their hands to a large extent. Read more »
May 09, 2022
East Africa: Famine in Ethiopia - The Roots Lie in Eritrea's Long-Running Feud With Tigrayans
The war in northern Ethiopia that began in November 2020 has left millions in Tigray on the brink of famine. Read more »
May 08, 2022
Uganda: Antibiotic Use in Uganda Is High - Action Is Needed
Even before the COVID crisis, excessive use and misuse of lifesaving antibiotics had contributed to the emergence of resistant strains of disease-causing organisms. This has… Read more »
Ethiopia: What People From War-Torn Tigray Told Us About the State of Their Lives Amid the War
The Russia-Ukraine crisis has captured the world's attention, and understandably so, but at the risk of eclipsing the visibility of massive humanitarian crises elsewhere. In… Read more »
May 04, 2022
South Sudan: What Cattle Conflicts Say About Identity in South Sudan
In March 2022, violent clashes between farming communities and cattle herders broke out in Eastern Equatoria State, South Sudan. It was the latest incident in months of… Read more »
May 03, 2022
Ethiopia: Tigray's Ancient Rock-Hewn Churches Are Under Threat - Why It Matters
Ethiopia's ancient civilisations are believed to date back more than 3,000 years. Many of the country's most famous ancient artefacts are found in Tigray. The region has been… Read more »
May 01, 2022
Kenya: How Changing Livestock Markets Could Reduce Conflict
Over nine million Kenyans are pastoralists out of a total population of 50 million. Together they hold livestock worth over US$1 billion. Livestock is their source of food, health,… Read more »
April 30, 2022
Kenya: Kibaki's Capitalist Outlook On Education Brought Mixed Results
Emilio Mwai Kibaki, retired third president of independent Kenya who has died , had a rich and multifaceted legacy as a long serving public official. Read more »
May 01, 2022
Kenya: The Red Flags to Watch for in Kenya's Election
Kenya's National Cohesion and Integration Commission recently listed 23 counties that are considered potential violence hotspots ahead of the country's August 2022 elections. Read more »
April 28, 2022
Tanzania: Evicting People From Ngorongoro Conservation Area Is a Bad Idea, There Are Alternatives
The Ngorongoro Conservation Area in northern Tanzania is a spectacular area made up of expansive plains, forests and savanna. It's also home to a huge caldera - a depression that… Read more »
April 27, 2022
Ethiopia: Tigray in Ethiopia Was an Environmental Success Story - but the War Is Undoing Decades of Regreening
An ongoing war between the Ethiopian government and its allies against Tigray, one of its northern states, has led to one of the world's biggest humanitarian crises. Read more »
April 26, 2022
South Sudan: Peace Hinges On Forging a Unified Military Force - But It's Proving Hard
Implementation of the 2018 peace agreement in South Sudan lags significantly behind its mandated schedule. One of the reasons for this slow progress is establishing a unified… Read more »
Kenya: Changes in Sub-Saharan Maize Trade Spell Potential Trouble for Kenya
Maize production in some of the sub-Saharan African countries that dominated maize supplies during the 2021/22 marketing year is expected to be lower this coming season. This will… Read more »
Kenya: Kibaki's Kenya Education Legacy - Well-Intentioned, With Disastrous Consequences
Kenya's former president Mwai Kibaki, who died last week, was widely praised for his economic transformation of Kenya, first as finance minister from 1969 to 1982 and then as the… Read more »
April 22, 2022
Rwanda: How the UK's Plan to Send Asylum Seekers to Rwanda Is 21st-Century Imperialism Writ Large
In announcing his plan to partner with Rwanda to manage migration, Prime Minister Boris Johnson claimed, on April 14 2022, that the UK is "a beacon of openness and generosity". He… Read more »
November 22, 2021
Kenya: A Fossil Cranium From Kenya Tells the Story of an Extinct Elephant Species
Some 4.5 million years ago, during the early Pliocene epoch, Kenya's Lake Turkana looked very different than it does today. Grasslands and open woodlands were spreading in cooler,… Read more »
October 19, 2020
Africa: Invasive Mosquito Species Could Bring More Malaria to Africa's Urban Areas
A species of mosquito that can carry malaria - known as Anopheles stephensi - has invaded eastern Africa and is quickly moving across the region. Moina Spooner, from The… Read more »
March 24, 2020
Sudan: How the People Pulled Off an Improbable Revolution
When the turbulent and often tragic history of the past decade in North Africa is written, the 2019 pro-democracy revolution in Sudan will likely be considered one of the few… Read more »
January 15, 2017
Tanzania: Coral Reefs Off the Coast Are Being Destroyed, Most Beyond Repair
If current trends continue and countries fail to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, nearly all of the world's coral reefs will suffer severe bleaching on an annual basis, according… Read more »