December 11, 2023
East Africa: 'You Reach a Point Where You Have Nothing. You Will Just Die' - in East African Refugee Camps, Food Scarcity Is a Mortal Concern
For refugees living in settlements across Africa, life got more difficult in 2023. Read more »
December 10, 2023
Uganda: Uganda Will Soon Be Exporting Oil - an Energy Economist Outlines 3 Keys to Success
Uganda entered into agreements in 2012 with two foreign oil entities to exploit its oil resources. Total Energies holds 56.67% of the joint venture partnership and China National… Read more »
December 08, 2023
Kenya: Kenya At 60 - The Shameful Truth About British Colonial Abuse and How It Was Covered Up
It is fairly well known that the lives of hundreds of thousands of Kenyans were affected by terrible acts of violence under the British colonial administration. The British… Read more »
Kenya: Humiliation and Violence in Kenya's Colonial Days - When Old Men Were Called 'Boy' and Africans Were Publicly Beaten
When King Charles visited Kenya in November 2023, many Kenyans renewed their demands for an official apology for atrocities committed by the British government during the colonial… Read more »
December 07, 2023
East Africa: 4 East African Countries Are Going for Nuclear Power - Why This Is a Bad Idea
The east Africa region has the fastest growing population in Africa. Between 2013 and 2017, its growth rate was twice the African average. The region is also experiencing strong… Read more »
Uganda: Terror in Uganda - What's Driving the Islamic State-Linked Rebels
The Islamic State Central Africa Province recently attacked and killed two foreign tourists and a citizen in a Ugandan nature park. Located in the country's west near the border… Read more »
December 05, 2023
Kenya: Mohamed Amin Was a Famous Kenyan Photojournalist - There's Much More to His Work Than Images of Tragedy
Kenyan photojournalist Mohamed Amin (1943-1996) rose to fame for documenting the 1984 famine in neighbouring Ethiopia with powerful images of the tragedy. He also captured the… Read more »
November 27, 2023
Mozambique: Rwanda's Troops in Mozambique Have Done Well to Protect Civilians - The Factors At Play
Rwanda's involvement in peacekeeping operations for the United Nations (UN) and African Union (AU) has increased since 2004. Read more »
November 26, 2023
Ethiopia: What Is Federalism? Why Ethiopia Uses This System of Government and Why It's Not Perfect
Federalism is a system of government where power is shared between a central authority and smaller regional governments. Read more »
November 24, 2023
Rwanda: UK's Failed Asylum Deportation Plan Puts Rwanda's Human Rights and Refugee Struggles in the Spotlight
The UK Supreme Court ruled on 15 November 2023 that sending asylum seekers to Rwanda was unlawful. The plan would have seen tens of thousands of asylum seekers sent from the UK to… Read more »
November 23, 2023
Ethiopia: Ethiopia's Education System Is in Crisis - Now's the Time to Fix It
In October 2023, Ethiopia's minister of education, Berhanu Nega, disclosed several shocking figures on the outcomes of the 12th-grade national examination. Of the 3,106 schools… Read more »
Kenya: If Kenya Wants to Help Haiti, It Should Push for Colonial Reparations Not Send in the Police
As the security situation in Haiti deteriorates, Kenya has offered to lead a new sort of UN mission to the country from 2024. In early October, the UN Security Council authorised a… Read more »
November 19, 2023
Kenya: How to Reverse Kenya's Stock Market Losses
Kenya's stock market recently suffered steep losses, making it the worst performing globally. The weak performance has persisted: the Nairobi Securities Exchange 20-share index… Read more »
November 17, 2023
Tanzania: 300,000 Tanzanians Were Killed By Germany During the Maji-Maji Uprising - It Was Genocide and Should Be Called That
Political actors in Tanzania have in recent years demanded compensation from Germany for colonial atrocities committed in the early 20th century. In early 2017, the National… Read more »
Uganda: Black November - Remembering Uganda's Massacre of the Opposition Three Years On
November marks a sombre anniversary in Uganda's recent political history. In 2020, the east African country's leading opposition politician, Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi Wine, was… Read more »
November 15, 2023
Rwanda: Supreme Court Rules Rwanda Plan Unlawful - a Legal Expert Explains the Judgment, and What Happens Next
The UK supreme court has unanimously ruled that the government's plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is unlawful. Read more »
November 12, 2023
Kenya: William Ruto's First Year - He Promised to Make Life Easier for Kenyans, but Things Got Worse
It's more than a year since President William Ruto was sworn into office as Kenya's fifth president. He assumed power at a time when Kenya was beset by rising food and fuel prices,… Read more »
November 10, 2023
Africa: Visa-Free Travel for Africans - Why Kenya and Rwanda Have Taken a Step in the Right Direction
President William Ruto of Kenya recently announced that Kenya's borders would be open to visitors from the entirety of Africa, with no visas required, by the end of 2023. He said Read more »
November 08, 2023
East Africa: Turkana Stone Beads Tell a Story of Herder Life in a Drying East Africa 5,000 Years Ago
On the shores of Lake Turkana in east Africa, about 5,000 to 4,000 years ago, pastoralists buried their dead in communal cemeteries that were marked by stone circles and pillars.… Read more »
November 07, 2023
Kenya: British King Acknowledges Colonial Atrocities in Kenya - Here's What Could Happen Next
On his official visit to Kenya, King Charles III acknowledged Britain's colonial era "wrongdoings". He also paid tribute to Kenyan soldiers who had participated in the first and… Read more »
Uganda: World Bank Suspension of Uganda Funds Over Anti-Homosexuality Law
The World Bank issued a statement on 8 August 2023, announcing that it had effectively suspended all new public financing to Uganda over concerns with the country's… Read more »
November 02, 2023
Ethiopia: Whose Job Will AI Replace? Here's Why a Clerk in Ethiopia Has More to Fear Than One in California
Artificial intelligence is changing the world - and one of the main areas it will affect in the short-to-medium term is the workforce. Read more »
November 06, 2023
Madagascar: Madagascar's 2023 Presidential Election Is Crucial for the Island's Future, but It's Off to a Rocky Start
Madagascar is set to elect its president on 16 November 2023, for the next five years. Read more »
November 05, 2023
East Africa: Birds of East Africa - New Book Reveals Their Extraordinary Diversity and Changing Behaviour
101 Curious Tales of East African Birds is a new book that uses academic research to tell fascinating stories about the tropical birds of east Africa, from well-known species to… Read more »
October 31, 2023
Kenya: Kenya's Courts Were Under Political Pressure - How a Constitutional Reform Empowered Judges
Changes to Kenya's constitution in 2010 on the independence of the judiciary created room for judges to act as guardians of the electoral process. Read more »