May 14, 2022
Kenya: Kenya's Fuel Crisis - How the Country's Subsidy System Works
Oil is an essential commodity for Kenya's transport and industrial production, electricity generation and water provision. In 2008, as the world grappled with high oil prices,… Read more »
May 12, 2022
Tanzania: Dar es Salaam's Bus Rapid Transit - Why It's Been a Long, Bumpy Ride
Infrastructure projects are often subject to political aspirations. But when they are not realised as promised or their costs multiply over the years, the projects turn into public… Read more »
Somalia: A Sense of History and Urgency As Somalia Moves to Elect a New President
Somali lawmakers vote for the country's new president on May 15, marking the end of a long-delayed and controversial process. The Horn of Africa nation of 16 million has been… Read more »
May 11, 2022
South Sudan: Peacekeeping in South Sudan - It's a Race Against Time for the UN
A notable consequence of Russia's invasion of Ukraine has been the near-complete breakdown of what was already a deeply fraught relationship among the permanent members of the UN… Read more »
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 »
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 »