Uganda: Uganda's Bobi Wine On the Books (And Songs) That Shape His Politics

Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, popularly known as Bobi Wine, is a Ugandan music star and political leader currently in exile. Framing his movement as a "people power" struggle by… Read more »

Africa: India's Horn of Africa Strategy Has Shifted - What It's Trying to Do and How It Could Work

India's engagement in the Horn of Africa and Red Sea basin was, until recently, largely limited to UN peacekeeping operations and anti-piracy patrols. Read more »

Kenya: Scientists Have Found a Safer Way to Hunt for the Next Pandemic Virus

The world is full of animal viruses, and we're pretty sure that one of them will cause the next pandemic. To prevent pandemics, we need to predict which of the vast number of… Read more »

Kenya: Climate Change Is Worsening Violent Extremism in Kenya - What Can Be Done

Climate change and its associated impacts can worsen security challenges, including those associated with violent extremism. Read more »

Kenya: Kenya's Sawe Breaks the 2-Hour Barrier - What's Next for the Men's Marathon World Record?

Well, well. Kenyan marathon runner Sabastian Sawe has officially broken through the fabled "sub-2-hour" marathon barrier. Read more »

Kenya: How 2 Men Smashed Through a Marathon Barrier Long Thought Unbreakable

On May 6 1954, Sir Roger Bannister did what was deemed impossible in athletics: he ran a mile in less than four minutes. Read more »

East Africa: East African Community's Expansion Has Triggered Financial Troubles - Why Solutions Come With Risks

The East African Community is one of Africa's oldest regional economic organisations. Its birth in 1967 was the culmination of decades of economic ties forged in the colonial era… Read more »

Uganda: Women Working in Uganda's Pig Sector - How Challenging Prejudices Can Unlock Opportunities - Research

In some communities in Uganda, women aren't supposed to work with pigs. This stems from restrictive social and gender norms, some of which are rooted in culture and religious… Read more »

Ethiopia: Ancient Teeth Reveal Clues to the Environment Humans' Early Ancestors Evolved in Millions of Years Ago

Teeth are like tiny biological time capsules. They tell stories about ancient diets and environments long after their owners have died and landscapes have changed. Read more »

Madagascar: Madagascar's Ancient Baobabs Store 700 Years of Climate Secrets - What They Reveal

Madagascar is home to seven species of baobab trees, of which six are found nowhere else on the planet. Many of the trees have been alive for well over 1,000 years. The ancient… Read more »

Somalia: China's Military Support for Somalia Is On the Rise - What Taiwan and Somaliland Have to Do With It

China recently pledged to expand military support to Somalia in its fight against al-Shabaab militants. Beijing has promised equipment, training and closer security cooperation… Read more »

Mozambique: Mozambique Relies On Rwanda's Troops to Fight Terrorism - What Happens If They Leave?

Rwanda has threatened to withdraw its troops from Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province, signalling a potentially decisive shift in the southern African country's security… Read more »

Mauritius: Chagos Islands Deal Shelved - Legal Expert Explains What Happens Next

The UK government has shelved legislation to return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, after the US government withdrew its support for the deal. Read more »

Kenya: Kenyans Are Encouraged to Work Abroad, but Protection Rights Remain Weak - New Research

Labour migration from Kenya was oriented towards Africa, North America and Europe until the 1990s. Kenyans then started moving to the Gulf countries, such as Saudi Arabia, Kuwait,… Read more »

Kenya: Seizure of 2,000 Ants At Nairobi Airport Highlights the Hidden Scale of Insect Trafficking

Last year Kenya Wildlife Service warned of a growing demand for garden ants in Europe and Asia, where some people view them as exotic pets. An attempt to smuggle over 2,000 garden… Read more »

Tanzania: How to Eat an Elephant - Fossil Find in Tanzania Shows Oldest Signs of Butchering These Giant Mammals

Imagine a creature nearly twice the size of a modern African elephant (which can weigh up to 6,000kg. This was Elephas (Paleoxodon) recki, a prehistoric titan that roamed the… Read more »

Kenya: Kenya's Counties Get Budgets to Undo Inequality - How It's Helped Households

Kenya devolved power and public spending to 47 counties in 2013. This was in line with a global trend in which governments were pushing power and resources down to local levels in… Read more »

Uganda: Bobi Wine's Decision to Flee Uganda Points to a Shrinking Landscape for Opposition Politics

Bobi Wine's escape from Uganda is not just a striking episode in itself, it also offers insight into the current state of the opposition - particularly his National Unity Platform… Read more »

Kenya: Brutal Mau Mau Camps in Kenya Were an Extension of Britain's Colonial Prison System - Historian Traces Their Roots

During the Mau Mau uprising between 1952 and 1960, the British colonial government confined an estimated 150,000 Kenyans in a sprawling network of "emergency" detention camps. Read more »

Kenya: Kenya's New Infrastructure Fund Is Long Overdue - but Design Flaws Could Limit Its Impact

Kenya is laying the ground for an infrastructure fund which will raise money for new projects - such as roads, energy and ports - through public-private partnerships, privatisation… Read more »

Tanzania: Waste Being Used to Tackle Erosion Poses a Health Risk - an Anthropologist Explains the Dilemma

I was standing with a waste management supervisor - let's call him David - at the back of a major fruit and vegetable market in Dar es Salaam, the biggest city in Tanzania. David… Read more »

Sudan: The Sudanese Revolution Seven Years On - Undone But Not Defeated

In 2019, a popular uprising in Sudan ended 30 years of Omar al-Bashir's Islamist military dictatorship. Protesting masses brought down the regime and imposed a return to civilian… Read more »

Kenya: Kenya's Double Climate Crisis - It Needs Funds to Adapt, and Disaster Aid Is Damaging the Environment

Over the last two decades, economic losses from extreme weather (such as the damage caused by floods, mudslides and drought) has amounted to trillions of dollars. Read more »

Africa: Oil Price Surge Is Hurting African Economies - Scholars in Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal and South Africa Take Stock

The attacks by the US and Israel on Iran, which started on 28 February 2026, upended key supply chains, driving oil prices above US$100 a barrel. The spike followed Iran's closure… Read more »

Ethiopia: Ethiopia's National Dialogue Was Meant to Heal the Nation, but Divisions Are Deepening

Ethiopia launched a national dialogue process in 2022 to address deep political divisions and help steer the country towards stability. Read more »