Influential Kenyan playwright, author, activist, and poet Micere Githae Mugo died in the United States on June 30, 2023. She was 81. Micere was a lecturer...
As I write this column, demonstrations against the high cost of living, called by opposition leaders, are going on in various parts of the country. Earlier...
The Dutch have done it, and maybe it’s up to the others to follow suit. I wrote in this column a year ago about the man...
At this rate, Pan-Africanists might start seeing the Kenyan president as the continental successor of a number of departed luminaries, including Tanzania’s John Pombe Magufuli. But...
In many countries, those who are interested in the management of public affairs join political parties to actualize their career in the public domain. Usually, the...
The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has failed in nearly every conceivable objective. Its shortcomings are concurrently structural and individual: a poorly designed mandate, an...
Evidence suggests that many African leaders dread retirement. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea is the world’s longest-serving president since October 12, 1982. He is...
The spectacle of a convoy of ragged but heavily armed men streaming across a highway with the declared intent of marching on Moscow to overthrow Vladimir...
In 2005, a peace agreement brought an end to hostilities between the Indonesian government and a secessionist insurgency in Aceh Province. In the course of that...
The idea of this week’s column is not original. Neither is the title. Both came from two senior citizens who are not only fans but also...
Moroccan doctors across the country on Tuesday staged a nationwide protests in what is known as “Week of Anger,” accusing...
The Zambian Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has declared the daughter of former president Edgar Lungu, Tasila Lungu, wanted in connection...
President Bola Tinubu has called on Nigerians to develop the habit of praying for their leaders to enable them serve...
Some officials of the World Bank have questioned if the study supporting Ethiopia’s debt restructuring may be “faulty” after criticising...
he death toll from the Cyclone Chido which stuck Mozambique last week has risen to 94 with hundreds still missing....
After four years of being in the cooler as a result of suspension by government, Facebook, now Meta, is making...
Nigerian President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has insisted that the country is moving in the right direction despite the criticism of...
A Non-Governmental Organization in Zambia, the Gender Organizations Coordinating Council (NGOCC), has decried what it described as persistent corruption in...
he African football fraternity was thrown into mourning following the untimely demise of promising Kenyan striker, Ezekiel Otuoma, who died...
The Nigeria Police has rejected a report by Amnesty International that accused the force of killing protesters during the #Endbadgovernance...