A few days ago, an Islamic State-affiliated group bombed a church in eastern Congo, killing and maiming scores of people. Over the years, IS and al-Qaeda-affiliated...
During the week, the business press in Nairobi, quoting a government paper, reported that Kenya and Tanzania had resolved 23 problematic regulations that slowed down trade between the...
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists (Robert Tressel, 1914) could have been written with us in mind. Tressel wrote only one known book, but it has remained a...
Numeracy is a Nigerian problem but electoral democracy is about counting numbers. Nigerians will vote to elect a president and national legislators on 25 February. On 11...
On January 3, the new United States Congress convened. The US prides itself in being a paragon of democracy. This boast is not without substance. The...
When Uganda opened the floodgate for cities a couple of years back by legislating for 20 new ones, some of us had feared that the country’s...
The murders of Kehinde and Bukola Fatinoye, a few hours after the New Year, have made me pensive and downcast since the news broke. Those dastardly...
Happy New Year, Nigeria! According to the calendar of the Federal Government, insecurity is now ‘over.’ Following seven years’ worth of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari’s...
Members of Meru County Assembly voted to impeach Governor Kawira Mwangaza. The MCAs advanced numerous impeachment grounds, including nepotism and abuse of office. The governor, who...
The advantage of a country that is not as big as the Democratic Republic of Congo or Tanzania is that you can buzz around it quickly....
Mark Mwanza, the Education Secretary for the Catholic Diocese of Chipata, argues that the proposed imposition of taxes on online...
The escalating food inflation in Nigeria has been blamed on the purchase of foodstuffs which are then distributed to poor...
The Egyptian Post Board has unveiled a stamp to mark its 100th anniversary of relations with Brazil. The commemorative stamp...
According to a company spokesman on Thursday, ExxonMobil is “optimistic and pushing forward” with its postponed Rovuma liquefied natural gas...
The African Union has entered a partnership with Google Africa aimed at celebrating the continent’s thriving creative economy which has...
One of the legends of English Premier League club, Liverpool, Graeme Souness, wants Egyptian star, Mohamed Salah, to leave the...
The education and cultural minister of Sao Tome and Principe, an African island nation, announced on Thursday that the government...
The maximum deposit insurance coverage levels for Deposit Money Banks has been raised by the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC)...
As the world commemorates World Press Freedom Day on Friday, a youth activist from the Young Women Christian Association (YWCA)...
Nigeria’s Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has told Nigerians to look at the bigger picture as the country’s economy will...