On November 23, 2023, President William Ruto delivered his first State of the Nation Address. It was an opportunity to demonstrate the progress his government had...
In the realm of Zambian politics, the return of Edgar Lungu to the forefront has sparked discussions about his role and the potential impact on the...
Militaries are fascinating, whether you want them to be or not. While I won’t watch the larger parades of modern-day forces because they are entirely too...
As a youngish journalist during the last decade of the last century, I had the good fortune to interact rather closely with some outstanding Ugandans in...
The recent Supreme Court judgement which affirmed the ruling of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, was not unexpected. As Abimbola Adelaku, one of my favourite columnists, summed...
Big men from two former colonial powers in East Africa were in the region at the same time last week, softly singing mea culpas. President Frank-Walter...
Just as we started mimicking some French phrases ahead of our acquiring French visas for next year’s Olympics, authorities in Kinshasa and Kampala last week announced...
Two mainstream newspapers have reported that President William Ruto has made 38 trips abroad in the past year. That’s three trips every month! Just the other...
Everyone in this world is entitled to 15 minutes of fame– is a legendary quote mis-attributed to the American pop icon Andy Warhol. Over the years,...
Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant: “We are fighting human animals”. “Human animals” might be referring to the fact that biologically we are all animals, being part...
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...
The head coach of Mamelodi Sundowns women’s team, Jerry Tshabalala, has been suspended indefinitely amid allegations of sexual harassment of...
Ghanaian singer, Afua Asantewaa, on Saturday, began her second attempt at breaking the Guinness World Record (GWR) for the longest...
The African Development Bank Group’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship Lab has selected 20 promising tech entrepreneurs from various African technology ventures...