Browsing: East Africa

After a nearly month-long lull, protests returned to parts of Mozambique. Citizens took to the streets, angry at the high cost of living and the government’s…

Resistance can cost you your life. But what kind of life is one in chains, subservient to the oppressor? This Wednesday’s wisdom comes from ancestor Dedan…

On this day, the British colonial state executed one of Kenya’s greatest freedom fighters, but his revolutionary spirit lived on – even in his hair. Dedan…

The execution of Kenyan freedom fighter Dedan Kimathi occurred 68 years ago today. He led the Mau Mau uprising against British colonial rule in Kenya. Dedan…

On Saturday, the head of the Ugandan army’s ground forces threatened to attack the city of Bunia in eastern DR Congo if “all forces” did not…

Maurice Carney, co-founder and executive director of Friends of the Congo (@congofriends), argued on Episode 18 of our ‘Pan-African Attitude’ podcast that Rwanda’s president, Paul Kagame,…

Despite Rwanda’s repeated denials that its troops are fighting alongside the M23 militia in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a wealth of evidence suggests that…

Poverty represents a profound injustice, and Tanzania could not postpone justice for its citizens in pursuit of economic development. These reflections were expressed by Dr. Julius…

The Trump administration recently shut down the US Agency for International Development (USAID), arousing scrutiny of the agency’s mandate, which many argue extends beyond humanitarian aid…

Years of investigations have confirmed the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) has de facto control of the M23 militia, whose latest insurgency forced about 500,000 Congolese to…