Browsing: East Africa

Nairobi’s fast resembling a Hollywood spy-thriller movie location, with armed masked men bundling helpless victims into waiting cars that whisk them away to unknown places. It’s…

A big donation from Kenya’s president has been rejected by the country’s Catholic Church, which got a lot of stick during June’s tax protests for taking…

Nurses and other professionals are leaving Africa amid worker shortages in their home countries. This is understandable, given they can earn far more abroad and send…

Post-election election violence in Mozambique has reportedly taken more lives amidst calls for regional leaders to help map the way forward. On 19 November, opposition leader…

The Communist Party of Kenya (CPK) held its second national congress on 16-17 November in the capital of Nairobi. Amidst the world’s mounting dissatisfaction with capitalism…

The Kenyan police’s brutality was on full display this June when it allegedly abducted protest organisers – with over 60 people killed in the security forces’…

Check-mate, immigration equality! 29 Kenyan chess players – all aged under 12 – have been denied visas to go compete in the ongoing World Cadet Chess…

A Ugandan court has detained two individuals at Kigo prison for allegedly insulting President Yoweri Museveni, First Lady Janet Museveni and the president’s son, Gen. Muhoozi…

The US ambassador to Kenya’s quit after the Trump win. And it’s a case of ‘good riddance’ for many in the country. Our infographics break down…

Western foreign policy has increasingly focused on isolating countries like Russia and China. In contrast, Rwanda, one of Washington’s key partners in Africa, appears to be…