Browsing: East Africa

If you’ve ever paid attention to how Western media talks about Eritrea, you’re sure to notice that it’s not very positive. Often labelled ‘the North Korea…

Paul Kagame has become a popular figure among Africans across the continent, who like and share his brilliant responses to arrogant Western interviewers. But is Rwanda’s…

These are dark days for Ethiopia’s Amhara people – one of the country’s largest ethnic communities. In mid-February, government troops allegedly conducted a series of extra-judicial…

Following the 1884 Berlin Conference, European powers went on a brutal rampage claiming African territories for themselves. Italy’s piece of the pie was modern-day Ethiopia. However,…

Kenya’s plan to deploy police officers to Haiti does not enjoy support among ordinary people. So, you can imagine African Stream’s surprise at seeing a group…

Fifty-nine years ago, two Pan-African greats were taken from us. Kenya’s freedom fighter Pio Gama Pinto and Black civil-rights legend Malcolm X were assassinated within the…

Kenya’s plan to deploy police officers to Haiti does not enjoy support among ordinary people. So, you can imagine African Stream’s surprise at seeing a group…

Kenya’s President Ruto is taking over as chair of South Sudan’s peace process – at the personal request of South Sudanese president Salva Kiir. Although a…

Last week, a video clip of Ilhan Omar, a Somali origin congresswoman was mistranslated and sparked a debate online. The video’s translation wrongly claimed Omar had…

With the Kenyan High Court ruling Kenya’s deployment of police to Haiti as unconstitutional and the president’s insistence that the mission must happen, African Stream hosted…