Why is Kagame at loggerheads with neighbours?
Rwanda’s Paul Kagame is lauded as an arch pan-Africanist but his relations with neighbouring countries have become fraught. He has accused some of them, including …
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Foreign NGOs draw a blank in Uganda’s northern region
Survivors of the brutal war waged by the Lord’s Resistance Army in the northern region of Uganda are still mired in poverty and hopelessness despite …
Kenya: Jockeying for State House 2022
When President Uhuru Kenyatta and his erstwhile arch-rival Raila Odinga shook hands in March last year, the country’s political status quo was thrown into disarray. …
Kenyan teacher makes final 10 for $1M Global Teacher Prize 2019
A Maths and Physics teacher from Nakuru, Kenya has been shortlisted for a global prize recognising outstanding contributions to education. Peter Tabichi, a Maths and …
Al-Shabaab terrorist attack at Nairobi hotel compound
Heavy gunfire and explosions have been reported by eyewitnesses at the scene of a terrorist attack in the Riverside area of Nairobi, Kenya. DusitD2 is …
Two sides to the Magufuli coin
President John Magufuli swept to power on a wave of popular support and won continental and global approval for his anti-corruption measures and the slashing …