“At the end of this century, Kenya will have a population of about 35 million people, 78% more than lived in Kenya in 1984. That population will include a workforce of 14 million people, 6.5 million ...

This blog post is the second of three pieces marking the publication of Working People Speak – Oral Histories of Neoliberal ...

The issues surrounding the Adani Group and its deals in Kenya may be briefly absent from the front pages, but you can rest assured that they are not over. The Adani saga may look like the story of an ...

Tensions have escalated following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Ethiopia and Somaliland in January 2024, granting Ethiopia access to the Red Sea in exchange for ...

US-Africa relations recently received a great boost when President Joseph R. Biden visited Angola from Monday, 2 December to Wednesday, 4 December 2024 as part of his long-awaited first presidential ...

Five months since the leaderless, anti-tax, pro-good-governance “Gen Z” protests roiled Kenya in June and July 2024, their vanguardism inspiring young people in other African countries to stage their ...

For many Africans, the epic story of Donald Trump did not start with his victory at the polls on 5 November 2024. It started with his profane characterisation of Africa as replete with “shithole ...

The implementation of the third-generation ID, also known as the Maisha Namba, has faced criticism for not adequately addressing the identification and registration of historically marginalised groups ...

In memory of his father, who passed away earlier in October, Yusuf Serunkuma offers a heartfelt political reflection on his father’s unfulfilled dreams since Uganda’s independence in 1962. Recounting ...

In its renewed campaign for access to the Red Sea, Ethiopia is threatening to further destabilise the Horn of Africa. Ethiopia already has port access for trade via Berbera in Somaliland as well as ...