Opinion

President William Ruto’s first budget for Kenya sets no education priorities. The Finance Bill 2023 doesn’t make it clear what...

Lawyer Thomas A. Durkin has spent much of his career working in national security law, representing clients in a variety...

Former President Donald Trump’s indictment by a federal grand jury in Miami includes 31 counts of violating a part of...

In 1899, Joseph Rudyard Kipling, the English imperialist poet, wrote the famous poem, ‘The White man’s Burden’. The poem is...

On June 22, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will make his first official state visit to the United States. And...

When shoppers walked into supermarkets in the month of May, they did not expect to buy foodstuffs like sugar at...

Kenya’s opposition politicians recently called for secession – which is the withdrawal of territory and sovereignty from part of an...

Former Vice President Mike Pence filed paperwork to declare his candidacy for president on June 5, 2023 – placing him...

At birth, more boys than girls are born on our planet. Even though men have a lower life expectancy than...

Nigeria’s new president, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has promised to make security a top priority of his administration. In his inaugural...

In Kenya, the court system operates under a hierarchical structure, including superior courts: the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal...

In The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World, Antony Loewenstein details how Israel’s military-industrial...

China is an important economic player in Africa. In 2021 alone, China accounted for nearly US$5 billion in foreign direct...

As the 16th president of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu inherits an economy that is grappling with inflation, chronic unemployment, extreme...

Several indices tell you whether a country is on the path to people-centered holistic development. One of those is the...

The tragic incident of mass "starvation suicide" in Shakahola, a secluded village in eastern Kenya near the popular tourist destination...

Kenyans have been migrating in large numbers to different parts of the world since the 1960s to acquire better training,...

Barely seven months after leaving office, Kenya’s former president Uhuru Kenyatta is battling to keep together the party that won...

There are close to 4 million people living in refugee camps across Africa. Of the more than 300 camps, nearly...

Sudan is arguably the unluckiest country on the planet. Perhaps both unlucky and clearly damned. Not many countries have suffered...

In July 2022, BBC Africa Eye released a documentary on gang activity in northwestern Nigeria. The programme, The Bandit Warlords...

Social media has stories of people taking multi-country road trips and sharing their experiences, hospitality across different communities and the...

Kidnapping for ransom has become a national security threat in Nigeria. How it’s done varies from targeted individuals, to indiscriminate...

There was an event that took place at Nairobi's Radisson Blu hotel but missed the attention of both mainstream and...

Sudan stands on the brink of yet another civil war sparked by the deadly confrontation between the Sudan Armed Forces...

In recent months, Kenyan journalists have been harassed, intimidated and attacked by government officials, politicians, and members of the public....

Most folks grow up with certain hard-wired assumptions about the state. Omnipotent. Omnipresent. All-knowing. Cruel. Impenetrable. Permanent. The state is...

Donald Trump has been formally charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records after an investigation into hush money...

A failed state is one that is unable, or unwilling, to perform the basic functions of statehood. In the nomenclature...

Religion shapes some of the most controversial decisions that governments need to make: access to abortion, same-sex marriage, the death...