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

“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 ...

The time for grandiose African strategies that are absolutely aspirational is over. What the US needs is a well thought-out ...

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 ...

G4S security guards working for the multinational cement manufacturer Bamburi Portland Cement Ltd, along with a special Kenyan police unit stationed at a site claimed by Bamburi, have been accused of ...

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 ...

On the morning of July 26, as conversations raged across the country about the looming August 1 #EndBadGovernance protests, another comrade and I had a conversation about the impact of the press ...

In the early 2000s, Kenya’s anti-corruption chief at the time began investigating a series of government contracts he suspected were grossly inflated. Though they involved critical government services ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...