Faith Nyasuguta Russia is steadily building a web of military partnerships stretching from the Mediterranean coast deep into the Sahel, connecting Algeria, eastern Libya, Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger through arms deals, troop deployments, intelligence cooperation and logistics networks. It is not a formal alliance like NATO. There is no treaty, no common headquarters and […]
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Njoki Kangethe FROM COCOA TO CHOCOLATE: WHY AFRICA EXPORTS WEALTH AND IMPORTS VALUE The journey of a chocolate bar begins long before it reaches a supermarket shelf. It starts on a cocoa farm, perhaps in Côte d’Ivoire or Ghana, where farmers carefully harvest ripe cocoa pods by hand before fermenting and drying the beans under […]
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Wayne Lumbasi President Hakainde Hichilema has begun his second term in office, but his return to the presidency has been overshadowed by a disputed election and the detention of his main political rival on treason charges. Hichilema was sworn in for another five years at the National Heroes Stadium in Lusaka on September 1, following […]
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Authorities believe the workers remain trapped inside; rescuers crawl through Rasuwagadhi tunnels to locate them. It is six days since devastating #mudslides struck the border region between Nepal and Tibet. Authorities have confirmed that more than 800 people have died in the flash floods, while more than 3,000 remain missing. Among those unaccounted for are […]
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Wayne Lumbasi Nearly three decades after the killing of hip hop icon Tupac Shakur, a Nevada jury has found former gang leader Duane “Keffe D” Davis guilty of first degree murder with a deadly weapon, bringing the long running case to its first conviction. The 63 year old Davis was convicted after jurors deliberated for […]
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Faith Nyasuguta When news broke this week that a delegation of Ugandan Members of Parliament had landed in Kenya for specialized training on governance, ethics, integrity, and accountability, the reaction across East Africa was immediate. It was not admiration. It was collective, satirical laughter. Across social media, public forums, and local radio stations, Kenyans reacted […]
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