Faith Nyasuguta Rwanda is moving closer to becoming an electric-vehicle manufacturing base after its Cabinet approved a Strategic Investment Agreement with Chinese automaker Chery Holding Rwanda Ltd for the establishment of an electric vehicle assembly plant. The decision was made on September 18, formally advancing discussions that have been underway between Rwanda and the Chinese […]
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Faith Nyasuguta For decades, one of the most frustrating features of infrastructure development across Africa has been the unfinished project. A road is announced. A groundbreaking ceremony is held. A contractor arrives. Then funding problems emerge. Payments are delayed. Governments change. Contracts are renegotiated. Construction slows down or stops altogether. Years later, citizens are left […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Sudan’s war has entered its fourth year, and what began as a power struggle between two armed forces has become one of the most devastating humanitarian disasters on the planet. Since fighting erupted on 15 April, 2023, civilians have been killed, raped, starved and displaced on a staggering scale, while entire cities and […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Nairobi has been awarded the 2029 World Athletics Championships, making Kenya the first African country to host World Athletics’ flagship outdoor championship. The decision was announced on September 15, 2026, after the World Athletics Council met in Budapest, Hungary, where Nairobi emerged from a competitive field that included London, Rome and Munich. Munich […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Chad has suspended the granting of new mining prospecting authorisations across the entire country, placing all new exploration applications on hold until further notice. The decision was signed by Mines, Petroleum and Geology Minister Fatima Haram Acyl through Ministerial Order No. 064, and communicated to mining companies and other sector players in a […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Russian President Vladimir Putin has renewed calls for a major overhaul of the United Nations Security Council, arguing that Africa, Asia and Latin America deserve greater representation in a global system whose most powerful structure still largely reflects the outcome of the Second World War. Speaking at the BRICS summit in New Delhi, […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Ethiopian Airlines has crossed another major aviation milestone, with its operating fleet now exceeding 170 aircraft, further widening the gap between Africa’s largest airline and its regional competitors. The milestone is more than a story about the number of planes carrying the Ethiopian flag. It reflects a decades-long strategy that has turned a […]
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Faith Nyasuguta The United States has formally expressed its readiness to help Kenya develop a domestic critical minerals processing industry, placing East Africa’s largest economy more firmly inside the global race to secure the materials powering electric vehicles, advanced electronics, renewable energy and military technology. The announcement comes as Kenya evaluates investors seeking rights to […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Jamaica is taking the fight for slavery reparations to an unlikely place: Britain’s own legal system. For decades, the debate over reparations has been trapped between moral arguments and political resistance. Caribbean governments have demanded apologies. Activists have documented the wealth built through slavery. Former colonial powers have expressed regret—while largely avoiding the […]
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Faith Nyasuguta A series of developments in Washington is placing Mali and the wider Alliance of Sahel States (AES) under renewed American scrutiny, reviving an uncomfortable question across West Africa: Could the United States be preparing for a deeper security role in a region it largely lost to Russia? The concern follows three significant developments […]
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