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By pushing their usually valid complaints onto the streets and the courts, opposition leaders deny governments the popular goodwill and international credibility they need to govern effectively
The former president’s stranglehold on the press made it very difficult for journalists to do their jobs
About 25 years ago, Baldwyn Torto and his team taught themselves to talk to locusts. Now, Simon Allison brings you the story of the swarms eating their way across the continent
When two congregants drowned in a dam near Mhondoro village in Zimbabwe, it was said the men had transgressed the covenant the church had with the shrine’s guardian spirits
Farming insects requires less water than cattle rearing and they emit fewer greenhouse gases. Here’s why you should make them part of your diet
Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta recently signed into law the Data Protection Bill. Passed after several years of debate and delay, the new law places restrictions on the collection and use of digital data by governments and private corporations. The restrictions are similar to those included in a new data protection regulation passed by Nigeria this […]
The 25-year-old will face a daunting challenge from a host of compatriots in defending her crown
There are a number of cases in the past decade where Africans have managed to push the conversation beyond liberal reforms as a political goal or did not spent all their energies on the politics of nostalgia, harkening back to a simpler time of national liberation or charismatic leaders. Young people, a generation with no […]
The deadly attack on Camp Simba comes in response to a dramatic escalation in US drone strikes against the Islamist militant group
Recycling human waste not only cuts down on landfill use but can also give birth to economically viable products such as fertilisers and fuel
After coming out as gay, the Kenyan musician fled to South Africa seeking asylum. Yet he faced discrimination here too
Kenyans who were expelled from their land by British colonisers — to make way for tea plantations — are demanding justice
An Absa index has put SA at top spot for the third year, although our overall score has fallen
It took 10 years to rescue Karura from land-grabbers and criminals and turn it into an urban refuge
‘Our expertise and our balance sheet allow us to think in new ways’
Mathew Lane Durham’s sexual abuse of orphans in Kenya exposes a deeper disfunction with American voluntourism and Christian outreach in Africa
Henry Rotich handed himself over to police on Monday after the country’s top prosecutor ordered he and 27 other officials be arrested
Top prosecutor Noordin Haji had ordered the arrest and prosecution of the minister Henry Rotich and 27 other officials on charges of fraud
As we continue using the same blueprint, we will continue mourning the high illiteracy rates and low returns in the book market
The future of Kenya’s matatu sector is all but absent in the government’s neoliberal vision for urban planning
‘The state cannot be the sheriff in people’s bedrooms’
Homosexual acts are outlawed in Botswana — one of Africa’s most stable, democratic nations — under the country’s penal code of 1965
“The failure to decriminalise consensual same-sex relations will undermine Kenya’s aim of reaching universal health coverage,” UNAids says.
Writing about Binyavanga, as is writing about Africa, is about what is left off the page
The three-judge bench ruled that the laws do not in any way violate the rights of LGBT Kenyans
Binyavanga Wainaina was an exceptional writer, activist and human being
Friday’s ruling could be a new landmark in the fight for queer rights on the continent
The Kenyan writer and activist died on Tuesday night after suffering a stroke
However, the LGBT community fears yet another postponement
There is a lot of money to be made from exploiting Kenyans’ personal data, and no shortage of unscrupulous politicians willing to do the exploiting
People who pass judgment on those terminate their pregnancies can have fatal consequences