For years, Africa has watched its own crises unfold while the world debated who should intervene, how fast, and under whose authority. The African Standby Force was supposed to be the answer — a homegrown, continent-wide rapid response mechanism that…
Picture a tout hanging off the door of a matatu on Ngong Road, wind cutting through his jacket, eyes scanning the street for the next passenger. He is not in any tourism brochure. No politician has ever name-dropped him in…
The Work Was Done. The Money Never Came. Imagine showing up to teach, doing the work, marking the papers, and then waiting — not for weeks, not for months, but for an entire decade — to be paid. That is…
The Kenyan government has disbursed Sh1.014 billion in compensation to 1,083 victims of human rights violations — covering deaths, injuries, sexual violence and economic losses — sustained during demonstrations and public protests, the Panel of Experts on Compensation of Victims…
Since mid-May 2026, African Swine Fever has torn through Kiambu County’s pig farms with devastating speed, killing more than 1,470 animals across over 20 farms. If you think this is just a farming story, think again — this outbreak strikes…
The Crackdown Nobody Wants to Talk About On September 2, 2026, President William Ruto gave a blunt order: foreign nationals running small businesses and retail shops had until September 7 to shut down or face enforcement. Standing before micro, small…
Kenya’s Parliament is tightening its grip on public spending. The Budget and Appropriations Committee convened this week to interrogate Controller of Budget Dr. Margaret Nyakang’o on the state of the FY 2025/26 national budget — and what emerged was a…
A Nairobi-based creative education platform is betting that artificial intelligence can unlock a new generation of Kenyan comic publishers, placing homegrown storytellers at the table of a multibillion-dollar global industry that has, for too long, consumed African talent without producing…
Something is stirring in Bungoma and Trans Nzoia, and it has nothing to do with the usual political theatre that Kenyans have grown numb to. This is different. This feels personal. Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna is heading west, and the…
Africa Is Running Out of Refined Fuel — And Fast Here is a number that should stop you cold: 86 million tonnes. That is the annual petroleum product shortage Africa is projected to face by 2040, according to the State…
