Two activists vanish in Guinea. Their colleagues try to mark the two-year anniversary of their disappearance from the safety of Dakar. Then Senegal — long held up as West Africa’s democratic anchor — steps in and shuts the whole thing…
The War Nobody Expected Ukraine to Win Is Being Fought at the Pump Here is what the official Russian narrative will not tell you: Ukraine is not just surviving this war — it is now hitting Russia where it genuinely…
Every time a building collapses in Kenya, the pattern is the same: rubble, bodies, a press conference, and then silence. Investigations stall. Prosecutions never materialize. The contractors who cut corners walk free. The developers who bribed their way through approvals…
A four-hour Ebola test result. That is the difference between a controlled outbreak and a catastrophe crossing into Kenya. The Kenya National Public Health Institute (KNPHI), working with the U.S. government-funded Strengthening Infectious Disease Detection Systems (STRIDES) programme, has deployed…
Picture this: a court awards Ksh.38.6 million to families whose loved ones were brutalised by police during protests in Kisumu, then issues clear directives to the very institutions responsible — and those institutions simply ignore them. No compliance. No request…
A Saudi Arabian real estate and construction powerhouse has planted its flag inside Kenya’s most ambitious urban development, with Mabani Aljazeera Holding Group acquiring a near-equal stake in the Jabali Towers mixed-use project at Tatu City — a move that…
What just happened — and why it matters beyond South Africa’s borders South Africa’s National Treasury just froze R13.5 billion in government transfers to 69 municipalities across all nine provinces. That’s not a bureaucratic footnote. That’s a government telling its…
Why should you care about a football award? Because this is not just about a trophy. When Teboho Mokoena steps into contention for the PSL Footballer of the Season award, he is chasing something that only a handful of players…
A Construction Site That Became an Economy Something unexpected is happening on the outskirts of Kericho Town, and it deserves more attention than it is getting. The government’s Affordable Housing Project at Majengo-Talai is not just stacking 324 housing units…
Picture this: a government agency built to serve the people, to wire up public hospitals, schools and courts with the technology they need to function — and instead, it becomes a black hole where billions disappear, tenders rot in bureaucratic…
