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…
The Moment Kenya Felt Vulnerable There is a moment every Kenyan remembers — queues at the petrol station, prices spiking without warning, and the government scrambling to explain why a country that imports virtually all its fuel was suddenly at…
Nine American citizens are dead. Killed in the West Bank. And when the US Senate had a chance to simply ask for a report — not cut aid, not sanction Israel, just ask for a written account of what happened…
Beijing Is Coming for the Money — But at What Cost? China is hunting its billionaires’ hidden wealth. That sentence alone should tell you everything about the moment we are living in globally — governments are broke, and the rich…
The Hall Where Equality Dies at the Door Picture the scene. New York. The United Nations General Assembly. One hundred and ninety-three nations crammed into one hall, each waving the flag of sovereign equality. Then President William Ruto steps to…
Here is the uncomfortable truth that Kenya’s political class rarely states plainly: Africa has over $4 trillion in domestic savings and assets, yet the continent keeps going cap-in-hand to Western creditors for infrastructure money. President William Ruto flew to New…
Kenya has locked in a formal marketing deal with Emirates airline, signing a partnership agreement with the Dubai-based carrier on September 17 at the Arabian Travel Market in Dubai — a move designed to funnel international travellers directly into the…
A New Kind of Pressure Picture this: you are a South African executive, a boardroom veteran who built your career navigating the post-apartheid economy, championing Black Economic Empowerment as both a moral imperative and a business strategy. Now, whispers are…
While most of the world slept, something significant happened over Ukrainian skies — a brand-new, homegrown anti-drone weapon locked onto an Iranian-designed Shahed drone and destroyed it. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy confirmed the hit in his nightly video address, and if…
A Shanzu court has ruled that six Iranian nationals have a case to answer in one of the largest drug trafficking prosecutions Kenya has ever seen — over 1,036 kilograms of methamphetamine valued at Sh8.2 billion, seized from a vessel…
