In this the first of a two-part series, Wandia Njoya traces how Kenyan politics deteriorated to the level of the grotesque, where grandeur, obscene wealth, crass contempt and spectacular violence ...

In this episode of our Intergenerational Solidarity series, we sit down with Martha Karua, a trailblazer, advocate, and political icon, for a candid and insightful conversation on leadership, ...

Corruption, however you define it, is so integral to the way human commercial and political affairs play out that all major global developments in its regard have been driven by geopolitical shifts.

The lack of a focused policy since the 1990s has pushed the cashew nut sector into perennial decline. The sector’s disintegration started when the state-owned Kenya Cashewnut factory ollapsed in 1997 ...

As Kenya’s neighbours forge ahead with the expansion and modernisation of their port infrastructure, the country risks losing its place as the regional logistics hub because of the ascendance of ...

The United Nations declared 2024 the International Year of Camelids to celebrate the contribution of camelids to food security, nutrition, economic growth, and the Sustainable Development Goals. Over ...

With the declared outbreak of COVID-19 in December 2019, the world changed in ways most of us could not have possibly anticipated – “contact tracing”, “social distancing”, meticulous handwashing, ...

African countries have long been victims of the double standard that allows agrochemical giants to dump in their territories pesticides that are banned or restricted in Europe. It is high time they ...

You may be familiar with the common myths about drylands—that they contribute little to biodiversity and food systems, that they are unproductive and unworthy of political and economic investment, and ...

In the past few weeks, the Tanzanian government has renewed its attempt to demarcate land in the Loliondo ward, Ngorongoro District in the north of the country as a wildlife sanctuary, effectively ...

As gentrification takes hold in Mombasa, many families are being dispossessed to make way for commercial or luxury projects. But the stakes are not just about land but about preserving the spirit of a ...

In many parts of the world where ethnic balance has not been achieved, politics turn violent. Ethiopia is a classic example where a lack of ethnic balance leads to ethnic violence. The Ethiopian ...