Since the fall of Mubarak, Egypt’s political instability and internal strife have severely weakened its once hegemonic status among the East African states. This has seen its neighbours, most notably Ethiopia, begin to outrig...
On July 9th 2011, over two decades of civil war climaxed in the creation of South Sudan. Celebrations of independence broke out in Juba, capital of the world’s newest nation state, after a referendum to secede had b...
As I begin to write this response, I’ll admit that I have no idea how I will manage to remain respectful and conduct myself in a way that will engage rather than enrage the people who will take time to read my thoughts. I wil...
On September the 15th, 24 Year Old Nina Davaluri became the first winner from an Indian background to win the Miss America pageant. Amidst the cheers of adulation and the small but obnoxious stream of racist remarks directe...
At the moment it seems like a new incident of religiously-driven gang violence is appearing in the newspapers every day. What with the recent Kenyan mall massacre and the Nairobi school shooting, it seems like we have a chain r...
Uganda is and remains among the most corrupt nations in the world. To many donors and investors, Transparency International’s corruption perceptions ranking provides a basis for choice of countries where investment is li...
My country Kenya – as is the case with many countries in Africa – is effecting numerous political, economic and social changes to conform to current international best practices. These projects are focused on renova...
“We tend to put people in boxes. We see someone trying to make a few rands by, as you gave as example, helping people park their cars,,and we attach a single story to them – poor. No consideration for the person behind ...
Nearly six months before the viral release of the video “Kony 2012” by the non-profit Invisible Children (IC), conservative American pundit Rush Limbaugh was already calling his listeners to attention to the on-goings of Ko...