The UK Ministry of Defence cancelled a 2026 military training exercise in Kenya following disputes over the Defence Cooperation Agreement, which...
Why the UK cancelled a military exercise in Kenya – and what it means
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Black women sit at an intersection of gender and race, so we have to deal with whole new levels of discrimination, writes Sistah Space founder Ngozi Fulani
We live in a perpetual state of waiting – waiting for these ‘durable solutions’ that rarely come. Imagine spending years and years of your life in a state of limbo with little prospect of ever finding a place to call home?
It’s like living in a waiting room to nowhere.
Somalia is beckoning foreign investors with new oil exploration opportunities. Judy Waguma spoke to Mogadishu-based attorney Mohammed Fatih Sheikh, a graduate of the University of Dundee’s Law School, about his ambitions for this determined but battered nation.
Facebook is running a campaign of cool people doing cool shit on Facebook called #RealPeopleRealStories and so they sent me over to his house in Langata. Three floors up block 8. I had gone to his Twitter before but the man who opens the door doesn’t quite look like him but then again who...
We do not yet have the language to fully honour people like Njeri and Emma in their complex contribution to struggles for liberation. Instead, we speak of them only in relation to their husbands.
According to academic thought, protest songs can express the perceived imperfections in the status quo. It can also provide other narratives and possibilities for contemporary culture and give voice to the voiceless masses. It can also be seen as a propaganda device for political...
"When I am in the water I feel something extraordinary, something special in my heart," Sambe said, wearing a t-shirt of the "Black Girls Surf" project (BGS), which helps Black girls and women around the world break into professional surfing.
HIV and pregnancy are the leading causes of deaths among adolescents and young women aged 15-24 years in Kenya. Over half of the 46,000 new HIV infections in 2018 occurred among adolescents and young people.
Kenya has halted imports of secondhand clothes to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The move limits fashion selection, but opens doors for the country’s designers and manufacturers.
Tackling the ongoing coronavirus pandemic effectively to ensure Africa grows back and builds back better in the aftermath of COVID-19 requires boldness never before seen on the continent, says Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). Speaking during an...