There is a particular indignity in watching a former governor return to court not to commission a road, […]
Africa / Crime & Security / Politics
Kenya’s sanctuary under siege as Linda Mwananchi sounds alarm over Twaha Mwaipaya’s disappearance
There is something especially sinister about a man disappearing in broad daylight. At approximately 2pm on Sunday, October […]
Africa / Crime & Security / Politics
Tanzania’s Prisoner of Conscience: Tundu Lissu Risks His Life in a Defiant Hunger Strike
Tanzania’s opposition leader is preparing to turn his own body into a battleground over the rule of law, […]
Africa / Counties / Politics
Gachagua vs Nyoro: The Mountain’s Political Throne Has Two Claimants
There is a peculiar irony in Kenyan politics: a region can unite to reject a president and still […]
Africa / Counties / Crime & Security
The Sh12.5 Million Reckoning: How Homa Bay’s Public Purse Became a Courtroom Battleground
There are few more damning indictments of public administration than a court discovering that millions of shillings flowed […]
Africa / Counties / Politics
Mosiria’s City Hall Reckoning: The ‘Powerful Forces’ He Says Tried to Silence Him
Nairobi’s City Hall has never been short of political intrigue, but Geoffrey Mosiria’s departure has turned an administrative […]
Africa / Counties / Crime & Security / Politics
Waiyaki Way Goes Up in Smoke as UoN Students Declare War on Lecturers’ Strike
Nairobi’s traffic arteries became the latest casualty of Kenya’s university lecturers’ strike on Wednesday, October 21, as furious […]
Africa / Counties / Politics
Democracy in the Dark: The Legal Battle over Kenya’s Livestreamed Election Results
There is something unnerving about a democracy being asked to trust a process it may no longer be […]
Africa / Crime & Security / Politics
Sudan’s Drone War Turns Markets and Funeral Processions into Killing Fields
In Sudan, death no longer needs to announce itself with the thunder of advancing armies. It can arrive […]
Africa / Counties / Crime & Security / Politics
NCIC Summons Reuben Ndolo as Raila’s Memorial Politics Refuse to Rest
The ghosts of Raila Odinga’s first anniversary memorial are proving rather unwilling to lie down. In the latest […]