Oil Money Heralds Trouble For Uganda’s Indigenous Bagungu Tribe, Environment
BULIISA, Uganda — Baboons wander through shrub-lands that line the sides of newly built roads straddling Uganda’s wildlife reserves close to the shores of oil-rich Lake Albert. Across the...
Mandarin Lessons Highlight China’s Influence In Africa
Dar es Salaam — On a humid Monday afternoon, students are huddled in a classroom at the Confucius Institute at the University of Dar es Salaam, learning Mandarin.
They all repeat...
Tanzanians Raise Eyebrow Over $100 COVID Screening Fee
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania — Amidst rumours of the rising number of people with respiratory diseases in private hospitals, Tanzania authorities have issued new policy directives requiring national and...
Girls’ right campaigners cautiously welcome Tanzania move to allow pregnant girls back to school
ITUNDA, Tanzania — It is midday at Itunda, a tiny village in Tanzania’s southern highlands and Marietta Andrea* is perched awkwardly on a wooden stool, her protruding belly touching...
Tanzania’s President promotes steaming as alternative treatment for Coronavirus
MANYARA, TANZANIA — As nations worldwide enforce strict lockdown to quell the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, Tanzania’s President John Magufuli, has advised people to use alternative remedies including...
Desert Locusts Invasion Cause Panic In Tanzania’s Kilimanjaro Region
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania — At first glance, Hilder Tarimo, a local farmer in a sleepy Ngai Nairobi village in Tanzania’s Siha district, thought the dark dense blot darkening...
Systems Broken, University Students Leave Kenya For Studies Abroad
On a cool Sunday evening in Nairobi’s Roysambu estate, Mary Wanjiru stares away from the balcony of her apartment. She then narrates how she thinks she made a mistake...
Civil Society Warns Against Bilateral Treaties With Tax Haven Jurisdictions
Nairobi, August 22 — Tax Justice Network Africa (TJNA) and the East African Tax and Governance Network (EATGN) has cautioned the government of Kenya in its pursuit of new...
Stuck in weak healthcare system and panic, Kenya temporarily ban international conferences as coronavirus...
NAIROBI, KENYA MARCH 7,2020 — Kenya, on Friday issued a temporary ban on meetings, conferences and international events that involves attendees from countries affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19). The...
Could tree regeneration hold out hope for Africa’s vulnerable smallholder farmers?
Homa Bay, Kenya MARCH 4, 2020 — With more than half of the estimated 2.2 billion people to be added to the global population by 2050 expected to be...
The Untold Suffering of East Africa’s Donkey Community Owners!
Sebastian Mwanza is the Senior Communications Officer at Africa Network for Animal Welfare (ANAW)
Dr. Dennis Bahati is the Programs Manager (Animal Care) at Africa Network for Animal Welfare (ANAW)
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Tea farmers in Kenya find reprieve as international market opens up for their produce.
Kericho, April 20 — On a fine Monday morning, and as the sun beats down on the tea farms in Kaptoroi village in Kenya’s Kericho County, Sarah Keter plucks...
Hope For Sexual Violence Survivors In Kenya As Court Ruling Favors Them In Landmark...
Immediately after the announcement of the 2007 presidential election results in Kenya, all hell broke loose across the country as neighbors turned against each other, divided along tribal lines...
Train Accident In Tanzania Highlight Country’s Vulnerability To Extreme Weather
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania — The fatal accident of a passenger train which derailed on Sunday, January 3rd near Tanzania’s capital city, Dodoma, killing three people while injuring 66...
Kitimoto: An Enriching Culinary Experience In Tanzania
Dar es Salaam — It’s busy Sunday evening at Shekilango road, a bustling neighborhood in Dar es Salaam dotted with bars and nightclubs that can be likened to Bourbon...
How Locals In Mauritius Are Spearheading The Cleanup Campaign After An Oil Spill
Mauritius — On a sunny day in Mahébourg southeast of Mauritius, an island nation in the Indian Ocean about 2,000 kilometers off the south-east coast of the African continent,...
Tanzania Tightens Media, Rights Repressions Ahead Of Polls
Dar es Salaam — Tanzania authorities have tightened restrictions on the media, political opposition, and organizations working to promote human rights—ushering in a climate of fear ahead of the...
How An Organization Is Using “Safe Spaces” To Fight Forced Early Marriages Of Girls...
Ganyurey, Kenya August 10 — It is 4 PM in the evening, and Halima Hassan, a pupil in Ganyurey Primary School, has just returned from a COVID-19 pandemic awareness...
Gold Mining Boom In Uganda Fuels Mercury Pollution, Spells Doom For The Environment
It’s before sunrise but artisanal gold miner Rose Namukasa is already scouring muddy water for small nuggets of gold in this mining area in Mubende, central Uganda, one of...
The New Frontline: Youth Uprisings Across Africa Spark A Fight For Democracy And Dignity
Across the African continent, an unprecedented wave of youth-led uprisings is shaking the pillars of political regimes that have held power for decades. In Kenya, Uganda, Mali, Burkina Faso,...
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The New Frontline: Youth Uprisings Across Africa Spark A Fight For Democracy And Dignity
Across the African continent, an unprecedented wave of youth-led uprisings is shaking the pillars of political regimes that have held power for decades. In...
Africa’s Coup Governments: When Elections Become An Exhausted Idea Confirming Democratic Fatigue
The trending successful military coups in West Africa today indicate the continuation of political processes and leadership by another method. Their executions have been...
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Political Instability, Intra-state Conflicts, And Threats To AfCFTA Agreement’s ‘Made In Africa’ Aspirations
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How The Lagos State Government Demolished Houses Of Low-Income Earners In Mosafejo-Oworonshoki, Forced Over...
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There are intense political and intellectual debates unfolding in Africa. Since February 24 last year, when war broke out in Europe following Russia’s special...
Namibia Lithium Battle
On June 27, 2023, a judge of the High Court of Namibia, Ramon Maasdorp, ruled that the Southern African country’s Minister of Mines and...
Operation Dudula
There is no direct translation for the word Dudula in the English language, but the president of the organization that started off as a...
The Tragedy Of Namibia’s Working Poor
At the dawn of independence in 1990, a public servant working in an entry-level position for the state could afford to buy themselves a...
Economic Freedom In Our Lifetime
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Organization Of African First Ladies For Development
The Organization of African First Ladies for Development (OAFLAD) launched the #WeAreEqual Campaign on Wednesday, August 23, 2023, at a banquet ceremony held in...
EFF Confronts Racism In South African Schools
An incident involving a thirteen-year-old girl child at the Crowthorne Christian Academy in South Africa led to the schools' closure and the re-sparking of...
Africa’s Rebirth At 60: Carrying Noble Ideas That Nobody Is Willing To Implement
To most academics, intellectuals, and pragmatists advocating for a genuine Pan-African renaissance six decades after the founding of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU,...
Tinubu’s Inauguration: End Of An Error, The Dawn Of Calamity
"I am confident that I am leaving office with Nigeria better in 2023 than in 2015." President Buhari ended his farewell speech with this...
IMF And World Bank: The ‘Bad Samaritans’ And Neoliberals Cheating Africa Into A Cycle...
The Western liberal consensus has long been intervening and interfering in Africa. The first form of intervention was through the slave trade from the...