By Desire Nimubona
Category - Africa
Stories and features from across the continent
In his latest book, Slow Poison: Idi Amin, Yoweri Museveni, and the Making of the Ugandan State, anthropologist Mahmood Mamdani explains the factors...
Private security companies have become ubiquitous in Kenya and South Africa, employing hundreds of thousands and providing protection for a fee...
A government ban on the media in South Sudan is making it difficult to verify reports about the trial of opposition leader Riek Machar, and in the...
By Mkhululi Chimoio When South Africa assumed the G20 Presidency on 1 December 2024, it did more than just put on a diplomatic mantle: it acquired a...
A sophisticated Ponzi scheme masquerading as an electric scooter investment platform targeted 50,000 victims across the African diaspora, leveraging...
42 men from Gallari, a community in North East Nigeria, were arbitrarily detained by the military. Three of them have finally regained freedom. Two...
Three Syrian cargo vessels have been accused of trafficking in grain stolen from Russia-occupied Ukraine. Newly uncovered documents link the...
Africa, Kenya
Regional Crackdown: How East Africa’s Regimes Are Targeting Critics Beyond Their Borders
By Delilah Paulo
Raila Amollo Odinga, who has died at the age of 80, was something of a paradox in post-independence Kenyan politics. A leader who repeatedly ran for...