Beyoncé snubs Africa What further confounds many African fans is that it seems such a natural fit for Beyoncé to revisit the continent. Her love for Africa is evident.
Alarm as China’s demand for Africa’s donkeys rises Exact figures on how many hides are exported to China aren’t available due to a growing illicit trade, but there are indications.
The bias in how pictures are used to depict diseases Through the choice of images in publications, women and children of colour in low-income countries were treated with less dignity.
Queen Elizabeth: The shift from Empire to Commonwealth By the time she died at Balmoral as Queen Elizabeth II, on 8 September 2022, the Empire had vanished.
Why Kenyan women’s rights might not be safe under Ruto Ruto’s coalition Kenya Kwanza’s 68-page manifesto aims to implement a nine-point “women agenda” that includes fully implementing the two-thirds gender rule 12 months after assuming office.
Mitumba is part of Africa’s creative economy, fashion sense Used clothes are being repurposed but with fresh fashionable spins. This sometimes involves turning recycled garments into upcycled outfits.
Kenya's young voters: Ethnic politics is killing us, but we are trapped in it Kenya’s young voters have a dilemma, they dislike ethnic politics but feel trapped in it.
Inside the dark world of being an online influencer The risks of self-employment are exacerbated in the influencer industry by an absence of industry standards and little pay transparency
Inside Kenya's traffic police itchy fingers Police corruption in Kenya flows within personal and corporate networks that uniquely bring together lower cadre and major players in the police service.
How Kenya’s ‘patriotic’ choral music promotes skewed version of history Choral music was used to amplify former President Jomo Kenyatta’s rhetoric of “forgive and forget”.
Mombasa Port: How auditor-general misread China’s SGR contracts The profitable Mombasa Port is East Africa’s main international trade gateway.
Monkeypox Q&A: An expert explains The first patient in the current outbreak had returned to the UK from travels to Nigeria where monkeypox is endemic
What is Idd and how do Muslims celebrate it? Ken Chitwood, a scholar of global Islam, explains the two Islamic festivals.
Mwai Kibaki: President who squandered opportunity to fix Kenya To his friends and admirers, Kibaki was a gentleman who survived the murky Kenyan politics unscathed. To detractors, he was a coward and indecisive politician.
Atheism in Kenya: Why accurate numbers are hard to come by In the West, younger populations tend to show less concern for belief in God in order to have good values.
How the Ugandan state outsources the use of violence to stay in power The country uses unpredictability to combine democratic institutions with authoritarian power.
Money, influence and heroism: the allure of political power in Kenya Kenya has few adrenaline-filled events, such as exploring the moon and the solar system. Politics remains the only arena where we can size each other up.
Why the Indian Ocean is spawning deadly tropical cyclones 2022 has also experienced intense tropical cyclones compared to the preceding years, with the deadliest, cyclone Idai, striking in 2019.
Charles Njonjo and the genesis of Kenya’s fixation with security Under Njonjo’s tenure, punishments for crimes of property were disproportionately harsh.
