In 1950s apartheid South Africa, visibility was never neutral. To appear publicly as Black, urban, fashionable, and modern carried political meaning in a society built on racial segregation and ...

Kenya’s post-independence history is marked by numerous instances of high-ranking politicians and politically connected individuals exploiting state power to illegally acquire public land – what land ...

In a Uganda long accustomed to provocative social media flurry from Army Chief General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, two recent developments shocked even the most cynical observers. On the night of 27 June, ...

The Kenyan politician is to be venerated at all costs, in all situations. When you meet him, have no nerves, be his political pawn. Kiss his red-bottomed Christian Louboutin shoes if you can. Isn’t he ...

Dozens of opposition members and journalists have been abducted or killed in Mozambique since the 2024 general elections. While authorities have largely failed to investigate the violence, exclusive ...

The East German secret police kept a file on Michael Jackson. He performed near the Berlin Wall in June 1988, and the preparations for his arrival were elaborate. A memo dated May 4, 1988, recorded ...

Four years into his stint as a senior technician at the now-defunct Kenya Posts & Telecommunications, in 1971, a young Francis Atwoli took on the role of branch secretary for the parastatal’s ...

Femicide is the result of politics and policies, and so it is about time that you entered the chat, Mr President. But you need to come correct. Every woman and girl that is murdered because she is ...

In this third part of the Project Profile investigation, Naipanoi Lepapa looks into the development, deployment and use of biometric recognition technology in the humanitarian aid sector in Kenya.

A 2026 economic survey published by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics.

The details coming out of the American Epstein Files are leaving many ordinary people angry, confused, and disgusted. This is understandable. The files are records from an American criminal ...

Kenya was established as “a white man’s country”, where colonial settlers would wield political power and wealth at the top of a racial hierarchy, and Africans would remain at the bottom, destined to ...