Washington — Surveillance of Otsieno Namwaya Amid Ongoing Civil Society Attacks The Kenyan police should end its apparent harassment of Otsieno Namwaya, associate Africa director at Human Rights Watch, over his work... Read more »
Igbo apex group Ohanaeze Ndigbo on Sunday blamed Southeast stakeholders, mostly five Governors, serving Senators, Members of the House of Representatives, past and current political leaders, and others, for the low registration... Read more »
Nigeria’s Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, is one of the honourees by the TIME Magazine’s annual TIME100 AI list for 2025. The list recognises 100 individuals, including... Read more »
In March 2024, when floodwaters from Lake Victoria engulfed Nyamasao village in Kenya, 36-year-old Mary Atieno, a mother of three, was among the 350 families who fled to a nearby primary school... Read more »
James Emejo writes that federal government must sustain the current growth momentum in the non-oil sector which has contributed to stabilising the macroeconomy in recent times Non-oil exports, comprising goods and services... Read more »
Kampala — East Africa’s tourism industry is set to take center stage as Uganda and Kenya prepare to host the 4th Uganda-Kenya Coast Tourism Conference and Exhibition from 27th to 28th October... Read more »
Kericho Governor Eric Mutai and his lawyers arrive for his impeachment hearing at the Senate Chambers, Parliament, Nairobi on August 29, 2025. [Elvis Ogina, Standard] Kericho Governor Eric Mutai was second time... Read more »
The Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), Dr. Kayode Opeifa, has named the assaulted journalist, Ladi Bala, as Ambassador for Media Advocacy. Opeifa announced the honour during a press conference... Read more »
Oluwaleke Fakorede’s story begins on a grim note. On a random weekend in July 2022, after visiting friends in Osogbo, southwest Nigeria, he rode home on his superbike, the sun warming his... Read more »
Societal, sociopolitical and economic issues only become recognised as public problems when they are talked about—when discourse frames them as urgent and in need of solutions. In a country where political competition... Read more »