Communal conflict is not new to the vast arid Marsabit county. But the spate of recent attacks is alarming.
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Ghana and Nigeria are hosts of training schools for online scams.
Steve Biko married reason with proselytising in ways that made him an excellent organiser. He understood the importance of organising and the need for faith in action.
The name Africa was given to the continent by European explorers, exploiters, slavers and colonists. It ignores the indigenous people and their accomplishments.
Al-Shabaab has grown rich and retained influence over much of Somalia.
Mambo’s Chicken regularly uses chicken breasts and thighs to objectify women. What does that say about men?
The drought is driven by El Niño, an unusual warming of surface waters in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean that shifts weather patterns.
New threats to international security can only be resolved by a UN security council that represents the interests and perspectives of all humanity.
The Southern African Development Community Parliament will have the delicate job of ensuring good participatory regional governance while protecting national sovereignty.
Temporary ceasefire should be seen more broadly as a window to further engage with all parties to find long-term solutions.
Having to account for spending on covert operations would make it more difficult for intelligence agencies to abuse their powers.
The new cabinet needs to transform the status quo.
The lead protagonists, Congolese president Felix Tshisekedi and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame, seem unwilling to reconcile. Personal mediation is required.
High military spending can sap resources meant for education, healthcare and infrastructure.
Only Paul Kagame will decide when he exits Rwanda’s political stage.
Protests in Kenya reveal that a young, enlightened, urban population can drive a hard bargain with a state that is failing them.
Domestic and international laws obligate the Kenyan state to enable citizens to realise the right to peaceful assembly.
The hope is for pragmatism to drive a transition process. Obsessive adherence to ideological preferences will not build national unity or a sound foreign policy.
Without the AU Transition Mission, the Somali army should prepare to face several hundred additional attacks each year.
Elite political culture matters, especially in the context of a unity government. To succeed, party leaders must embrace the politics of collaboration built on trust.
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