There has been no discernible improvement since the Mo Ibrahim Prize was launched and it is fair to question whether the award is even necessary.
When he ascended to power in April 2018 Abiy Ahmed elicited goodwill inside and outside Ethiopia but the continuing humanitarian crisis in the Tigray region is...
America should move way from making the military the face of its engagement with Africa and instead invest in deepening democracy as a principled approach rather...
America must make the choice to side with the majority of Ugandans who would like to see democracy take root in Uganda.
For decades, Somalia regarded Kenya as a neutral arbiter, unlike Ethiopia, where long-standing resentments against Somalia have endured. Kenya’s military intervention in Somalia in 2011 and...
Proponents of wildlife conservancies in Northern Kenya argue that they provide a win-win situation for both conservation and pastoralist communities. However, the current push to establish...
The tissue that connects the depoliticisation of development, the blind deployment of technology, and the professionalisation of the cabinet is Jubilee’s shamelessness. No political party is...
The Tanzanian president has turned his back on Nyerere’s open, cosmopolitan and Pan-Africanist vision.
The Westgate attack was a missed teachable moment in the country’s Western-funded counterterrorism campaign and Kenyan continue to pay the price for it.
Bobi Wine’s rise signals the beginning of Uganda’s move beyond a politics defined by the fear of a return to its traumatic history.
Charles Onyango-Obbo is an astute media practitioner with loads of experience. For many years, he has been writing three weekly columns, one in Kenya’s Daily Nation,...
