9 min read. The American media and Democrats have hailed the anonymous whistleblower who reported the US president’s shady dealings with his counterpart in Ukraine as...
10 min read. Have Kenya’s close ties with its “Man in Somalia”, Ahmed Madobe, created a rift between Mogadishu and Nairobi? RASNA WARAH explores the precarious...
9 min read. RASNA WARAH explains why the decision to force importers to use rail transport could retard urban growth along the Mombasa-Nairobi highway, entrenching Nairobi’s...
10 min read. The proposed construction of a 61-storey building in Watamu has generated both hopes and fears among local residents, who view the project as...
8 min read. The backlash against the women’s movement has seen a rise in the hypersexualisation and infantilisation of women, especially in music videos, says RASNA...
8 min read. The recent case of children dying at a feeding centre in Uganda has once again highlighted the issue of whether “voluntourists” and children’s...
16 min read. The United Nations will not become more efficient, transparent or accountable unless its internal governance and oversight systems are overhauled and/or transformed, says...
8 min read. Was the 2019 census conducted on behalf of certain commercial/political interests as a tool that could be used for marketing goods or to...
9 min read. Kenya’s bid to have Al Shabaab listed as a terrorist organisation by the UN Security Council has raised several questions about the timing...
5 min read. The literary world has lost yet another icon. Another healer of wounds is no longer with us. But Morrison’s language and words will...
