The current political impasse is bigger than Ruto and Raila, both of whom are locked in a struggle for power even as the economic hardships of the visited upon Wenyenchi intensify. It is time for Kenyans to call a people-to-people dialogue to save ourselves.
Lula da Silva's visit to China in April, centred around an agreement on trading with national currencies, could mark the beginning of a new era for economic relations in the global south.
ROAPE’s Hannah Cross writes that the UK government’s policy to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda has been ruled unlawful by the Court of Appeal. Asylum seekers, the court argued, risked being returned to their home country and could face inhumane treatment and persecution. Paul Kagame’s Rwanda, with the complicity of Western media and international financial institutions, has been presented as a successful developmental state, but in reality it is a place of systematic state brutality.
In Senegal, women's bodies are weaponized as political objects in electoral battles.
To avoid mimicking the situation prevailing in pre-genocide Rwanda, the country must develop an independent and efficient judicial system that is able to enforce sanctions against hate speech.
As indigenous oil and gas firms take over from international oil companies, Nigeria’s coastal and marine ecosystems are experiencing extensive damage due to unsustainable practices and a lack of environmental commitments.
Historically, Kenya’s collections have always fallen below the budget and previous governments have heavily relied on loans to bridge the gaps. Currently, we have a projected budget of 3.66 trillion yet we are projecting to collect 2.89 trillion in revenue collections. We do not need to dig too deep to understand the crisis.
But for the bureaucracy bedevilling Kenya’s shipping sector, Indian Ocean Island nations could look to Lamu for transhipment while Mombasa has the capacity to attract major shipping lines in order to tap into this emerging business.
The Kenyan government has proposed a compulsory housing levy from workers salaries to support contractors to build affordable homes for the working class. As incomes are squeezed and living standards collapse, Ambreena Manji and Jill Cottrell Ghai argue that the case for asking workers to bear the cost of housing development has not been made.
It is evident that only an investment of this type – in capital, in human resources and in qualified training – can allow the United States to leave a real mark of progress in Africa, following a counterpoint strategy to that of China.
The GMO ban in Kenya was a pre-requisite for the agricultural component of the US-Kenya Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership to be realized but it does not augur well for the people of Kenya.
The weakness of central state institutions has enabled the paramilitary Janjaweed to carve out its own power base. An attempt to muscle in on this power by the army has led to the current crisis and leaves hopes of a transition to civilian rule in tatters.