Uganda is approaching one of the most precarious political transitions in its post-independence history. The likely trajectory is not democratic consolidation but the slow institutionalization of a ...

At the end of 2010, I took a trip to Ethiopia to visit my family. At the time, my parents worked in Bole, the commercial centre of Addis Ababa. Being only 16, my movements were more or less regulated ...

Something important is happening across the Red Sea and the Horn of Africa. Wars that appear local are drawing in actors from increasingly far away. Ports built for commerce acquire military uses.

Six months after the kidnapping of Kizza Besigye from Kenya, Boniface Mwangi and Agather Atuhaire, who are prominent Kenyan and Ugandan human rights activists respectively, were abducted in Dar es ...

In the weeks leading up to the storming of the Kenyan parliament in June 2024, I noticed a unique element in the type of people who attended the protests; they polled much younger, more enthusiastic, ...

Kenya is witnessing a wave of change. Long accustomed to preserving the status quo, many have found themselves face-to-face with a new generation of youth who are disenfranchised, unemployed, or ...

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Kenya’s Gen Z has already achieved what many thought impossible. It forced a sitting government into retreat, disrupted the language of national politics, and demonstrated that a decentralized ...

In this edition, we seek to explore the legal, social, cultural, and personal frameworks that shape how, where, and when an artist feels freest to create and produce. We explore the themes that shape ...

The conversation around Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the creative industries is often filled with hype and speculation. Is it a tool for liberation or a threat to livelihoods? Chief Nyamweya, ...

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In our previous article, we highlighted the key challenges facing Kenya’s electoral integrity that are posed by the increased digitisation of election systems and the electioneering process. From ...