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The state of Sudan has consistently and often precariously juggled its cocktail of historical, ethnic, religious and cultural history the sum total of which has been hits and misses of major proportions. Now a younger generation of restless women and men are demanding a total reckoning that would hopefully usher in a whole new chapter in the country’s history. As narrated byJohn Githongo and Ms Reem Abbas.

Share this story IMF approves Sh261b fresh loan for Kenya The agreement now awaits the approval of the Executive Board, the IMF’s highest decision-making organ. MOST READ

It's Our Turn to Eat: The Story of a Kenyan Whistle-Blower by Wrong, Michela at AbeBooks.co.uk - ISBN 10:  0061346594 - ISBN 13:  9780061346590 - Harper Perennial - 2010 - Softcover

The state of Sudan has consistently and often precariously juggled its cocktail of historical, ethnic, religious and cultural history the sum total of which has been hits and misses of major proportions. Now a younger generation of restless women and men are demanding a total reckoning that would hopefully usher in a whole new chapter in the country's history. As narrated byJohn Githongo and Ayn Verjee.

The East African Monday January 25 2021 Supporters of Uganda’s opposition leader Bobi Wine deliver food to his house where he has been blocked by security officers from leaving. PHOTO | FILE | NMG Summary Widespread irregularities, human-rights abuses and violations before, during, and after the election, routine disqualification, harassment, and arbitrary arrests of opposition are a common fare across the region. Advertisement Violence against the opposition during presidential elections is ...

THE STANDARD By Michael Ndonye | December 18th 2020 at 01:22:35 GMT +0300 Activist Boniface Mwangi being confronted by a police officer in a past protest. [FIle, Standard] Many Kenyans cannot tell apart activism from politics and vice versa. Sometimes activists launch offensives against political elites. Other times, and these are many, we have witnessed activism sleep with politics. Whenever activism compromises, the ‘third sector’ aka civil society, suffers. It is a tragedy of capture o...

Journalists caught in the crosshairs, dissent brutally quashed, and big wins for African creatives and media stalwarts Ugandan opposition politician Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi Wine, lays flowers for those killed while protesting his arrest, at the headquarters of his opposition party, Kampala, Uganda, 21 November 2020, STRINGER/AFP via Getty Images November in Africa: A free expression roundup produced by IFEX’s Regional Editor Reyhana Masters, bas...