Watching the Too Early for Birds Tom Mboya edition at the Visa Oshwal auditorium on the last Saturday of January, one thing that stood out was Tom Mboya’s casual greatness. It was possible to trace ...

The past month has witnessed an extraordinary assault on press freedom and the democratic right of journalists to hold the most powerful to account. Those attacks were not waged by rogue State House ...

This issue is about labour organisation, working class struggles and popular protests. 1 It is about the ambivalent role that trade unions play in the organisation of workers and labour struggles as ...

The Family Guidance Association of Ethiopia Northern Area Office (FGAE NAO) is on the verge of closure, leaving thousands in Tigray without vital sexual and reproductive health services. The head of ...

Rasna Warah’s life was intimately woven with the crisis of knowledge in Kenya. She was the voice that remained unsilent in a country that wages war against knowledge and imagination. Rasnah was ...

The past month has witnessed an extraordinary assault on press freedom and the democratic right of journalists to hold the most powerful to account. Those attacks were not waged by rogue State House ...

At the beginning of the COVID-19 era, security agents forcefully picked up those found to be infected and took them to isolation centres. The police also enforced mask mandates, curfews and travel ...

When Elon Musk marked Donald Trump’s inauguration with what seemed very much like a Nazi salute and was defended by a lobby that claimed to fight anti-Jewish racism, he and his defenders confirmed the ...

President Trump’s suspension of all aid to Uganda is the latest contingency that the country failed to foresee and make provision for. Landslides, drought and famine happen so frequently one would ...

“Joshua Arap Sang: The voice that incited a nightmare. Kenya’s 2007–2008 (PEV) claimed over 1100 lives, displaced many, and left deep scars. At the center was a radio host turned alleged instigator.

In her writings spanning more than two decades in books, newspapers, magazines, newsletters, anthologies and lately on X, Rasna Warah was preoccupied by recurring themes. She was, first and foremost, ...

The Supreme Court of Uganda, in the landmark case Attorney General vs. Hon. Micheal Kabaziguruka, ruled that trying civilians in military courts is unconstitutional. This decision was a pivotal step ...