Ecowas bloc suspends Guinea for ‘loss of faith in democracy, making military coups more likely

Ecowas bloc suspends Guinea for ‘loss of faith in democracy, making military coups more likely

West Africa’s main political and economic bloc has suspended Guinea’s membership following a weekend military coup that ousted President Alpha Conde and dealt the latest in a flurry of setbacks to democracy in the region. During a virtual summit, leaders from the 15-member Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas)...

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Livestock herders’ conflict stirs up fears of early signs of violence as Kenya gears up for elections next year

Livestock herders’ conflict stirs up fears of early signs of violence as Kenya gears up for elections next year

Eight people, among them three policemen, were killed and hundreds of villagers uprooted from their homes in Laikipia County in Kenya’s Rift Valley region following weeks of bloody inter-community clashes. The police and administrators link to brewing political tensions as the country prepares for elections next year. The political angle...

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President Kenyatta’s education chaos: Legacy of vacuuming tool he calls Competency Based Curriculum

President Kenyatta’s education chaos: Legacy of vacuuming tool he calls Competency Based Curriculum

A few days back I watched the CBC (Competency Based Curriculum) debate on Citizen TV talk-show. It was just a talk-show – literally – with now substance at all. This thing (curriculum) is simply indefensible. None of the panellists, including the one who said he was part of the design...

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In Kenya, journalists, judges and activists are popular targets of blackmail, it’ll get nastier with 2022 elections coming

In Kenya, journalists, judges and activists are popular targets of blackmail, it’ll get nastier with 2022 elections coming

On May 18 of this year, the insidious hashtag #AnarchistJudges appeared on Kenyan Twitter timelines. Apparently driven by a number of faceless bots, and retweeted by a series of sock puppet accounts, the deluge of tweets cast suspicion on both the competence and integrity of senior High Court of Kenya...

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