Survey points to new trends in Africa where political power is inherited, ‘winner’ answers to powerful overlords
West Africa’s latest successful coup, in Burkina Faso on January 24 2022, has renewed unease about coups “returning” and democracies “dying” in Africa. The recent attempt in Guinea-Bissau, too, recalled the first decades after independence, when coups were rampant. By 2012, there had been over 200 coups and attempted coups...
Voices from Africa: Policy committees of Kenyan universities are typically dominated by men, young female researchers are excluded
Some Kenyans have a tendency to equate quietness with being nice, says analytical environmental chemist Veronica Okello at Machakos University in Kenya. She urges young researchers to be less timid, air their views and approach their professors for professional opportunities. In this seventh article of eight describing the career experiences...
How Somali militants exploit Kenya’s coast religious diversity and land politics to propagate an Islamic caliphate ideology
The frequency of terrorist attacks in Kenya’s Lamu County on the border with Somalia has been alarming. Frequent kidnappings there were the ostensible reason Kenya invaded Somalia in 2011. Three years later, the seaside county was the scene of a deadly attack in which 48 people were killed during an...
