Reporter’s diary: Tossed between wars, South Sudanese are soothed by hope amidst misery
Over the past 18 months, I have interviewed dozens of returnees like Gatdet who have fled the bruising battle between Sudan’s army and the South Sudanese returnee from Sudan speaks with a medical worker at a transit centre in the town of Malakal. More than 600,000 South Sudanese have returned home since Sudan’s conflict erupted last year.
Is Uganda a failed state? President Museveni, its high priest of interest politics thinks so, blames it on allegiance on ethnonationalism
In the recent past, we heard of some workers of State House forging the president’s signature, defrauding the country and even appointing and disappointing people using the forged president’s signature. seem people think this an indication of state failure. To be useful institutions must work and succeed each other sustainably. Let me say something about the ecology of institutions.
South Sudan and Kenya presidents direct mediators in stalled peace talks to resolve outstanding issues
South Sudan is going through an economic crisis that has seen civil servants go unpaid for almost one year, after oil exports were disrupted by a damaged pipeline in war-torn neighbouring Sudan.
Lightening kills 14 refugees attending church service in northern Uganda, police say
Friends and family are mourning 14 people killed in a lightning strike in a refugee camp in northern Uganda. The victims, who were buried on Sunday, had been attending a prayer service in a makeshift metallic structure when lighting struck. Credit: AP
Museveni’s neoliberalism fantasy simply means transactionalism that explains how Uganda is a structured society of slaves and masters
In Uganda, investment in education, health and agriculture – the social areas – has plummeted over the decades, thanks to transactional leadership and transactional politics. There is nothing transformational about these multi-pronged phenomena.
Kenya Evans Chebet peeped seconds to finish line by Dutch Nageeye in New York City Marathon
Tamirat Tola, the men’s defending champion and Paris Olympic gold medallist, finished fourth, right behind Albert Korir.
Kenyans sweep women’s podium at New York City Marathon as men are outrun by Dutchman
On the women’s side, Shila Chepkirui ran a technical, flawless race, hanging in with the lead pack from the start and denying defending champion Hellen Obiri in a gritty final mile to collect her first major title.
Why Turkey took advantage of wars in Ukraine and Gaza to forge firm military, economic alliance with Somalia
The opening of a training facility in Mogadishu has increased Turkey’s strategic depth in the Horn of Africa, projecting the country towards both sub-Saharan Africa and the Indian Ocean. And the use of Turkish drones in Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict has shown Turkish defence arrangements have become a factor in local dynamics.
With East Africa more vulnerable to climate swings, governments should now give priority environmental security
If the right to the 10 types of justice they mentioned exist, the right to natural justice, climate justice, environmental justice, environmental cooperation, environmental peace and environmental diplomacy also exists.
Western envoys in Nairobi voice concerns over rising femicide, enforced disappearances in Kenya
Kenya was among several African countries elected to the UN human rights council on October 9.
