Top climate scientists are sceptical that nations will rein in global warming despite Glasgow meet agreements
As a leading climate scientist, Paola Arias doesn’t need to look far to see the world changing. Shifting rain patterns threaten water supplies in her home city of Medellín, Colombia, while rising sea levels endanger the country’s coastline. Arias isn’t confident that international leaders will slow global warming or that...
Kamiti jailbreak: Kenya likened to ‘one big prison’ in the grip of criminal gangs, where ‘state is eroded’
The recapture of three terrorism convicts may have saved face for the Kenyan government but will do little to turn the searchlight away from the pervasive laxity in the country’s security set up despite the ever-looming spectre of religious radicalism in the East Africa nation. Accustomed to the tired cliché...
Africa takes violence lessons from Kenya: How constitutional democracy has given way to ‘party militia’
When Kenya Deputy President William Ruto was stoned in opposition party ODM stronghold in western Kenya on November 10, he accused Raila Odinga supporters of instigating the attacks. This was barely two weeks after Mr Odinga, who addressed a well-attended political rally in Ruto’s Eldoret Town backyard. A few of...
Time to change hospital payment: It’s proven fact doctors are greedy in ‘fee-for-service’ billing model
Many health facilities were already in fiscal straits before Covid-19, except in Maryland. The state’s innovative and sound approach could be the answer to rescuing systems nationwide. The way the United States typically finances hospitals isn’t working. The coronavirus laid this bare, along with many other longstanding societal problems. Before...
Africa’s more democratic than other regions relative to its development, but still needs quality leadership
Do recent coups in Chad, Mali, Guinea and Sudan mean that democracy in Africa is failing? This notion is fuelled by internet shutdowns, muzzling of the opposition and rising third termism. But evidence suggests that while there are pockets of concern, a robust democratic culture is in fact growing in...
‘Stone overweight’ Man United’s centre-back Maguire is highway opponents now target to score
Manchester United scraped a 2-2 draw in their Champions League clash versus Atalanta on Tuesday night thanks to a late volley from Cristiano Ronaldo. But despite the Portuguese rescuing his side in the dying embers of the game, it wasn’t enough to stop United’s poor defending from sticking in the...
Guns and grenades will not undo damage wrought by climate crisis in conflict-prone north, Kenya told
Clashes in Kenya’s Laikipia County between pastoralist and farming communities continue to destabilise the central part of the country, with criminals taking advantage of the localised conflicts for their own gain. Over the past two month, bandits have killed seven people. On October 10 heavily armed bandits killed three civilians...
For over 50 years, abortion was a human rights issue in US, now Supreme Court ban looms
An upcoming case in the US Supreme Court might hasten the end of abortion across roughly half of the United States – a right that the country has defended for nearly 50 years. More than 800 scientists and several scientific organisations have provided evidence to the court showing that abortion...
How Trump administration undermined Western Sahara youth’s hopes of self-rule from Morocco
Western Sahara liberation movement, the Polisario Front’s hopes for independence suffered a major blow last year when the US in the waning days of the Trump administration backed Morocco’s claim to the territory, as part of efforts to get Morocco to recognise Israel. Other countries, including the Polisario’s main ally...
After 30 years in limbo Western Sahara’s liberation movement takes up arms against Morocco
As a glowing sun sank behind the sandy barrier that cuts across the disputed territory of Western Sahara, Sidati Ahmed’s battalion launched two missiles that sizzled through the air and then followed with an artillery attack. Within minutes, a barrage of mortar shells flew in the opposite direction, from Moroccan...
