No longer at ease: Homosexuality in Uganda suffers blow as Trump freezes foreign funding
In 2023, after Ugandan lawmakers passed an anti-homosexuality bill that punishes consensual same-sex conduct with penalties including life imprisonment, Washington threatened consequences and the World Bank withheld some funding.
40 per cent of math teachers in Kenya struggle with the very concepts they teach, experts warn
Usawa Agenda Executive Director Emmanuel Manyasa attributed to systemic biases in schools to poor performance as the major concern raised at the forum was the gender disparity in mathematics achievement at higher education levels.
Central bank boss says Kenyan currency’s holding steady in wake of US foreign aid freeze
Kenya’s shilling currency is broadly unchanged year-to-date against the dollar.
It closed 2024 up about 21 per cent after a bond buyback eased concerns that the government could default.
Masking rifts: How government workers’ fear of Elon Musk’s source of discord in Trump’s inner circle
In the space of a couple of weeks, Elon Musk and his associates have taken control of multiple government agencies, and a cadre of young and inexperienced engineers with ties to Musk have been given access to some of the most highly sensitive federal systems through DOGE.
US’ suspension humanitarian aid exposes Kenya’s vulnerability as PBOs call for talks between the governments
The PBO’s leadership after a series of consultations in Nairobi pointed out the need for clear communication between the US and Kenyan governments to mitigate the impact of the decision. However, some PBO members acknowledged that Kenya must take responsibility for its own development, viewing the move by the US as a wake-up call.
Glut in wheat production in Kenya’s Narok County exposes farmers to exploitation by middlemen
Wheat farmers in Narok County are crying foul following a lack of market to sell their produce despite a bumper harvest occasioned by the favourable weather condition last year. Led by their chairman Stanley Koonyo, the farmers said over 10 million bags (90 kilogrammes) were in stores since the harvesting...
‘Immense mess’: Italy defies ICC warrants of arrest for Libyan warlord wanted for war crimes
Al-Masri was arrested in Turin on the ICC warrant on January 19 at 9:30am, the day after he arrived in the country from Germany to watch a soccer match. The Italian government has said Rome’s court of appeals ordered him released January 21 because of a technical problem in the way that the ICC warrant was transmitted, having initially bypassed the Italian justice ministry.
Rwandan-backed M23 rebels capture Nyabibwe city, 100km away from Bukavu in eastern Congo
Neighbouring Uganda also has deployed soldiers inside Congo, with hundreds in Ituri province in the northeast since 2021 to fight the Allied Democratic Forces, another armed group, with the authorisation of Congo’s president. Col Deo Akiiki, deputy spokesman for the Ugandan military, says there had been no new deployments of soldiers to Congo in recent weeks.
Seven months after public protests over taxes and appetite for borrowing, Kenya’s extravagant regime is in talks with IMF for new loans
The decision by the administration of US President Donald Trump to freeze foreign aid could hit Kenya hard as it lacks the fiscal space to replace the funding, Mbadi said, adding that he hoped the United States would reconsider.
UN Multinational Security Support mission faces crunch as US freezes funding for fighting Haiti’s gangs
The Trump administration has not yet said whether it supports making the MSS a UN mission, and China and Russia have opposed doing so.
