Ivory Coast Gen Z frustration with 83-year-old President Ouattara push for fourth term builds up
Security is another challenge. Bordered to the north by conflict-hit Mali and Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast is under pressure to stop a push by armed groups into coastal West Africa. The two junta-led countries have severed ties with the regional bloc, leading to a breakdown in security cooperation.
Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in northern Kenya promotes climate-smart agriculture to boost food security
Speaking during a farmers’ field day at Munanda Primary School in Buuri East Sub-County in Meru county, Chief Programmes and Partnership Officer John Kinoti noted that the initiative goes beyond farming techniques as it involves herders and farmers in knowledge-sharing to ensure food security within their conservation areas.
Why discipline, time management and sociality became critical ingredients of success in Uganda’s pioneer institutions of higher learning
Discipline is critical because without it we cannot set and achieve goals, develop good habits, overcome challenges, improve time management, and enhance family and community growth and development. In a sentence, we cannot be successful.
ODM capture: Why President Ruto moved with speed to install Raila Odinga’s elder brother acting leader of Kenya’s main opposition party
The factions in ODM seem to be trying to answer the question: which Raila is authentic? The one who fought for change in Kenya or the one who propped up Ruto’s falling regime?
Killed and displaced with guns, residents of eastern Congo face another crisis: Land grabs and assassinations by M23 rebels in Rutshuru
It is widely believed that Rwanda’s current support for the M23 is driven by geopolitical and economic interests, although the Congolese army has given it a pretext by allying with various militias, including the FDLR, to strengthen its ranks against the rebels.
Kenya spruces up western tourism circuit as it diversifies products in drive to pull in four million international tourists
As part of World Tourism Week 2025, whose climax is celebrated every September 27 the county government took stakeholders and journalists on a daylong tour to uncover and celebrate these yet-to-be exploited treasures, offering these local tourists an opportunity to experience these new gems in the Kisumu county.
Why the ‘No Kings’ protests matter: Americans’ peaceful stand against illegal, authoritarian and un-American Trump agenda
Throughout US history, mass protest has driven some of our most consequential shifts in public opinion. Mass protests were critical in building public support and shaping beliefs to win core democratic advances, including civil rights, the social safety net, and women’s suffrage.
Trumps calls them ‘Hate America’ rallies but the ‘No Kings’ protests expose unease with current regime
While protests earlier this year – against Elon Musk’s cuts and Trump’s military parade – drew crowds, organizers say this one is uniting the opposition. Top Democrats such as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Independent Senator Bernie Sanders are joining what organisers view as an antidote to Trump’s actions, from the administration’s clampdown on free speech to its military-style immigration raids.
‘No Kings’ protests draw large crowds in US cities to decry President Trump authoritarianism
Vice President JD Vance, speaking on Saturday to a gathering of Marines at Camp Pendleton in Southern California, made no mention of the protests. But he criticised Democrats over the government shutdown that began early this month in a partisan standoff over federal appropriations.
Civil society group calls for reassessment of Senegal’s ranking and exclusion of Macky Sall from the Ibrahim Index
The CRDP invites the Mo Ibrahim Foundation to re-evaluate Senegal’s rating for the period corresponding to the presidency of Mr Macky Sall; to exclude the latter from any distinction or mention within the Ibrahim Index in order to preserve the credibility and rigour of this international reference in matters of governance.
