Succession: Why childless Brazilian slave owner and military colonel shared his wife with 7 slaves, destroyed family
For 15 years, they tried to have children. Dona Esperança became pregnant four times but lost all the babies in the first months. The doctors of the time could not explain the successive losses, attributing them to the woman’s delicate constitutio
‘Talking About Revolution’ songs: Black folk music icon Trace Chapman waited 35 years to top music charts in US
Fast Car didn’t immediately explode. It climbed slowly, building through word-of-mouth and college radio. Then Tracy performed at a concert tribute to Nelson Mandela (still imprisoned at the time) at Wembley Stadium, broadcast to millions worldwide.
Why US judge blocked release of report on Trump’s classified documents case
Smith charged Trump in 2023 with 40 counts of illegally retaining classified US national defence information at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida and obstructing government efforts to retrieve the materials.
Destiny: Pause daily outrage over ‘Nairobery’, intersection of riches and integrity still exists
Otieno stood in the middle of the living room, speechless. Jabali ran straight to the bedroom, leaping onto the mattress with a laugh that echoed down the hallway. Something inside Wanjiku softened completely.
How President Museveni, who arrived in Uganda as Rwandan refugee de-politicised and stripped indigenous people of rights
Alongside the control of ideas, the Museveni regime has wielded land as a primary instrument of de-politicisation. The processes of dispossession and Bantustanisation have physically displaced indigenous communities from their ancestral grounds, fragmenting the geographic and spiritual basis of their political identity.
Pan-Africanism or Afro-Pragmatism: Africa’s economic theories evolve as Kenya hosts regional business summit
According to the government spokesperson, Afro-Pragmatism is not a departure from Kenyan ideals, but an evolution of them. Afro-Pragmatism is about repositioning Africa deliberately and strategically. It is about recognising Africa, a continent of 1.5 billion people as the next frontier for human growth, innovation and development.
Influential US economist Jeffrey Sachs wants Trump to give relief to families hit by tariffs
The tariffs were “illegal, unfair and detrimental to the American people,” and it was not the foreign countries but the American families, who were paying for the tariffs, Sachs, a professor of economics and director of the Centre for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, wrote in an opinion piece published on the US-based news website Common Dreams.
Return of Sudanese to Khartoum is filled with pain of being uprooted to exile in Uganda
Official figures indicate the largest influx has been into Khartoum State, home to the capital. Still, returning home does not mean returning to stability.
‘In times like this, survival is a shared struggle’: Wajir residents let thirsty and hungry hyena ‘hunt’ for water in human settlements
Residents of Qara in Wajir West encountered an unusual situation when a weak hyena entered the compound of Qara Health Centre at night in search of water. The animal, believed to have come from nearby grazing fields, appeared dehydrated and exhausted. Witnesses said it posed no immediate threat but was...
Kenya and Tanganyika sign deal to oversee management of Lake Victoria, Lake Tanganyika
Maritime safety and security will also be enhanced through measures to prevent pollution from shipping activities, share best practices and mobilise resources to improve safety standards on the lakes.
