“Let the horror begin”. That may be a good summary of the reactions in Africa regarding the victory of Donald Trump. Where Obama was Africa’s hero,...
War is better than a bad peace
War is better than a bad peace, writes Peter Adwok Nyaba. He is a long standing South Sudanese intellectual, former minister of Higher Education...
Eritrea has become a catastrophe
By Abraham Zere, head of Pen Eritrea It initially sounded like a joke; gradually it got serious and then tragic. A decade and a half...
Kenya has become a “bandit economy”, says Chief Justice Willy Mutunga
Africa is at war with its cartels, says Willy Mutunga, Chief Justice of Kenya
By Robert Ocholla One of the enduring curiosities of Kenya’s sporting scene has been the inability of our national soccer team Harambee Stars to make...
The never-ending scandal of the Western Sahara
By Richard Dowden Forty years ago on the 6th of November, Morocco invaded Western Sahara, a former Spanish colonial possession – mostly made up of...
Al Shabaab on a killing spree in Garissa
By Robert Ocholla The Bible says that Jesus died for the sins of mankind but here in Kenya 147 young people have died because of...
Said Samatar, a Somali icon dies
Said Samatar, who died last week, explained Somalia. A brilliant scholar he used words like swords and clubs wielded with speed and skill to...
If writers and cartoonists use the power of their pens to attack and mock the sincerely held beliefs of the poor and voiceless in society who cannot reply, that is not just mean, it is unjust.
