Jan 23, 2025 · Drawing on the Pan-Africanist ideals and the African experience, The Elephant aims to be at the center of the national dialogue, speaking truth power in a quest to re-imagine a state and a society that guarantees a life of inclusivity and dignity for all.

Mar 29, 2024 · The Nigerian Civil War, also known as the Biafran War, lasted from 1967 to 1970, and resulted in the deaths of over a million people. The secession of Biafra was a response to perceived marginalization against the Igbo people, and grievances regarding representation and power. Gavin Williams argues that despite almost sixty years since end of the war, its legacy continues to shape Nigerian ...

Dec 12, 2024 · Tensions have escalated following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Ethiopia and Somaliland in January 2024, granting Ethiopia access to the Red Sea in exchange for recognising Somaliland’s independence. The MOU has sparked significant geopolitical friction and intensified regional rivalries. Somalia has actively opposed the agreement, accusing Ethiopia of infringing ...

Sep 29, 2023 · Although the country produces enough food to feed the population, economic access remains a challenge. Kenya’s rate of self-sufficiency in the production and availability of food is 90.3 per cent against an import dependency of 12.7 per cent, but on the four indicators of the Global Food Security Index in 2022, Kenya scored 41.3 per cent on affordability, the only indicator where the country ...

Oct 19, 2017 · “You cannot sing African music in proper English.” – Fela Kuti Now, more than 40 years later, it might be difficult to imagine that Kenyan Benga music was associated with freedom fighters in Rhodesia’s Bush War (the Chimurenga) in the late 1960s through to the late 1970s. In the fight to end white minority rule

Dec 12, 2024 · Insights in an age of complexity. Debt and Austerity: The IMF’s Legacy of Structural Violence in the Global South

May 16, 2024 · In search of the truth, in the public interest. Israeli Gas, Kenyan Tears: Investigating Israel-Supplied Riot Control Agents Used in the Kenya Demonstrations

Dec 12, 2024 · Mwangi Githahu has worked at almost all major media houses in Kenya since 1989 and since 2011 has lived and worked in a number of media organisations in South Africa where until very recently he was a senior multimedia journalist at the Cape Argus.

Sep 4, 2021 · In Uganda, evictions of the poor from land by the dominant economic class have been common in the last two decades. They have mainly been classified under the broader rubric of land grabbing.

Apr 25, 2019 · In conceptual terms, decolonisation is very important to previously colonised peoples because they seek to establish a fresh historical continuum, thereby fostering a sense of collective dignity, restoring forms of blemished consciousness and then equipping themselves with the necessary tools to face the future with renewed vigour.