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Tanzania 2025 elections: Why Magufuli legacy persists despite Samia's political reforms

Nairobi, April 16 -- It's been three years since the death of Tanzania's former president John Magufuli and the rise to power of current president Samia Suluhu Hassan. Magufuli was Tanzania's fifth p... Read More


Burundi-Rwanda rivalry: RED-Tabara rebel attacks add to regional tensions

Nairobi, April 16 -- The RED-Tabara armed group, based in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has renewed attacks in Burundi since late 2023. The group - which is an abbreviation of the French Res... Read More


Washington Okumu: The Kenyan who saved South Africa's first election

Nairobi, April 12 -- What's sometimes forgotten about the April 26-29,1994 vote that installed the African National Congress (ANC) government in South Africa is that, until the last minute, it looked ... Read More


Children born of rape: Devastating legacy of sexual violence in post-genocide Rwanda

Nairobi, April 5 -- The 1994 Rwandan genocide against the Tutsi led to the murder of more than 800,000 people, an estimated 70 percent of the country's Tutsi population. The unprecedented violence and... Read More


Hotel Rwanda: A film that proved to be a double-edged sword for Kigali

Nairobi, April 5 -- Paul Rusesabagina is perhaps one of the world's best-known Rwandans. His actions during the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi were made famous in the 2004 Hollywood film Hotel Rwanda... Read More


Haiti mission: How Kenya's 1,000-strong force is preparing for planned intervention

Nairobi, April 3 -- Kenya has temporarily halted controversial plans to send a specially trained contingent of 1,000 police officers to Haiti, where armed gang violence recently took a turn for the wo... Read More


Islamic insurgency in Mozambique: SADC troops leaving with mixed results

Nairobi, April 2 -- The Southern African Development Community (SADC) military mission in Mozambique (Samim), which was deployed on July 15, 2021 to fight the Islamic insurgents terrorising the Northe... Read More


Why Nigerian bandits target school children for kidnapping

Uganda, March 27 -- It is every parent's worst nightmare: armed criminals attacking their child's school, kidnapping students and teachers. In some parts of Nigeria, this scenario is not just the stu... Read More


Why Nigerian bandits target school children for kidnapping

Nairobi, March 27 -- It is every parent's worst nightmare: armed criminals attacking their child's school, kidnapping students and teachers. In some parts of Nigeria, this scenario is not just the st... Read More


Senegal ex-president Macky Sall reputation is dented, but he did a lot at home, abroad

Nairobi, March 26 -- Macky Sall's legacy as Senegal's president since 2012 became more complex in his last year in office. The year was so filled with transgressions that they appeared to have tarnish... Read More