That was 2022. A roadside accident in Kenya. A crowd of witnesses has gathered in front of a female reporter’s microphone, and as she adjusts her earphones to start the live broadcast, a young man in ...

The Kenyan politician is to be venerated at all costs, in all situations. When you meet him, have no nerves, be his political pawn. Kiss his red-bottomed Christian Louboutin shoes if you can. Isn’t he ...

“Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently… The people who are crazy enough to think they can change ...

A children’s home in Kajiado County was supposed to be a place of safety. Instead, Africa Uncensored has uncovered deeply disturbing allegations of repeated sexual abuse and the disturbing questions ...

In her August 2022 column for The Nation magazine, Nanjala Nyabola, arguably my generation’s most prolific non-fiction writer, delivered a stark declaration: Kenya is a kakistocracy. Kenya, she said, ...

The tales told of the origins of colonial Nairobi, formerly Enkare Nyirobi, are awash with references to railways, guns and the Imperial British East Africa Company. Animating them are hunters and ...

In the past decade, something profound, beyond the ken of mere statistics, has stirred in the life of the Kenyan Native. The three archetypes who have long presided over the Kenyan question—the Ethnic ...

The East German secret police kept a file on Michael Jackson. He performed near the Berlin Wall in June 1988, and the preparations for his arrival were elaborate. A memo dated May 4, 1988, recorded ...

Kenya Kwanza: The war on graft is dead — in this bruising account, John Githongo traces how anti-corruption institutions were hollowed out, and explores who filled the vacuum, and asks what ordinary ...

We are 3 days away from the Gen Z revolution anniversary and close to within a year of the consequential 2027 elections. How are the youths faring so far as a political constituency and a civic ...

Dozens of opposition members and journalists have been abducted or killed in Mozambique since the 2024 general elections. While authorities have largely failed to investigate the violence, exclusive ...

An urban development masterplan for Nairobi City, developed by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in December 2014.