The EastAfrican The belief in Abdalla Hamdok comes from the many senior positions he has held in various organisations in the last three decades.His experience at the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance is likely to come in handy as Sudan embarks on a transition to civilian rule from decades of military rule since […]
A Little Drift The sharp guffaw of a wild baboon startled me from sleep. Close as a whisper, the eerie sound ricocheted through my dreams. I awoke in full fight or flight response mode. My eyes whipped open, careening around the space; they slowly adjusted to the soft ochre light emanating from the banked campfire. From somewhere […]
Eye radio, By Daniel Danny The Intergovernmental Authority on Development, IGAD, has convened a consultation meeting in Addis up for the peace parties in South Sudan to discuss the security arrangement and the number of states. These are tasks that were meant to be completed within the pre-transitional period. IGAD summoned representatives of the parties […]
National Review Will the Erdogan regime become to that continent what Saudi Arabia became to the Middle East? When the Carter and Reagan administrations began supporting Islamists in Afghanistan, few policymakers recognized the Pandora’s box they were opening. The great global threat, after all, was Communism. And even if radical Islamism was a threat — as […]
Hundreds of people have taken to the streets of Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, chanting revolutionary songs and waving national flags after the country’s military rulers and opposition coalition signed a hard-won constitutional declaration. The document, initialled on Sunday, paves the way for a transition to civilian rule following the toppling of longtime President Omar al-Bashir in April. It […]
CNN By Stephanie Bailey and Briana Duggan In Nairobi, Kenya, an informal network of vibrantly decorated minibuses — known as matatus — zigzags through the streets blaring out music and taking commuters to and from work. Matatus are the most common form of public transport in Kenya, with tens of thousands operating in Nairobi alone. […]
For decades shiny objects like Clooney have acted as foreground shills for more powerful people, propagandizing the American public in order to start wars in our name and with our troops harming untold millions of people around the world. We are responsible for what is done in our name, it’s on us to get educated, […]
Fodors If you’re searching for your next adrenaline rush, look no further than Jinja, Uganda. Situated at the source of the Nile River, Jinja not only offers the opportunity to tick one of the seven natural wonders of the world off your bucket list, but it’s bursting with action-packed activities. We’ve compiled seven reasons why Jinja happens […]
The East African In Summary Kenya and Ethiopia are working to speed up the issue of the title deed. Progress on the Lapsset Corridor project, a vast undertaking of ports, pipelines, roads, and railways serving Kenya, Ethiopia, and South Sudan in the first phase, had been halting until the uptick in recent months. Ethiopia has […]
Wall Street Journal, By Deborah Dunn I’D BEEN IN Volcanoes National Park, a sliver of jungle in northern Rwanda, for all of 30 minutes, when a fur ball the size of an ottoman came barreling toward me. To be fair, I was on his turf. I had been spying on the fur ball’s family—nine mountain gorillas, […]
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