What is their long-term goal and what should world leaders be doing to stop the massacres and human rights abuses? COMMENT | AMANI KASHERWA | In late January, a rebel group that has long caused mayhem in the sprawling African nation of Democratic Republic of Congo took control of Goma, …
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Some campaigns make people more likely to pay a bribe COMMENT | NIC CHEESEMAN & CARYN PEIFFER | Donors and civil society groups spend tens of millions of dollars every year trying to combat corruption. They do it because corruption has been shown to increase poverty and inequality while undermining trust …
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Trump seems determined to unleash chaos and liberal democracies must prepare to defend themselves COMMENT | CHRIS PATTERN | Not since World War II has the free world been more uncertain about American leadership. US President Donald Trump’s plan to impose tariffs on allies like Canada and Mexico shows that. …
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Most people mistakenly assumed that the age of empires had been relegated to the dustbin of history COMMENT | ERIC STORM | Over the past few weeks the new U.S. president, Donald Trump, has repeatedly claimed that the United States should “take back” the Panama Canal and that it should assume …
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OPINION | Ernest Adoa | The world has recently been fascinated with repurposing shipping containers into functional, stylish, and sustainable spaces. Glorious Container Conversion (U) Ltd is at the forefront of this movement, a company that has mastered the art of transforming these steel giants into homes, offices, pop-up shops, and …
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Why Africa should dump the dollar and the euro and develop her own currency for international trade THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | America’s weaponisation of the dollar to settle scores with rivals has opened the eyes of many countries about the risks of having one country print the global …
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Kenya’s Prof Ogot was exceedingly knowledgeable, intellectually stimulating and entertaining and was susceptible to details based on empirical evidence. We nicknamed him “the mobile archives” OGOT TRIBUTE | BY PROF PONTIAN GODFREY OKOTH | When I learnt of Prof. B.A. Ogot’s demise on January 30, 2025, I was flabbergasted, not …
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Many African countries still maintain restrictive visa policies. Even more concerning is that current visa policies often make it easier for non-African travelers, such as Americans and Europeans, to move freely across the continent than African citizens themselves. COMMENT | MAHLET AYELE BEYECHA – CONNECT2AFRICA | The 38th AU Assembly, scheduled …
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AVIATION DIGEST | JARED KALERA | The airline business has always been a delicate and competitive affair worldwide. This is exemplified by the stiff competition that has of recent emerged for the Entebbe route, in the East African nation of Uganda. With the entry of seven new operators at Entebbe …
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COMMENT | IAN BURUMA | Compared to other Western democracies, the United States is still a profoundly religious country. Around 24% of Americans identify as evangelical Christians. Five US Supreme Court justices are conservative Catholics (the only other conservative on the bench, Neil Gorsuch, was raised and educated as a Catholic but is …
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