NEWS ANALYSIS

Controversy over delay to implement tech-driven traffic regulations enforcement system ANALYSIS | RONALD MUSOKE | A month after the government paused the Express Penalty System (EPS Auto) for review, road safety experts and activists are demanding its quicker-implementation. The road safety advocates are concerned that the EPS Auto system could easily …

African startups are designing and assembling electric vehicles tailored for local delivery needs. From solar-powered cold chains to pharma-compliant vans, these innovations are cutting costs, reducing emissions, and transforming how goods move across the last mile. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | Kenya’s Roam has recently partnered with logistics startup Keep …

Shifting from dirty fossil fuels to cleaner renewable energy is the ultimate end goal under the global Just Transition campaign. But, Africa has another priority: eradicate energy poverty first. New cross-border oil and gas pipeline projects aim to do just that, as a way to support Africa’s unique transition to …

  Harare, Zimbabwe | Gamuchirai Masiyiwa, Global Press Journal Zimbabwe |   It’s been months since lecturers at the University of Zimbabwe, the country’s oldest and most prestigious university, stepped aside. Their salaries, eroded by inflation and currency devaluation, could no longer cover their basic needs, they said. That was in …

Kenya has a long history of civic activism, with citizens raising their voice to hold public officials accountable. Now, concerned Kenyans are calling for their government to abide by the constitution’s mandate to separate religion and state, as President Ruto moves ahead with a plan to build a church at …

Kampala, Uganda | Nakisanze Segawa &  Global Press Journal Uganda |  — In January, Eron Kiiza, a human rights lawyer, represented opposition leader and four-time presidential candidate Kizza Besigye in military court. Soldiers blocked his entry and directed him to sit in a different section. Kiiza refused. They forcibly removed him, and minutes …

Bogota, Colombia | AGENCIES | In the most ambitious multilateral action since the start of Gaza genocide 21 months ago, a coalition of cross-regional states gathered in Bogotá has agreed to six coordinated diplomatic, legal and economic measures to restrain Israel’s assault on the Occupied Palestinian Territories and defend international law …

  Harare, Zimbabwe | Linda Mujuru Global Press Journal ZIMBABWE | In 2023, Peter, a truck driver, was approaching a border checkpoint between Zimbabwe and Mozambique. He had little reason to question what was in his truck’s sealed container — he’d transported shipments for this Chinese-owned company before. “We just thought everything …

The rise in digital financial services like mobile wallets, savings apps, and instant loans are opening access to money for millions of African women, helping to narrow long-standing gender gaps and giving women greater financial control and independence. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY |  At the crack of dawn on …

World unites to end Israel’s U.S.-backed crimes against occupied Palestine ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | Ministerial delegates from more than 30 nations gathered in the Colombian capital Bogotá on July 15 for an emergency summit focused on “concrete measures” to end Israel’s U.S.-backed genocide in Gaza and other crimes against occupied Palestine. …