Opinion

Political debates are considered a key part of campaign outreach in many democracies as early as 1920's. A leaders' debate...

Images of distressed members of the Maasai community being forcibly moved from their homes, beaten, and harassed by police and...

There is a perennial statement attributed to Joseph Stalin, leader of the U.S.S.R. from 1922 through 1953, about voting versus...

Kenya has four presidential candidates in the August 2022 general election. They recently launched their manifestos, and one thing ties...

Early morning on Sunday, February 14, 2010, I got a call from James Orengo, Prime Minister Raila Odinga’s close confidante,...

About 2.6 billion people – nearly half of the global population, most of them in Africa, Asia and central and...

A first-time driver on Kenyan roads is likely to think that commercial and passenger service vehicles are highly regulated. Drivers...

Azimio la Umoja One Kenya leader Mr. Raila Odinga has indicated growing the double-digit economy through manufacturing. This, he said,...

Strip away the celebrity intrigue and media frenzy, and the high-profile court battle between actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard...

Using the words power, abuse, and private gain in one sentence amounts to corruption. According to the United Nations, corruption...

The inaction of China reportedly deeply disappointed the Russian elites, understandably. Many expected that China would exploit the chaos in...

As we go to the Polls, let's be wary of unvetted opinion polls, false information and 'Fake News' targeted at...

Many agree with Nigerian writer, poet, and critic Chinua Achebe that politics is a dirty game. I think it is...

Kenya’s National Cohesion and Integration Commission recently listed 23 counties that are considered potential violence hotspots ahead of the country’s...

On Sunday Emmanuel Macron was reelected as the French president, defeating his far-right opponent Marine Le Pen. Emmanuel Macron secured...

Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, acquired Twitter in a US$44 billion deal on April 25, 2022, 11 days after...

Kenya’s former president Mwai Kibaki, who died last week, was widely praised for his economic transformation of Kenya, first as...

Emmanuel Macron’s decisive victory over Marine Le Pen in the second round of France’s presidential election on 24 April 2022...

In early March the United Nation’s General Assembly voted on a resolution demanding Russia immediately stop its military operations in...

The election campaign period in Kenya is typically hectic for the statutory body that keeps tabs on inflammatory speech on...

Emilio Stanley Mwai Kibaki, who has died at the age of 90, was born on November 15, 1931 in Othaya,...

Rajiv Bhatia, who represented India as the most senior diplomat to Kenya, South Africa and Lesotho for a combined seven...

Imran Khan is no longer the Prime Minister of Pakistan. Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan was ousted from office in...

The recent party nomination of deputy president William Samoei Ruto as a presidential candidate sets the stage for a tight...

Before you use your smartphone to Google for the answer, be reminded that in 2021, some 1.5 billion smartphones were...

We are living under the shadow of nuclear war and environmental disasters. The War in Ukraine is a clear reminder...

The war in Yemen will enter its eighth year this week with civilian casualties on the rise and unstoppable inflation,...

As Kenya heads towards elections, concerns about the outbreak of electoral violence tend to rise. Existing research has offered several...

Erdogan rolls out the red carpet for Israeli President Isaac Herzog and calls it a turning point in history. For...

According to media reports, U.S President Joe Biden is moving to split $7 billion in frozen Afghan central bank assets...