Comment & analysis

The quality of life continues to degrade in certain areas of western Libya while public anxiety noticeably rises over missing Libyan children as the first week of an unusually stressful Ramadan passes.

This blog is called ‘Rethinking Zimbabwe’. It seems that a lot of people in Zimbabwe want some rethinking about the operations of international NGOs and aid agencies here.

Post-colonial Sudan has faced one of the longest wars on the African continent, a war which was fought as a war between the south and the north.

Sometimes when a paper produces a defamatory piece, an apology will be published on page two in the next edition along with the day's news.

KCB, the Media Owners Association and the Safaricom Foundation this past week launched “Kenyans for Kenya” – an appeal to ordinary Kenyans to raise half a billion shillings to help mitigate the effects of the drought in northern Kenya.

Within Uganda, it is common to hear arguments that men rape women because women wear indecent clothing or invite men into their homes or drink late into the night with men or accept a ride home.

Kenya’s new constitution sets out new dynamics of power relations in the country’s governance landscape. Public participation is at the heart of this reconfiguration, which is meant to foster a participatory citizenry and the democratisation of all aspects of public life.

What would you say are the colours of ideology that African leaders use to paint the backdrop for their performance and engagement on a continental stage?

The nomination and subsequent appointment of Dr Willy Mutunga as the first chief justice under the new constitution has been welcomed with euphoric optimism and great expectations, reminiscent of how Kenyans welcomed the National Rainbow Coalition government (NARC).

The nomination of Willy Mutunga and Nancy Baraza as chief justice and deputy chief justice respectively by the Judicial Service Commission has been a watershed for a pro-people leadership in Kenya.