H. Nanjala Nyabola

Barack Obama has the most difficult job in the world.

One of my most enduring memories of Cairo is sitting in a taxi in the suffocating summer heat of 2008, getting ready to return to the hotel after an afternoon sightseeing in Old Cairo.

This has not been a good week to be Kenyan. The opportunistic and short-sighted gamesmanship of our politicians, we’re unfortunately accustomed to.

If you’re not a big fan of clichés, now may be a good time to cut back on your internet usage. In fact, you may want to stop reading things altogether for a few days (except, of course, this website).

I’ve been reading the news coming out of Southern Sudan with a great deal of trepidation. I’m categorically not against the referendum and the potential split of Africa’s largest country.