Burn Out: The Hidden Toll On Ugandaβs Journalists
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Land, Gold & Power: Corporate Interests and A Communityβs Fight For Home
Across Western Kenya, foreign mining corporations and commercial interests are expanding deep into ancestral lands in search of gold. Local communities find themselves caught between…
Read full article βBotswanaβs diamond decline: Mining towns empty as workers flee economic uncertainty
By Keletso Thobega Jwaneng, Botswana The hot Kalahari sun batters the tarmac as pedestrians swipe beads of sweat from their faces. Tshenolo Kebadiretse 42, tends…
Read full article βKenyaβs water war paused after churches intervened but peace is as fragile as rainfall
By Teresia Gitau LOITOKTOK, Kenya β Every morning feels surreal to Naila Nashipae, 42. She walks two kilometers from her house to the Noolturesh River…
Read full article βBeyond the politics of fear in Manderaβs cross-border networks
By Teresia Gitau When Halima Abdi leaves Mandera for Somaliaβs Beled Hawo each morning to restock her kiosk, she doesnβt see foreign soldiers or security…
Read full article βKenyaβs Opposition Is Fighting for Relevance with Gen Z
By Paul Odil Tens of thousands of mourners packed the Mamboleo Stadium in Kisumu on 18 October 2025 to view the body of veteran opposition…
Read full article βIn Kenyaβs Bungoma County, girls are growing up holding babies instead of books
By Joel Massibo Bungoma County, Kenya Sharon sits on the edge of a wooden bed in Bukembe, gently rocking her infant to sleep. She is…
Read full article βIn Singrobo, the Broken Promises of CΓ΄te dβIvoireβs Dam
In CΓ΄te dβIvoire, the Singrobo-Ahouaty hydropower dam was meant to showcase President Alassane Ouattaraβs vision of green growth and inclusive development. One year after the…
Read full article βUncovering Match Fixing in Kenyan Football | VOICES IN DARKNESS EP 4
One team has dominated the Kenyan Premier League 21 times, with 4 others dominating the top 5 in almost every season. Could match fixing in…
Read full article βThe Fixers: Uncovering Kenyaβs Match Fixing Network
Kenyan football is facing its biggest threat, with perennial allegations of match fixing eroding the quality and integrity of the beloved sport. So what happens…
Read full article βInside Kenyaβs Protest Abductions | Shadows of Fear
They picked him from the streets with no warrant, no charge, and no court arraignment. Just a locked room & silence. Mulinge Muteti, a Kenyan…
Read full article βPower and performance: How African Union organs are shaping, or failing, AfricaβsΒ FutureΒ
By Mkhululi ChimoioΒ An institution born out of a need for a unifying force against historical conflicts, poverty, poor governance, and economic isolation in a…
Read full article βA Campaign of Disappearances: Inside the Killings, Abductions and Surveillance of Mozambiqueβs Government Critics
Key findings.Β The abduction of journalist Arlindo Chissale is part of a broader pattern of enforced disappearances and political killings in Mozambique, with over 300…
Read full article βMyanmar Scam Compounds: Harrowing Tales of Trafficked East Africans
By Moige WilliamΒ and Ronald Ssekandi East Africaβs high unemployment level is pushing young people to the extreme where well organised individuals through fraudulent job…
Read full article βEthiopian Election 2026: All You Need to Know About Registered Candidates
May 31, 2026 (Ethiopia Insider)Β β The 7th general national elections in Ethiopia are scheduled for Monday, June 1, 2026. Official documents from the National Election…
Read full article βCultivating Change: Maasai Women Rewriting the Story of Land Rights in Narok, Kenya
By Nancy Oseur Loitaβs rolling green hills and untouched forests create the image of a community living in harmony with nature. Beneath this beauty, however,…
Read full article βNigeria | Technology 0, politicians 1
ByΒ Theophilus Abbah How new machines did not help Nigerian voters βI was so frustrated and exhausted,β Josephine Ochadamu says when asked about her experiences as…
Read full article βCΓ΄te dβIvoire | AΒ mirageΒ ofΒ democracyΒ
ByΒ Selay Kouassi It is March 2025, seven months before the much-anticipated presidential elections. In the brightly lit conference room of the Plateau MΓΆvenpick Hotel in…
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