Three issues define the race to succeed President Mwai Kibaki.
Firstly, how the trials at the International Criminal Court will affect political stability and the fortunes of two of the leading presidential candidates, deputy prime minister Uhuru Kenyatta and former cabinet minister William...
The Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, spoke this week at the Hay Festival in Mexico. In an extract from his talk, he tells Peter Godwin that now is the time to tackle militants in Nigeria
Professor Soyinka, youre not an ivory-tower kind of writer. You are not a stranger to danger, and in...
The 16th of October is World Food Day with the main objective being to increase public awareness of global food problems that countries are currently experiencing, as well as to strengthen unity amongst nations in the struggle against hunger, malnutrition and poverty.
Smartphones and mobile...
A few weeks ago, a student walked up to me and said: Mwalimu (teacher) Im confused.
I did not understand what she meant so she continued: A CPA or MBA programme?
You see, I am good in math but I am not sure my analytical skills are sufficient to pursue financial analysis. I also do...
China could soon expand its involvement in peace and security issues in Africa, according to government officials, researchers and academics from both the Asian giant and resource-rich continent who met at the second China-Africa Think Tanks Forum in Ethiopia.
There is nothing that is not...
Libya has enough evidence to charge Moamer Kadhafi's son Seif al-Islam with crimes against humanity, lawyers told the International Criminal Court on Tuesday amid a dispute over where he should face justice.
The ICC wants Seif, the only son of the slain Libyan leader in custody, to be tried...
In our house in Nsukka, the small university town in eastern Nigeria where I grew up, my parents bedroom harboured a cupboard, reached only by standing on a stepladder. In that cupboard lay a battered brown leather satchel, filled with memorabilia from Biafra. I remember Biafran stamps...
A Nairobi court has stopped US President Barack Obama's half-brother from taking his three-year-old son to America and ordered him to produce the child in court.
Mr George Obama, 30, was sued by his girlfriend who claims that he forcefully took away the boy on September 6 from her Huruma...
I do agree that the youth of today are a little different from we were when we were young but Im afraid that I really dont believe this particular piece of research. Which seems to be claiming that checking Twitter and Facebook is better, or perhaps more addictive, than sex, booze or even...
"Here is the mess," the warder said when he shoved Michael Adams* into an overcrowded cell in Allandale Prison, near South Africa's Cape Town, 10 years ago. That first night, Adams was raped by two men, and he was repeatedly assaulted during much of his time behind bars.
"Two gangsters came...
Demonstrators marched through Nairobis capital today to protest another attempt by Kenyan lawmakers to boost their pay, after it emerged the officials had voted for a $25 million bonus for when they leave office.
In a quiet amendment added to the Finance Bill late Thursday, members of...
When Barcelona meet Real Madrid the biggest subplot is the battle of Lionel Messi vs Cristiano Ronaldo.
Ronaldo is the worlds most expensive player, Real having signed him for $131 in the summer of 2009. Prior to that he had been signed by Manchester United from Sporting Lisbon as an...
As a woman, I can tell you that I'm in a relationship with my breasts. After all, they've always been there for me. And God willing, they will never leave me. On a good breast day, I look in the mirror and Read MORE »
In an event that is sure to embarrass Eritreas long-time ruler, two pilots of that countrys armed forces fled the country on Tuesday, flying in none other than the presidential jet. According to Jazan News, on Tuesday the air force captains flew the aircraft at low altitude across the Red Sea...
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