In April of 2023, two factions of the Sudanese armed forces, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), began attacking each other in the capital city of Khartoum ...

When Flora Wambeti and her husband James Mungai received news that unknown individuals had sent a breakdown truck to remove a container they had placed on their piece of land in Thika town, they ...

During the South Sudan independence celebrations on 9 July 2011 at Freedom Square, next to the John Garang Mausoleum, the unity of purpose and hope for the future was electrifying. One could hardly ...

Argentina’s President Javier Milei has declared war—not just on the political “caste,” but on the very institutions that safeguard public welfare. In just over a year, he has slashed pensions, gutted ...

Since independence, successive Kenyan governments have—even in the worst of times—relied on a few honourable men and women to sustain the civic public. More importantly, these men and women of honour ...

There is an oft-circulated photograph of a January 1968 copy of the Daily Nation with the banner headline: GOVT. PLEDGE TO CRUSH CORRUPTION. Above the headline, there is a strap that carries the ...

Africa’s health systems are deeply influenced by the structures of the global political economy. From international financial institutions (IFIs) to private health initiatives, the governance of ...

Arecent New Yorker cover, “A Mother’s Work: A Glimpse into the Lives of New York’s Caretakers,” sparked heated discussion on social media for its striking portrayal of migrant women’s realities. The ...

The streets of Nairobi’s Central Business District are heavy with the smell of tear gas. It is July 11, 2024, and the youth are protesting against corruption and poor governance, the tail end of the ...

Last month, Kenya’s president William Ruto offered to host the second biennial African Climate Summit later this year, should no other African country be willing to take on the task. Ruto made this ...

On a December day in 2013, I witnessed a large group of people carrying firearms, which was a first for me. The group, known as Ng’iraia, had travelled from Southern Turkana to raid Nadome, an area in ...

For decades, the standard explanation for Africa’s weak institutions has barely changed. The story goes like this: corruption is the root cause of institutional failure, and the solution is ...