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Why failing an exam may be about the system rather than the student
The rising scale of competition to get a university degree in Kenya shows that while grades still matter, many young people are rethinking what success looks like and taking new pathways to fulfilling careers.
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Dayo Yusuf
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Barrel bomb attacks drive mass displacement in South Sudan
Estimating the death toll is impossible as many civilians remain hiding in the bush amid escalating violence, a local civil society leader says.
'I don’t know what will become of her. She’s a girl'
Tales from women in remote places reveal strikingly similar challenges during pregnancy and childbirth across continents, highlighting a global safe motherhood issue.
By
Staff Reporter
How has Uganda's Museveni stayed at the helm for 40 years?
President Yoweri Museveni has sought to frame his long tenure as necessitated by circumstances and not personal ambition although experts point to his strategic positioning.
By
Emmanuel Oduor
Bitter truth: How low taxes on sugary drinks and spirits cost Africa its health
Low taxes and easy availability of sugary drinks and alcoholic spirits remain a politically convenient decision, shifting the true cost of consumption onto overstretched hospitals and grieving families.
By
Pauline Odhiambo
CLIMATE SHOCKS: WHY YOUNG AFRICAN ACTIVISTS ARE DRIVING A STRATEGY RETHINK
A continent battered by escalating climate shocks is being pushed by its young activists to abandon ritualised grievance and step into global negotiations with solutions that force the world to take Africa seriously.
By
Charles Mgbolu
How Sudan's broken healthcare slipped under the radar through 1,000 days of war
Pauline Odhiambo
Aden Abdullahi: Mogadishu's animal whisperer battles taboos to save strays
Nuri Aden
What Kenya's workplace crèche mandate means for motherhood
Dayo Yussuf
Why Mombasa's proposed ban on addictive stimulant 'muguka' is a public-policy flashpoint
Muguka addiction has become almost a public health emergency in parts of Kenya, pitting proponents of a ban against a national law that keeps the herbal stimulant rooted in tradition on the shelves.
By
Fathiya Omar
Sudan war: After 1,000 days of fighting, women bear the brunt of world's worst humanitarian crisis
Friday, Jan. 9, marks the 1,000th day of war in Sudan. The UN says majority of female-headed households are suffering acute hunger crisis.
By
Sylvia Chebet
Funding boost helps disabled women footballers in Kenya stay in the game
A foundation headed by a young philanthropist is helping disabled women footballers in Nairobi train safely and consistently, removing barriers that previously stopped them from realising their potential.
By
Firmain Eric Mbadinga
Major tech events shaping Africa’s innovation agenda in 2026
African tech conferences in 2026 are helping sharpen cutting-edge ideas of young African innovators
By
Staff Reporter
Why Africa should be concerned with Trump's raid on Venezuela
Experts warn that the US military action in Venezuela could set the stage for normalising attacks against leaders of other nations that have been on the receiving end of confrontations with President Donald Trump’s administration.
By
Emmanuel Oduor
Ltungai: Where women fence off men for their protection
This northern Kenyan settlement inhabited only by Samburu women and children provides a self-governed sanctuary for survivors of violence and social ostracism.
By
Kevin Philips Momanyi
PRESSURE AND PROGRESS: HOW AFRICA REPOSITIONED ITSELF IN 2025
Africa wrapped up 2025 with its share of turmoil and triumphs, pushed to the brink by a cocktail of political, social and diplomatic crises, yet steadily claiming more space in a realigned global order.
By
Susan Mwongeli
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Nuri Aden
Why Israel's recognition of Somaliland has sparked a global backlash
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Nuri Aden
How a lone rescue and rehab centre bears Kenya's mental illness burden
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Nuri Aden
What Mogadishu's first direct suffrage in nearly 60 years means for democracy
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Pauline Odhiambo
How drug resistance undermines Africa's malaria milestones
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HOW THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS CENTURY CHANGED THE WORLD
From imagining a telephone as a bell in the 1960s to teaching over Zoom in a borderless digital village, each generation proves how technology keeps widening the radius of human possibility.
By
Sylvia Chebet
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