Congolese authorities have released a boat detained earlier this week over fears passengers might be carrying the Ebola virus.

Pope Leo called for peace in Sudan on Sunday during an address at the Vatican. Leo singled out El-Obeid, the beseiged capital of North Kordofan state. Residents are facing a lack food, water and medical supplies as fighting in the city continues.

Senator Edwin Sifuna campaigning in Kakamega. PHOTO/UGC. By PATRICK MAYOYO pmayoyo@gmail.com Political history occasionally produces moments that fundamentally reshape expectations. Such moments are characterised not merely by the emergence of a new leader, but by a convergence of public mood, demographic change, political fatigue and an appetite for renewal. Few elections in modern democratic history have captured the public imagination quite like the United States presidential election of 2008. The victory of Barack Obama, then a first-term United States Senator from Illinois, transformed assumptions about political leadership, party establishments and electoral possibility. It demonstrated that even in one of the world’s oldest constitutional democracies, political history can change with remarkable speed when an unusual combination of leadership, organisation and public sentiment converges. More than a decade later, the phrase “Obama Moment” has entered the vocabulary of poli...

Kiharu MP, Ndindi Nyoro. PHOTO/UGC. BY MUHOHO FRANCIS Kiharu MP, Ndīndī Nyoro, stands as a revealing mirror of Mount Kenya’s contemporary leadership crisis. The Member of Parliament is not a leader in the traditional or transformative sense. Rather, he resembles a discotheque performer of economic rhetoric—animated, visible, and constantly in motion, yet ultimately detached from the structural realities he claims to address. He frequently brandishes spreadsheets, speaks fluently about bottom-up economics, and tweets gross domestic product figures as though he alone discovered the arithmetic of development. Yet the fundamental question remains unanswered: where is the parliamentary Bill that translates these assertions into binding law? Where is the motion designed to dismantle the entrenched coffee cartels that continue to impoverish farmers in Kangema, Mathira, and Othaya? Where is the legislative intervention aimed at breaking the dairy sector monopolies that determine the pr...

In Nigeria, people rescued this week after being held captive by jihadists are speaking out about their ordeal. On Thursday, security forces freed 308 people who had been abducted six months ago in two separate locations in the country’s northwest. The government described it as the largest single-day rescue operation in the country’s history.

In recent years, Lake Baringo in Kenya’s Rift Valley has risen to levels not seen in decades. Scientists say extreme rainfall linked to climate change is behind the surge, submerging communities and bringing dangerous wildlife closer to people, with attacks on the rise. Laurent Berstecher has more.

Learn how to perform Social Media Network Analysis using practical tools such as NodeXL, Gephi, X Analytics, Meta Business Suite and Telegram API. This guide explains how businesses, researchers and marketers can analyse their own channels and competitor networks, identify influencers, measure engagement patterns and understand online communities.

Cyberespionage is becoming a growing concern for African businesses as attackers increasingly target corporate data, credentials and digital infrastructure. New research highlights rising spyware, password-stealing malware and advanced threats across the region, showing why cybersecurity has become a strategic business priority.

By Prof. MarkAnthony Nze The Law Nigeria Already Has: Regulation 20 and a Question for the Agency A law nobody enforces is still a law, and somebody is breaking it. Claims that African jurisdictions impose no ingredient-labelling duty on menstrual products run through the advocacy literature, through trade commentary, and through the early drafting of […]

An Argentine television host mistakenly announced Jorge Messi’s death live on air in June, retracting the claim and apologizing within hours. The false report proved premature by seven weeks. Lionel Messi’s father died Friday night at a hospital in Rosario, Argentina, at age 68, after an illness the family kept undisclosed for months, the Sanatorio […]