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 ...

“What are you going to do for us today?” one of the boys asks me. I tell him I have brought some bread and milk and there is an eruption of cheers and shouts. It is as if Kenya has won the World Cup, ...

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 ...

In light of the recent political events since June 2024 in Kenya, a dearth of voices have tried to situate and tie these sets of events to immediate pressing concerns and triggers such as theft and ...

Ever heard of the orphan-crushing machine? In 2020, a now defunct Twitter account posted this: “Every heartwarming human interest story in America is like, ‘He raised $20,000 to keep 200 orphans from ...

Apart from those very directly involved at the heart of the recent bout of fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), nobody will ever know the full story. Wars being what they are, ...

In this review of Adam Hanieh’s recent book, Crude Capitalism: Oil, Corporate Power, and the Making of the World Market, Amina Adebisi Odofin draws out its connections to the Niger Delta, Palestine, ...

The clash between progress and cultural heritage often results in painful outcomes, particularly the loss of family land and historical homes. The question remains: At what cost are we changing our ...

Few relationships are as fraught with complexity and moral ambiguity as those between the United States and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Recently, former US President Joe Biden visited ...

Apart from those very directly involved at the heart of the recent bout of fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), nobody will ever know the full story. Wars being what they are, ...