Browsing: East Africa

Sudan has recalled its ambassador from Kenya following a diplomatic dispute over establishing the Founding Alliance for Sudan in Nairobi. This coalition, built around the paramilitary…

Kenyan freedom fighter Pio Gama Pinto was assassinated 60 years ago. He was one of Kenya’s leading socialist voices and, in the spirit of internationalism, developed…

Kenya just pulled off a diplomatic ‘masterstroke’ – hosting Sudan’s genocidal paramilitary, the Rapid Support Forces in Nairobi. While most of the world recognises the RSF…

In a twist worthy of a political drama, Kenya’s aspirations for the African Union chairmanship have once again come unstuck. Nairobi’s candidate – former prime minister…

Six decades ago, the African world was robbed of two revolutionary giants. Kenya’s freedom fighter Pio Gama Pinto and pan-African revolutionary Malcolm X were assassinated within…

Rwanda has turned its back on a $99-million aid programme with Belgium – accusing the latter of blackmail. Kigali alleges that Brussels – together with the…

An unsettling silence envelops Rwanda. Kigali is complicit in the mineral war that’s tearing the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo apart. The UN says Kigali has…

Sudan has accused Kenya of actively siding with the country’s destabilisers – after Nairobi platformed, the UAE-backed Rapid Support Forces (RSF). To add insult to injury,…

‘Rolling out the red carpet while Sudan burns’ – that’s how political commentator @djbwakali describes Kenya’s hosting the Rapid Support Forces, which unveiled plans in Nairobi…

Kenya’s involvement in Sudan’s proxy war has come under scrutiny after Nairobi hosted the UAE-backed Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on February 18. While in the Kenyan…