Browsing: East Africa

The Kenya Human Rights Commission, along with several other rights groups, has raised concerns regarding the rise in abductions in Kenya. In a recent case, five…

Kenya’s controversial policing mission to Haiti – launched mid-last year at the bidding of the US – has so far failed in its stated goal of…

Millions of Ethiopian Orthodox faithful celebrate Christmas almost two weeks after much of the rest of the world, in keeping with the Julian calendar. Christianity arrived…

Askari is a common word used throughout East Africa, but the word has dark origins. Askaris described native African soldiers and Indian soldiers, who served in…

Tourism and conservation have been designed to advance the White man’s agenda. That’s the verdict of Mordecai Ogada, an animal ecology and conservation policy expert who…

Everyone is familiar with the term “Karen,” but have you heard of the mother of all Karens? Her name is Karen Blixen. She was a Danish…

The World Rally Championship traditionally descends on Kenya every year, when thousands of pleasure-seeking fans head to the main action in Naivasha. As African Stream’s Wambura…

Kenyans will remember 2024 for President William Ruto’s extravagant state visit to the US in May, during which Joe Biden announced that Congress was working on…

Mere years after presiding over the Nuremberg trials, Britain was unleashing the same horror on their colonies in Africa. During the struggle for independence in Kenya,…

The traditional, bright and colourful Rwandan art form of Imigongo is being revived after almost disappearing during the country’s genocide in 1994. Looking at these beautiful…