Based in Nairobi, Kenya-Akinyi is The African Exponent's East African Correspondent-bringing to you all important stories from the Eastern part of Africa right on your computer.
By Alfred P. B. Kiadii Unity Party is in a free fall due to the factional battles within its ranks. With such fast degeneracy, the lack of coherence in its central command, porosity of strategy due to massive leak, coupled with the no money syndrome, a George Weah presidency engineered
Rapidly expanding access to the internet across Africa is helping grassroots opposition movements take on once-invulnerable regimes. Many entrenched rulers have a simple response: pulling the plug. While countries in the Middle East and China employ firewalls and block virtual private networks to control web access, leaders in Africa increasingly
Respect for the Constitution in some African countries seems to be a remote possibility. The Constitutions would have been duly drafted, but at the whims of certain presidents, they are subject to change. In many African countries, the provisions of the Constitution are just there on paper. The actual implementation
The media crackdown in Tanzania has become quite intense as the third newspaper since June has been shut down. The government viewed the newspaper as unethical and had the discretion to shut it down. It is being reported that quite a number of newspapers in Tanzania, those in the private
A Zimbabwean reporter who writes for the local daily NewsDay has been detained over a story he wrote that said Grace Mugabe donated used underwear to the ruling party ZANU-PF's supporters. The reporter, Kenneth Nyangani, wrote an article saying that the country's First Lady donated used
A health crisis has engulfed Madagascar as 19 lives have been claimed by plague, and 85 others have been infected in just two months; the health minister of the island revealed. Plague, a highly infectious disease carried by small mammals like rats, killed millions of people across the world in
Our friend and fellow UbuntuFM community contributor Ikenna is from Nigeria. He is Igbo, a people native to the South Eastern part of Nigeria. According to Igbo lore, they are a nation of people descendant from Gad, the seventh son of Jacob, as recorded in Bible. This puts the Igbo
In recent years, young Moroccan people from the Diaspora, second and third generations, have been duly involved in acts of violence and terrorism in Europe to such an extent that several media have focused on this phenomenon in an attempt to understand why, bearing in mind that Morocco is one
“Unbeknown to most employers, people with disabilities sparked the creation of many of the technologies we use today,” Haben Girma boldly asserts in a new article on Financial Times. She is one of the best authorities to speak on the condition and experience of the disabled in the secular world
A Tanzanian court has sentenced six men to 20 years in jail each for chopping off the hand of an albino boy in the hope of selling it as a witchcraft charm. The men were charged with severing the left hand of 12-year-old Mwigulu Matonange in February 2013 and running
African women have done some of the most remarkable feats on the continent and in the whole world at large, and such feats ought to be celebrated and be given the worth they deserve. African women continue to scale great heights and defy the gender barriers put in front of
About four months ago, Mastercard released the results of its inaugural Index of Women Entrepreneurs (MIWE) which showed that Uganda and Botswana have the highest rates of female entrepreneurship in the world. The results revealed a lot of information pertaining how women are faring in the business fraternity vis-a-vis their
Africa has endured and struggled to establish robust and legitimate democracies over the years which have had a negative impact on development in some countries. The elections in some of Africa’s countries are only just a “formality,” as Rwanda’s Kagame put it. Over the years, there has been
The Raila Odinga and Uhuru Kenyatta showdown is back and no less exciting and nerve-racking. Kenyan elections are upon us and tensions are as high as expectations. Raila Odinga, the opposition coalition leader running for the fourth time has predicted a resounding victory in the elections contrary to polls suggesting
Africa has not been covered fairly by Western media. It sounds like deflection from facing home-grown problems: convenient, childish escapism and denial but it is the truth. There is a penchant for screaming headlines that are usually inaccurate. Take for example, “U.S. to Commit Up to 3,000 Troops
In fact, whether they want it or not, Moroccans are a schizophrenic nation, and they seem to take this diagnostic with great ease and even pride. Actually, no one seems to be preoccupied by this mental situation, and no one seems to suggest a group or individual therapy for a
