The story of Africa is a story of migration. From the earliest movement of humankind out of the Rift Valley, through the great trading caravans of the Maghreb, to today’s twenty-first century…
The re-election this week of Burundi to the African Union’s Peace and Security Council (akin to the UN’s Security Council) for another two-year term was a clue the will is not there to call…
In 2016, the world faces uncertainty and volatility -- as well as huge opportunities for significant progress. Africa stands not just to gain from these major shifts, but also to lead some of them.
The main opposition party, Chadema, says it is ready to foot the bill for live broadcast of Parliament sessions by Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation after the government limited the service over…
THE Civic United Front (CUF) has announced that it will not participate in the rerun of elections on March 20 following the annulment of the previous poll last October 25 by the Zanzibar Electoral…
The Gates Foundation - widely assumed to be 'doing good', is imposing a neoliberal model of development and corporate domination that's opening up Africa's agriculture to land and seed-grabbing…
A new book titled Bad News: Last Journalists in a Dictatorship paints a grim image of media freedom in Rwanda. The book, released on January 12, is written by Anjan Sundaram, an Indian journalist,…
Dar es Salaam. The government’s decision to limit parliamentary live coverage by Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation (TBC) ignited a heated twitter debate with majority of tweeps dismissing the…
Dodoma. Chaos reigned in Parliament yesterday as police were called in to eject opposition MPs who were protesting a decision to block debate on the government’s move to end nonstop live broadcasts…
In a televised presidential debate in Uganda on January 15, Amama Mbabazi—the independent candidate, who calls his movement Go Forward—asked the audience a rhetorical question: “Do you want a change,…
