insert_link Sport Paris 2024: How Africa performed in Paris and the road to the 2028 LA Olympics By Stephen Granger, via bird story agency For a little over two weeks, hundreds of thousands of Paris-based spectators and billions globally were treated to another edition of ‘The Greatest Show on Earth’. The Olympic Games have no equal as a vehicle to show off the extraordinary sporting talent of the human race. Tickets for sports, which normally would scarcely attract more than the families of the participants, […] todayAugust 15, 2024 21
insert_link 3 Oshiwambo Epangulo lomufitaongalo ta tamanekelwa omadipao ovakwaneongalo laye mo Kenya, ola hovela Omangu mo Kenya oyati oya hovela nepangelo linasha nomufitaongalo oo tapangulilwa omadipao ovanhu vongeleka yaye vedulife po 400. Paul Mackenzie,takutiwa okuli omuwiliki wongeleka yo Good News International Church, okwa taalela omatamaneko ayooloka omo mwakwatelwa omadipao, ehepeko lounona oshoyo oukulo. Omatamaneko oo ataalela okweya poluhaela shalandula eshi kweli tuwilwe eembila dovanhu omafele mu April 2023, ovo vaitavelwa kutya ovali ovakwaneongalo laye. Mackenzie pefimbo aholokele komesho yomangu mu January 2024, okweli popilile […] todayAugust 13, 2024 18 3
insert_link Africa Young, urban, African: research explores what it means to be a good citizen in Ghana, Uganda and Tanzania By Amy S. Patterson, Sewanee: The University of the South; Megan Hershey, Whitworth University, and Tracy Kuperus, Calvin University Young people between the ages of 18 and 35 make up two-thirds of Africa’s population. The number is expected to reach 75% by 2030. They live in an environment of rapid urbanisation, high unemployment rates and poor state services. These are some of the factors that incline young people […] todayAugust 8, 2024 27
insert_link Africa Kenyan protesters are demanding President Ruto be removed – what the law says about how that could happen By John Mukum Mbaku, Weber State University In June 2024, many Kenyans took to the streets to protest what they believed were punitive taxes imposed by President William Ruto’s government. Though the president caved in and withdrew the contentious Finance Bill 2024, protesters are unmoved and now insist that he leave office. No Kenyan president has ever been removed prematurely from office. The opposition, led by the Azimio […] todayAugust 7, 2024 12
insert_link Africa Nigeria police fire tear gas on hardship protests By Laurie Churchman Nigerian police fired tear gas on Thursday to break up several hundred protesters in the northern city of Kano and in the capital Abuja where demonstrators had joined in nationwide rallies against the high cost of living. Africa's most populous country is struggling with soaring inflation and a sharply devalued naira after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu ended a costly fuel subsidy and liberalised the […] todayAugust 1, 2024 37
insert_link Africa Protests in Kenya and Uganda highlight corruption at the top – but political elites don’t give in without a fight By Inge Amundsen, Chr. Michelsen Institute The recent protests by young people in Kenya and Uganda have highlighted a form of corruption that is difficult to deal with: political corruption. Compared to its cousin, administrative or bureaucratic corruption (such as a civil servant soliciting a bribe to provide a public service), political corruption is much more difficult to fight. This is because it is perpetrated […] todayAugust 1, 2024 26
insert_link Africa Cheaper data beckons in Africa as satellite internet roll-out intensifies By Conrad Onyango, bird story agency A year after the introduction of commercial-scale satellite internet by Elon Musk’s Starlink in Africa, significant developments are beginning to reshape the continent's internet landscape, with cheaper and faster internet increasingly available in Africa as satellite infrastructure rollouts expand and competition among providers intensifies. In May, Liquid Intelligent Technologies, a major internet player with a presence in 14 countries […] todayJuly 29, 2024 74
insert_link Africa Kenyan Police Detain Protesters Including Activist Boniface Mwangi Kenyan police detained several individuals on Thursday as they attempted to deliver a petition to the president's office and lay flowers in memory of those killed during anti-government protests a month ago says Reuters. Among the detainees was Boniface Mwangi, a prominent activist. Protester Hanifa Adan reported on X that some parents of those killed in the June 25 protest were also detained. todayJuly 26, 2024 26
insert_link Africa Kenya’s Ruto appoints opposition allies Kenya's President William Ruto has nominated key allies of main opposition leader Raila Odinga to his cabinet, in the latest move to quell growing dissatisfaction with his government. According to the BBC, he gave four posts to the opposition - including the powerful finance and energy ministries. This is the first time the opposition will serve in government since Odinga took up the post of prime minister in then-President Mwai […] todayJuly 25, 2024 9