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What is really behind the West’s colonial nostalgia

There is concerted effort to rehabilitate the colonial past to usher in a new order.

Guarded by members of the Lancashire Fusiliers, police and loyal Kikuyu spearmen, suspected members of the Mau Mau are questioned about the murder of two Europeans near Gilgil, Kenya, on Jan. 8, 1953. (AP Photo, File)

Electoral violence is on the horizon in Kenya

Conditions in Kenya are ripe for the weaponisation of violence in the presidential vote. It is up to Kenyans to stop it.

Riot police move to dismantle a burning roadblock in Nairobi December 31, 2007. Kenyan police fired teargas and shots in the air to disperse youths protesting in a Nairobi slum on Monday against a disputed election that handed President Mwai Kibaki a second term in office, witnesses said. REUTERS/Noor Khamis (KENYA)

Raila Odinga: The symbol and symptom of Kenya’s political tragedy

From hero to compromised insider, his life told the story of a nation undone by the very system it created.

Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga announces they will challenge the results of last week's presidential election in the Supreme Court and wage a campaign of "civil disobedience", at a press conference in Nairobi, Kenya Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Kenya’s protests are not a symptom of failed democracy. They are democracy

The youth leading the protests must not repeat the mistakes of previous generations. They must demand real change.

Protesters march during demonstrations to mark the first anniversary of the deadly 2024 anti-government protests that drew widespread condemnation over the use of force by security agencies, in Nairobi, Kenya June 25, 2025. REUTERS/Donwilson Odhiambo

East Africa’s rulers saw what Gen Z can do – now they’re striking first

Albert Ojwang’s death in Kenya marks a regional crackdown aiming to crush youth-led protests before they re-emerge.

A protester gestures as she sits on the road during a protest over the death of blogger Albert Ojwang in police custody, at the Central Police Station in Nairobi, Kenya

The Nairobi family values conference: When tradition is a colonial trap

Foreign forces continue to push conservative agendas on Africans under the veneer of ‘defending’ African tradition.

Anti-LGBTQ protesters participate in a march in Nairobi, Kenya

Kenya’s pact of silence with its military is breaking

A BBC documentary on security forces killing protesters ignited a firestorm in Kenya – but not for what it revealed.

Anti-Tax Protests Resume As Parliament Considers Controversial Finance Bill

Kenya’s handshake politics: Elite self-preservation disguised as compromise

The recent MoU between William Ruto’s and Raila Odinga’s parties is part of an honoured Kenyan tradition.

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Why some in the Global South are not mourning the demise of USAID

The aid industry has always propped up imperial domination. Its implosion may be an opportunity to shape a new order.

A laid off USAID employee holds a poster of her work, her oath of office, and a suitcase full of personal items, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, after being given 15 minutes to clear out their items from USAID Headquarters in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump’s plan to colonise Gaza is rooted in an old white fantasy

The US president’s imagined entitlement to other people’s land is very familiar to Africans.

A drone view shows Palestinians, who were forcibly displaced to the south of the Gaza Strip by the Israeli army, making their way back to their homes in the north in January 2025