Ramadan is a period during which Muslims across the world are deeply immersed in worship and are particularly attuned to exhortations by religious scholars.
In Kenya, Islamic public sermonising has traditionally been the domain of male clerics. However, according to my...
African leaders need to look in the mirror and ask where this continent will be in 2030 and 2063
By Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka
The COVID-19 pandemic, one of the world’s most significant events, has resulted in cessation of economic activities that will...
Coronavirus – Africa: African Union Member States reporting COVID-19 cases
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, April 2, 2020/ -- African Union Member States (49) reporting COVID-19 cases (5,940), deaths (210), and recoveries (426) by region:
Central (409 cases, 26 deaths, 17 recoveries): Burundi...
On Thursday 26th March 2020, a group of women street vendors who had been selling food items were attacked and beaten by law enforcement officials, police officers and Local Defense Units (LDUs). The attack took place not long after...
The African region is witnessing a rapid rise in the number of reported confirmed COVID-19 cases
BRAZZAVILLE, Congo (Republic of the), March 26, 2020/ -- The African region is witnessing a rapid rise in the number of reported confirmed COVID-19...
For countries in Africa and other areas where health resources are limited, a little-understood pandemic such as COVID-19 is a challenge that requires a whole-of-society response
NAIROBI, Kenya, March 22, 2020/ -- By Siddharth Chatterjee, United Nations Resident Coordinator to...
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak – ousted by the military in 2011 – has died in Cairo at the age of 91.
Mubarak spent three decades in office before a popular uprising swept Egypt.
He was found guilty of complicity in...
It is famously noted that the African Union (AU) summit is an opportunity for demagogues and dictators of the continent to come together and congratulate each other for surviving yet another year at the helm of pyramids of oppression...
![Moi often blamed the West for bad publicity and the economic hardships many Kenyans had to endure during his rule [FILE: Pedro Ugarte/AFP]](https://i0.wp.com/www.somalilandcurrent.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/b078217bfe5d43718fccaef163b7d9f1_18.jpg?resize=696%2C385&ssl=1 "Kenya’s former President Daniel arap Moi has died, aged 95")
Moi was seen as a unifying figure when he took power in 1978. He led Kenya for 24 years before stepping down in 2002.
Former Kenyan President Daniel Arap Moi, who ruled the East African country with an iron fist...
Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt are a step closer to resolving their disputes over the filling and operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. The dam – a huge project on one of the River Nile’s main tributaries, the Blue Nile in...