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Author: Steve Mokaya (Steve Mokaya)
Profiting from political violence. A rate card born in 1992 has resurfaced, leaving a trail of death and destroyed property, and it still prices bloodshed in Kenya today, though no financier has ever answered for it in court.
A Kenyan School Lunch Programme Wins International Prize in Berlin
The programme started with 25 children and now feeds 660,000 across Kenya, pays local farmers, and employs thousands.
Zambia’s Quiet Election Turns Contentious as Opposition Alleges Rigging
President Hakainde Hichilema won a second term decisively, but a fatal raid, a dead former minister and a looming court fight have turned a low-profile vote into one of the region's most closely watched political stories.
Paul Biya, Cameroon’s Absentee President Who Refuses to Leave
After 44 years in power, Biya has presided over a weak economy, corruption at the top of government, and the dismantling of nearly every institution meant to hold him accountable. His latest absence is testing what remains.
Congo’s Ebola Death Toll Passes 2,000 as Conflict, Distrust and Underfunding Widen the Outbreak
WHO says the outbreak could become the worst Ebola epidemic ever recorded if it is not brought under control. The Kenyan facility built to receive exposed Americans remains suspended, though it has quietly housed some. The health workers fighting the outbreak at its source say they still are not being paid.
The Forest That Takes 50 Years to Pay Back
At Portugal's largest agricultural estate, managing ancient cork oaks, high-stakes Lusitano breeding, and delicate ecosystem requires an obsession with restraint- and planning half a century ahead.
England Beats France 6-4 as Mbappe and Saka Make History
A meaningless match for the standings delivered the tournament's wildest scoreline and a changing of the guard at the top of the record books.
South Africa’s June 30 Immigrant Ultimatum Comes and Goes. The Movement Says It Is Not Done.
Marches swept all nine provinces, a movement fractured in public view, a weekly protest declaration changed the shape of the campaign, and six African governments are still waiting for accountability.
What Comes After Coal: Germany’s Long Goodbye
The skies turned blue again, the rivers turned clean again, but the ground occasionally sinks without warning. Inside Germany’s long complicated goodbye to coal.
Welcome to the 2026 FIFA World Cup of Chaos: How Trump’s Policies Are Raining on Football’s Grandest Parade
The 2026 FIFA World Cup opens June 11 with African fans banned, a Somali referee turned away at the airport, Iran squeezed between war and a football pitch, and drug cartels at war in Mexican host cities. Canada is the only co-host without a crisis.









