Sunday 8 March 2026
East Africa
Current
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Since the United States and Israel launched coordinated military strikes against Iran, an escalation widely viewed as a consequential turning point for regional security dynamics, the risk of wider economic and geopolitical spillover has increased across adjacent strategic corridors. The joint…
Since the United States and Israel launched coordinated military strikes against Iran, an escalation widely viewed as a consequential turning point for regional security dynamics, the risk of wider economic and geopolitical spillover has increased across adjacent strategic corridors. The joint…
Current
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The United States is preparing to dispatch its Deputy Secretary of State, Christopher Landau, on a tour of East Africa in late January, a trip expected to include Kenya, Ethiopia, and Djibouti. The visit is being read as a signal of the return of economic diplomacy to the forefront of international…
The United States is preparing to dispatch its Deputy Secretary of State, Christopher Landau, on a tour of East Africa in late January, a trip expected to include Kenya, Ethiopia, and Djibouti. The visit is being read as a signal of the return of economic diplomacy to the forefront of international…
Culture
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Forced into exile by war at home, Sudan’s national team turned instability into resolve. Against all odds, they carried East Africa back onto the AFCON stage and into the knockout rounds.…
Forced into exile by war at home, Sudan’s national team turned instability into resolve. Against all odds, they carried East Africa back onto the AFCON stage and into the knockout rounds.…
Thoughts
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In January 1964, a manual labourer from Uganda seized power in Zanzibar. The revolution, and the violence that followed in its wake, would reshape the region forever.…
In January 1964, a manual labourer from Uganda seized power in Zanzibar. The revolution, and the violence that followed in its wake, would reshape the region forever.…
Culture
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ICJ Vice-President Julia Sebutinde’s defense of Israel’s war in Gaza exposes the colonial roots of Christian Zionism in East Africa. Her stance reflects how borrowed theology still shapes African elites and their politics today.…
ICJ Vice-President Julia Sebutinde’s defense of Israel’s war in Gaza exposes the colonial roots of Christian Zionism in East Africa. Her stance reflects how borrowed theology still shapes African elites and their politics today.…
Books
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Former Eritrean ambassador Andebrhan Giorgis argues that Isaias Afwerki has squandered Eritrea’s independence through decades of authoritarianism and repression. …
Former Eritrean ambassador Andebrhan Giorgis argues that Isaias Afwerki has squandered Eritrea’s independence through decades of authoritarianism and repression. …
Analysis
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Rwanda’s military deployments in Mozambique and its shadowy ties to M23 rebels in eastern Congo are not isolated interventions, rather part of a broader geopolitical strategy to expand its regional influence.
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Rwanda’s military deployments in Mozambique and its shadowy ties to M23 rebels in eastern Congo are not isolated interventions, rather part of a broader geopolitical strategy to expand its regional influence.
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Analysis
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As Kenya’s Gen Z protests shake the region, East Africa’s youth watch, reflect—and brace. From street crackdowns to satire and song, dissent takes many forms under ageing regimes. …
As Kenya’s Gen Z protests shake the region, East Africa’s youth watch, reflect—and brace. From street crackdowns to satire and song, dissent takes many forms under ageing regimes. …
Art
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A legendary voice of Eritrea’s Tigre-speaking people, Idris Wed Amir turned heartbreak and hardship into lyrical brilliance — shaping a cultural legacy that endures to this day. …
A legendary voice of Eritrea’s Tigre-speaking people, Idris Wed Amir turned heartbreak and hardship into lyrical brilliance — shaping a cultural legacy that endures to this day. …
Culture
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Once a city of art, resistance and riverside cafés, Khartoum now lies gutted by war. Displaced by the war, Reem Abbas reflects on loss, erasure and the urgent need to reclaim a city at the heart of Sudan’s identity. …
Once a city of art, resistance and riverside cafés, Khartoum now lies gutted by war. Displaced by the war, Reem Abbas reflects on loss, erasure and the urgent need to reclaim a city at the heart of Sudan’s identity. …
