The Africa Blogging Network is a voluntary membership network that brings together politics bloggers and journalists from East, Southern, Central and Western Africa. We are temporarily suspending our blogging activities in order to assess damage that was done to us by a Kenyan blogger who pretended to be following...
By Immanuel Obeng’-Akroffi Insecurity in Nigeria is increasing in scale, spread and sophistication. As of January 2022, a total of 1,486 people in the country were victims of insecurity. Out of this number, 915 were killed and 571 kidnapped. While no state in Nigeria is immune from violence, security...
On April 25, 2022 the U.S. government announced the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) will open an Office of Security Cooperation at the U.S. Embassy in Zambia. AFRICOM Brigadier General Peter Bailey, Deputy Director for Strategy, Engagement, and Programs, made the announcement during a meeting with President Hakainde Hichilema. The...
Kenya recently celebrated 59 years of self-rule in an elaborate event which was also the last public holiday being...
Kenya’s presidential election slated for August 9th, 2022 could have been won or lost with the events that happened...
The vaccine to definitively eradicate Covid-19 from the planet has not yet been found. But Côte d’Ivoire, like other...
By Abdalle Ahmed Mumin The price of an AK-47, the standard weapon of Somali militias, has soared on gun...
By Immanuel Obeng-Akrofi As Africa’s most populous country, the largest economy and a notable democracy, Nigeria is described as...
By Andile Zulu What nurtures and propels bigotry? More importantly, how does bigotry become a lethal threat to democracy?...
By Awuor Alai 90 days; that is how long it took as the world debated on whether there would...
By Paidamoyo Muzulu AFTER all the political dust of the March 26 by-elections has settled, Zimbabwe will have to...
By KAS Media Africa The 2022 #AfricaBlogging conference, attended by 15 participants, was held in Grand-Bassam, a history-rich coastal...
In November 2020, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed ordered a military offensive after fighters allied to the regional administration in Tigray attacked a military base housing government troops. Since then the Tigray region has largely closed to the media and humanitarian organizations as the conflict rages on. The conflict has since taken a new turn, with the regional force, TPLF, joining hands with other armed groups in a bid to march to the country’s capital and bring down Mr Abiy’s government.
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Kenya recently celebrated 59 years of self-rule in an elaborate event which was also the last public holiday being presided over by President Uhuru Kenyatta. At the event, he numerated the successes of his government over the last 10 years and his hope for the future administration. This past...
Kenya is making strides towards the implementation of Universal Health Coverage. I recently spoke to Pabi Moloi of Johannesburg’s Power 98.7 FM about public healthcare in Kenya and here is a recording of the same.
President Uhuru Kenya in his New Year’s eve address to the nation indicated that Kenya and South Africa’s national carriers will soon merge to create a Pan-African airline. While the details of the said merger are still sketchy, I spoke to Power FM’s Breakfast show host Pabi Moloi giving...