Kenyans have long challenged power by laughing. But the Kenyan government has started cracking down on humour. “At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed,” declared American abolitionist Frederick Douglass in an 1852 speech. He was referring to the futility of arguing the wrongfulness of...
The Northern part of Mozambique province of Cabo Delgado has since October 2017 faced insurgency from alleged Islamist Ansar al-Sunna rebels, resulting in the killing of more than 2,000 people. The United Nations (UN) reports that more than 700,000 others have been forced to flee their homes. The militants...
When the phrase “journalists in exile” is mentioned, many tend to think that it’s a thing of the past. Perhaps memories of popular journalists who worked in media houses in Eastern Europe, Asian and African countries under authoritarian regimes would come to mind. Even today, journalists from all over...
That is a question many have been asking since November 2020. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed ordered a military offensive...
Paidamoyo Muzulu The decades-long underfunding of Zimbabwe education system effects revealed themselves when the country recorded a massive 9%...
By Linda Apollo Kenya is attempting to amend its 2010 constitution through a process that has been dubbed ‘the...
In early February 2021, South Africa’s Maverick Citizen published an explosive report, Cartel Power Dynamics, which dug deeper into...
Ugandan novelist Kakwenza Rukirabashaija narrates the harrowing story of how he was arrested and reportedly tortured for writing two...
Zambia prepares to go for General Elections on 12th August 2021 to elect the president, members of the national...
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In this episode, I chat with Ruth Aine, a fellow AfricaBlogging author from Uganda discussing the five-day internet blackout...
One year after the first recorded cases of COVID-19 were reported in Wuhan, China in December 2019, the world...
The deadly and hidden spread of Covid-19 misinformation on social media has hampered governments’ response to the pandemic across...
Since COVID-19 was first reported in Africa in early March 2020, the virus has continued to disrupt lives across the continent. Even with hopes of a vaccine gaining traction, more than 1.5 million cases and over 35,000 deaths have been reported, healthcare services remain exposed, education has almost ground to a halt and economies are struggling. Africa Blogging contributors from across the continent have analysed how different countries are responding to the pandemic.
Go to topicUgandan novelist Kakwenza Rukirabashaija narrates the harrowing story of how he was arrested and reportedly tortured for writing two novels The Greedy Barbarian and The Banana Republic. He also talks about the role social media played in his release.
In this episode, I chat with Ruth Aine, a fellow AfricaBlogging author from Uganda discussing the five-day internet blackout in our country that began on the eve of the 2021 general elections. We share our personal experiences and discuss the effects to the economy and free speech in the...
The proliferation of smartphone devices has led to more meaningful access to the internet as more Ugandans are using the internet to politically organise, speak truth to power. In this episode, we chat with Songa Stone about the role social media is playing in the 2021 upcoming general elections...