African Stories in Perspective
African Stories in Perspective
Bondo, Kenya – Sunday, October 19, 2025 — President William Ruto on Sunday made a bold political prediction, saying the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party will form or be part of the next government if it remains united. Speaking during the burial service of former Prime Minister Raila Amolo Odinga at the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga […]
Jerusalem/Cairo/Washington — U.S. envoys met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday in an urgent push to steady a fragile ceasefire in Gaza after an outbreak of violence over the weekend threatened to unravel a week-old truce brokered under U.S. auspices. The visit by Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner — who arrived in Israel to […]
Summary U.S.-Australia rare earths deal aims to counter China’s supply control U.S. and Australia to invest $1 billion each in mining projects Trump backs AUKUS submarine deal despite prior review Trump tells Ambassador Rudd, a former PM: ‘I don’t like you either’ U.S. President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese have signed a […]
NAIROBI, Kenya – Thousands of mourners on Friday thronged Nairobi’s Nyayo National Stadium to attend the state funeral of former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Amolo Odinga, one of Africa’s most enduring political figures. Waving national flags and holding portraits of the late leader, many wore T-shirts emblazoned with his image as they gathered to pay […]
For decades, building a home or managing a construction project in Kenya has been an exhausting ordeal — plagued by unreliable suppliers, inconsistent pricing, and constant delays. Now, a groundbreaking innovation promises to bring order to the chaos. Jumba, Africa’s largest digital marketplace for construction materials, has officially launched the Jumba App, a cutting-edge platform […]
Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina has fled the country, opposition leaders and security sources told Reuters on Monday, marking the second time in weeks that a wave of Gen Z–driven unrest has toppled a government. Siteny Randrianasoloniaiko, the leader of the opposition in parliament, confirmed that Rajoelina left the island nation on Sunday after elite army […]
Cairo, Egypt – U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday declared that the world was witnessing the dawn of a “beautiful Middle East” as global and regional leaders gathered in Cairo to mark the end of the Gaza war and the signing of a landmark peace accord. Speaking at the Egypt Summit on Gaza, Trump said […]
Hundreds of freed Palestinian prisoners and detainees have been welcomed with tears, ululations, and screams of joy as they were released by Israel to reunite with their families in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. The large-scale release — one of the most significant in years — involved about 250 prisoners convicted of serious crimes, […]
Esther Njoki was only eight years old when her aunt, Agnes Wanjiru, was killed in 2012. She remembers watching her mother, Rose, desperately search for Agnes for 61 days before her body was found in a hotel septic tank in Nanyuki — a quiet town that hosts the British Army Training Unit in Kenya (BATUK). […]
In Summary Saturday soldiers defied orders and joined thousands of demonstrators in the Capital Antananarivo as Kenya Gen Zs inspired protests spread across the globe Other than Kenya in 2024, Gen Z protests in Nepal caused change of government and have now spread to the Indian Ocean island of 30 million Malagasy people Antananarivo […]
