Politics & Governance

Kenya’s doctors have given the national and county governments 90 days to conclude salary negotiations and address a raft of outstanding employment grievances — or face a nationwide strike that would cripple the East African nation’s public hospital system. The ultimatum, issued on May 10 at the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) […]

In a significant diplomatic shift, French President Emmanuel Macron chose an English-speaking nation — Kenya — to host the Africa Forward Summit on May 11-12, bringing together more than 30 African heads of state and government alongside executives from France’s largest corporations. The choice of Nairobi over the traditional French-speaking African venues sent a deliberate

At 81 years old, Yoweri Museveni has been sworn in for a seventh consecutive term as President of Uganda, extending his already historic grip on power that began when he seized Kampala as a rebel leader in 1986. The swearing-in ceremony, held at the Kololo Independence Grounds in the Ugandan capital on May 12, was

Every year, hundreds of millions of synthetic opioid pills flow into West Africa from India — and no one is stopping them. A sweeping investigation published by Bellingcat in April 2026 revealed that Indian pharmaceutical companies have dispatched more than 320 million tapentadol and tramadol pills to West African nations — countries where these drugs

Four African nations debut at Venice Biennale 2026 — Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Somalia.

South Africa’s Constitutional Court revived impeachment proceedings against President Ramaphosa.

\n It was hailed as one of the most consequential political alliances in modern African history. When Bassirou Diomaye Faye won Senegal\u2019s presidential election and appointed Ousmane Sonko as prime minister, the country felt a genuine sense of rupture \u2014 the long-dominant establishment finally broken, a new generation finally in power. A little over a

France s ambassador returns to Algeria after a year-long diplomatic breakdown, marking the first concrete step toward reconciliation between two countries whose relations have been strained by colonial grievances.