European dream costs arm and leg

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Trafficking cartels are minting millions of shillings from desperate Kenyans looking for work in foreign capitals especially in the Gulf countries. With promises of well-paying...

Denis Mukwege deserves the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in Congo

Denis Mukwege. Torleif Svensson/Panzi Hospital, CC BY
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Regardless of who wins the Nobel Peace Prize this year, Denis Mukwege deserves the award for his important work in Congo. Mukwege is a Congolese...

Committee to Protect Journalists named winner of 2018 Chatham House prize

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New York, October 8, 2018--London's Royal Institute of International Affairs announced October 8 that the Committee to Protect Journalists has been named the winner...

Somaliland Education Review shows positive trends in boys’ and girls’ enrolment

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The Somaliland Ministry of education, jointly with education partners including the European Union and the Global Partnership for Education, conducted the annual Joint Review...

Children to pay the price for Trump’s ‘Muslim ban’?

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As U.S. President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban takes effect, an upcoming Fault Lines documentary on Al Jazeera highlights the consequences of a blanket...

Trump’s order barring refugees flies in the face of logic and humanity

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With an irony that hasn’t gone unnoticed, US President Donald Trump signed his executive order Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the...

Stereotypes Are Poisoning American Politics

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By William R. Easterly I was born in West Virginia and spent all of 10 days there as an infant before my family moved to Ohio. ...

Trump’s leadership traits are bad news for democrats in Africa

US President-elect Donald Trump has displayed behaviour that will resonate with autocrats in Africa. William Philpott/Reuters
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African governments are understandably concerned about how Donald Trump’s surprise election as the 45th president of the United States might affect their interests. Thus far...

When men tackle mother and child health: lessons from Malawi

In rural Malawi traditional leaders have played an important role in persuading men to get involved in women’s health. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko
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Talk of gender mainstreaming – the assessing of all policies, programmes, laws and interventions on the basis of their impact on both men and...

Why I am Voting for Hillary Clinton on November 8 and YOU Should Too!

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For the past year, I have railed against Donald Trump in numerous blogs. But I have not said exactly why I am supporting and voting...