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Kenya's planned crackdown on foreign-owned small businesses sparks anxiety

Kenya's planned crackdown on foreign-owned small businesses sparks anxiety

Kenya's planned crackdown on foreign-owned small businesses sparks anxiety

As President Ruto orders the closure of foreign-owned small businesses, the nation grapples with competing visions for its informal economy—one rooted in protectionism, the other in infrastructure investment.

By Pauline Odhiambo

Hantavirus: 45 quarantined after case detected in France

Hantavirus: 45 quarantined after case detected in France

Hantavirus: 45 quarantined after case detected in France

Teenager infected with Andes strain traveled in France, Spain before diagnosis

Solving soil: New FAO report reveals worsening degradation as proven solutions lags

Solving soil: New FAO report reveals worsening degradation as proven solutions lags

Solving soil: New FAO report reveals worsening degradation as proven solutions lags

Launched at COP17, the Status of the World's Soil Resources 2026 by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) delivers a sobering verdict on global soil degradation and slow adaptation of proven solutions.

By Pauline Odhiambo

‘House managers’: Sierra Leone's bold step to protect its domestic workers

‘House managers’: Sierra Leone's bold step to protect its domestic workers

‘House managers’: Sierra Leone's bold step to protect its domestic workers

In Sierra Leone, workers and employer organisations have partnered with government and international institutions to boost decent working conditions for domestic workers.

By Pauline Odhiambo

Namibia’s liberation heroes are home at last, but is it the home they sacrificed for?

Namibia’s liberation heroes are home at last, but is it the home they sacrificed for?

Namibia’s liberation heroes are home at last, but is it the home they sacrificed for?

Decades after their deaths in exile and imprisonment, the return of more than 80 ancestral remains is prompting Namibia to confront its colonial past, reckon with its history and ask whether it has become the nation its freedom fighters envisioned.

Africa's blueprint for the UN's top office: Can it work again?

Africa's blueprint for the UN's top office: Can it work again?

AFRICA'S BLUEPRINT FOR THE UN'S TOP OFFICE: CAN IT WORK AGAIN?

Africa accounts for more than a quarter of the UN's membership and holds no permanent UNSC seat. As the race to succeed Guterres enters its final stretch, a divided African field is testing whether the continent's numbers can translate into influence

By Ayşenur Sare Tok

Why Afro-Creole languages deserve to be celebrated

Why Afro-Creole languages deserve to be celebrated

Why Afro-Creole languages deserve to be celebrated

Adama Juldeh Munu

Can African Union unlock peace with new push for Sudanese dialogue?

Can African Union unlock peace with new push for Sudanese dialogue?

Can African Union unlock peace with new push for Sudanese dialogue?

The rise of Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur Jama, Somalia’s youngest speaker

The rise of Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur Jama, Somalia’s youngest speaker

The rise of Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur Jama, Somalia’s youngest speaker

Wildlife cyanide poisoning: Time to review Kenya's pesticide governance?

Wildlife cyanide poisoning: Time to review Kenya's pesticide governance?

Wildlife cyanide poisoning: Time to review Kenya's pesticide governance?

Kenya is investigating whether dangerous crop-protection chemicals have been improperly used, stored, or disposed of in spaces shared by wild and domestic animals.

By Charles Mgbolu

Can Africa skip costly infrastructure and move straight into the AI era?

Can Africa skip costly infrastructure and move straight into the AI era?

Can Africa skip costly infrastructure and move straight into the AI era?

As mobile internet, cloud services and AI spread across the continent, some technology leaders argue that Africa’s greatest advantage may be its ability to leapfrog expensive legacy infrastructure and build directly for the next digital era.

By Sylvia Chebet, Claude Foly

Kenya grapples with where to draw the line on hate speech

Kenya grapples with where to draw the line on hate speech

Kenya grapples with where to draw the line on hate speech

Amid a surge in pattern of "hate speech, ethnic contempt and vulgar language", officials and experts hope the country can learn from its history.

By Emmanuel Oduor

Momentum against Meningitis: Africa’s race to 2030 disease-free goal

Momentum against Meningitis: Africa’s race to 2030 disease-free goal

Momentum against Meningitis: Africa’s race to 2030 disease-free goal

The introduction of the revolutionary MenAfriVac vaccine, developed through a unique collaboration, effectively eliminated serogroup A meningitis in the 'Meningitis Belt,' with no reported cases since 2017.

By Pauline Odhiambo

How realistic is ECOWAS proposed single currency?

How realistic is ECOWAS proposed single currency?

How realistic is ECOWAS proposed single currency?

Negotiations for the joint currency have dragged on for more than 30 years.

By Charles Mgbolu

New dawn: Journey toward food security in Kenya and Malawi

New dawn: Journey toward food security in Kenya and Malawi

New dawn: Journey toward food security in Kenya and Malawi

The 2026 edition of the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) examines the cost of healthy diets in Africa and beyond.

By Pauline Odhiambo

When diseases cross borders: Africa’s farmers look for a new line of defense

When diseases cross borders: Africa’s farmers look for a new line of defense

WHEN DISEASES CROSS BORDERS: AFRICA’S FARMERS LOOK FOR A NEW LINE OF DEFENSE

The Global Partnership Programme for Transboundary Animal Diseases (GPP-TAD) is a country-led initiative in which the prevention and control of prioritized diseases are strengthened through public and private sector partnerships.

By Pauline Odhiambo

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Mistake or intentional? US map of Africa blunder sparks outrage

Mistake or intentional? US map of Africa blunder sparks outrage

Iman Elman: The Somali officer rebuilding a nation from the frontline

Winning the first 24 hours: Africa’s hepatitis fight begins with newborns

Winning the first 24 hours: Africa’s hepatitis fight begins with newborns

Senegal’s Faye-Sall talks: Beyond UN candidacy?

Africa not waiting: The campaign helping reclaim a continent’s story

Africa not waiting: The campaign helping reclaim a continent’s story

AFRICA NOT WAITING: THE CAMPAIGN HELPING RECLAIM A CONTINENT’S STORY

Africa No Filter encourages journalists and development organisations to question biased assumptions about the continent before they become headlines.

By Charles Mgbolu