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  • A fish market on Lake Victoria in Mukuno District, central Uganda. Credit: RTI International/Katie G. Nelson.
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    Lake Victoria locals blame companies for mysterious mass fish die-offs

    By Nangayi Guyson
    May 11, 2022
    Governments blame a range of factors for tonnes of dead fish washing up. Local fisherman and environment officers blame polluting industries. Richard Wandukwa, a ...
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    Could two troubled airlines’ pan-African partnership work?

    By Eric Tchouamou Njoya
    January 20, 2022
    The potential risks and rewards of the South African Airways and Kenya Airways’ joint vision. There are very few profitable African airlines. Those operating ...
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  • A Kenyan secondary boarding school soon after it was burnt down. Credit: Elizabeth Cooper.
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    Kenyan students keep setting their schools on fire. Where’s the alarm?

    By Elizabeth Cooper
    December 8, 2021
    Students setting dozens if not hundreds of schools on fire each year is no longer surprising. What’s shocking is the government’s apathy. When the ...
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    Marking Mawlid, the Muslim festival full of diversity, dhows and donkeys

    By Jaclynn Ashly
    November 17, 2021
    For the past 132 years, thousands have gathered in Lamu annually for Quran-reciting competitions, dance, music, and free healthcare. Earlier this month, thousands of ...
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  • Ahead of Kenya's 2017 elections, the White Ribbon Campaign march to promote their rapid response hotline which responds to violence against women in elections. Credit: Carla Chianese, IFES.
    KenyaPoliticsTop story

    How to win elections in Kenya: be rich and don’t be a woman

    By Karuti Kanyinga & Tom Mboya
    September 28, 2021
    In Kenya’s previous elections, senators spent an average $319,000 in getting elected. Kenya’s general elections, scheduled for 9 August 2022, are now less than ...
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    Think African Podcast ep 9: Joy as resistance

    By Think African
    August 31, 2021
    African Arguments is delighted to partner with the Think African podcast series, created by Sound Africa in cooperation with Heinrich Böll Stiftung Cape Town. Think African examines the ...
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  • The UN peacekeeping force MONUSCO in Ituri province, eastern DRC. Credit: MONUSCO / Force.
    Congo-KinshasaKenyaRwandaTop storyUganda

    Can Kinshasa’s changing relations mark a new chapter for eastern DRC?

    By Stephanie Wolters
    June 8, 2021
    Since President Tshisekedi took office in 2019, the Congo’s relations with key neighbours have changed significantly. In the last few weeks, President Felix Tshisekedi ...
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  • Some of the East African Community (EAC) heads of state at the summit in 2019. Credit: Paul Kagame. human rights abuses
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    The EAC risks becoming irrelevant

    By Kifaya Abdulkadir & Otsieno Namwaya
    April 23, 2021
    It is near meaningless to prioritise development in a region where leaders violate their citizens’ human rights with impunity. When President Uhuru Kenyatta of ...
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  • east africa pipeline Okecha Cibojo, a farmer in Nyamtai village, Kikuube District in Western region of Uganda standing by CNOOC beacons marking the route of a feeder pipeline for Kingfisher project. Credit: Maina Waruru.
    Climate crisisEditor's PicksKenyaTanzania

    “My house is crumbling”: Living in limbo along the East Africa pipeline

    By Maina Waruru
    April 21, 2021
    People along the route of the proposed 1,443 km oil pipeline talk of confusion, uncertainty and lives on hold. Following the recent signing of ...
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  • At the World Bank/ IMF Spring Meetings in 2019. Credit: World Bank/Simone D. McCourtie.
    EconomyKenyaTop story

    Why are Kenyans trolling the IMF?

    By Ciku Kimeria
    April 20, 2021
    Kenya’s economy is struggling, but many believe another loan will only benefit corrupt officials and leave ordinary citizens to pay off the debt. For ...
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