In 2019, 50.1 per cent of Kenyans were under the age of 19. That equates to half of a country the size of approximately 47.5 million people. Now, in 2025, these Gen Zers are entering adulthood and in ...

Nations that failed to secure their independence through sustained resistance and sacrifice typically remain under foreign control through increasingly sophisticated mechanisms. Paper independence ...

Growing up on a farm in South Africa’s Free State, the idea of transforming the world into something more sustainable, more equitable, consumed my thoughts. But when those ideas met the real world, ...

I was not expecting much when a Kenyan friend told me about a video interview he wanted me to watch featuring Pheroze Nowrojee, who had just passed away. My initial thought was that the request ...

Firoze Manji is the founder and publisher of Daraja Press. He is Adjunct Professor at the Institute of African Studies and Contract Instructor, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. He is the founder ...

Fifty years ago this April, Dr Johnstone Muthiora, who, barely six months earlier, had taken on one of the most powerful men in Kenya at the ballot box and won, died mysteriously. His death, coming as ...

For many Africans, migration has long been seen as the key to a better life. Countless youths from Kenya and across the continent leave their homelands in search of better opportunities, hoping for a ...

The Gen Z protests created a critical political moment whose impact has unravelled many political assumptions. In the midst of it, the constitution stands to mediate between the governed and the ...

The historic Jericho estate is one of Nairobi’s oldest planned communities. It is home to many, including 86-year-old Priscilla Wanjiku, who now faces an uncertain future as the county’s Urban Renewal ...

The Horn of Africa remains one of the most volatile regions on the continent, plagued by persistent conflicts that threaten its stability and development. The region has experienced decades of unrest, ...

Puntland is showing that a military with limited resources and manpower can defeat global terrorists by relying on grassroots community mobilisation.