A Woman’s Place is in a Body Bag
CW: Sexual Violence, Abuse
On September 3rd, a second-year Rongo University student, Sharon Otieno, was declared…
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Kenya
Kenya’s Backslide Into Authoritarianism
In August, Kenyans went to the polls to elect their president and parliament. The election, set to be a race…
McMUN 2018: Kenya’s 2017 Elections Mirror 2007 Elections Committee
On August 8th 2017, Kenyan voters went to cast their votes for either Raila Odinga of the ODM or Uhuru Kenyatta of…
Conditional Empowerment: Shifting Community Land Rights for Kenyan Pastoralists
Pastoralism has been a key feature of East African savannas for millennia. Herders in Kenya practice mobile…
“No Raila, No Peace”: Kenya’s Growing Political Crisis
“Kenyans want us to succeed,” Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenya’s recently re-elected incumbent president, said to reporters…
The Horn of Africa: Black Rhino conservation in Kenya and how it intersects with…
The State of Rhinos in Africa
Global rhino populations today are a tenth of what they were at the…
Plastic Policy: An Overview of the Global Plastic Pollution Problem and Kenya’s…
In Rachel Carson’s book, Under the Sea Wind, she poignantly describes the beauty of living on a planet as singular…
Kenya’s Historic Elections, Unknown Future
During the summer of 2017, election season put all eyes on Kenya. Although a decade ago, the unprecedented violence…
Kenya’s Supreme Court Defiantly Rejects Afro-Pessimistic Election Media…
After a contentious election, Kenya’s supreme court made history on September 1st by rejecting the recent…
Africa’s Fintech Revolution
Technological hubs and startup revolutions are rarely discussed in the context of development. In Africa, however,…