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Gitura Mwaura
Gitura Mwaura
Francis Kwame Nkrumah was a Ghanaian politician, political theorist, and revolutionary.
Tracing Nkrumah's neocolonialism in this year’s Nobel prize for economics
Monday, October 28, 2024
The African Union (AU) turned 60 on May 25, 2023, counting from the formation of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) in 1963.Courtesy
Africa’s veto dilemma: To take UNSC permanent seats or not?
Monday, October 14, 2024
President Paul Kagame and his host President Edgars Rinkēvičs unveil a genocide memorial honoring the victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Latvia on October 2.Village Urugwiro.
How genocide memorial in Latvia library makes for novel idea
Monday, October 07, 2024
The new Global Media Index for Africa is tracking how 20 of the world’s most influential global media organisations cover the continent.
There’s improvement, but biased reportage on Africa continues
Monday, September 16, 2024
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EAC migrant workers should never have to retire without pension
Monday, September 09, 2024
Petro de Luanda crowned BAL 2024 champions in Kigali. NBA launched the Basketball African League in 2019. Olivier Mugwiza
How Rwandan venture aims to make sports pay for Africa’s development
Monday, September 02, 2024
Protesters hold a Kenyan flag outside the Kenyan Parliament after storming the building during a nationwide strike to protest against tax hikes and the Finance Bill 2024 in downtown Nairobi, on June 25, 2024. (Photo by LUIS TATO/AFP via Getty Images)
Social media: Unsung youth leadership that could yet save a continent
Monday, July 01, 2024
A medic conducts Covid-19 vaccination exercise in Kigali in on August 3, 2021. Photo by Craish Bahizi
What is Africa’s role in the nearly failed global pandemic treaty
Monday, June 24, 2024
Real Madrid’s Toni Kroos, made a total of 94 passes and completed 91 of them in the final, a 97 per cent completion rate.
Football
How to talk a good soccer game with data
Sunday, June 09, 2024
The African Union has deployed 27 peace support operations since adopting the Protocol Establishing the AU Peace and Security Council (AU-PSC) 20 years ago. Internet
Standby force was to be Africa’s shield and defender. What happened?
Monday, June 03, 2024
Members of the group that is translating that toolkit on sexual and reproductive health to address teen pregnancies, from English into Kinyarwanda. File
Toolkit could give more edge to arsenal against teen pregnancies
Monday, May 06, 2024
The global population during Malthus’s time in the 1800s was around one billion people. Today it is 8 billion and doing relatively fine. Internet
Despite humanity’s challenges, population growth holds important answers
Saturday, May 04, 2024
RwandAir's plane taking off at Kigali International Airport. File
Heed the EALA motion, remove restrictions on airspace
Monday, April 01, 2024
A scientist sorting some medical marijuna leaves in a plantation farm.
Legalising medicinal cannabis in Africa good and reminiscent of history
Sunday, March 24, 2024
Israel Mbonyi’s runaway Kiswahili gospel tune “Nina Siri (I have a secret)” had garnered a whopping 39 million views on YouTube. PHOTO BY DAN GATSINZI
Mbonyi’s rousing dance: A secular cultural Christian’s take
Monday, March 18, 2024
An agric worker sorting potato seedlings at Musanze-based greenhouse. Rwanda, on February 21, promulgated a law governing biosafety. PHOTO BY SAM NGENDAHIMANA
On EAC’s GMO disharmony and little-known GM mosquito research
Monday, March 04, 2024
Employees were captured working at Rwanda Nuts, located in Gasabo District, Kigali. The factory processes the macadamia seeds for export. On February 7th 2024. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Africa is not perfect, but much about it is debatable
Monday, February 26, 2024
One of robots dubbed 'Urumuri', that was deployed to Kigali International Airport to conduct mass screening of temperature during the Covid-19 period (Sam Ngendahimana)
How AI readiness places Rwanda on the continental pedestal
Monday, February 12, 2024

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