In1958 a group of Eritreans formed the Eritrean Liberation Movement (ELM) to cultivate resistance to the centralizing of policies of the imperial Ethiopian state. Four years later, in 1962, the organization was discovered and dissolved by imperial forces. Later that year, Emperor Haile Selassie annexed the country and the Eritrean Liberation Front waged…
A woman accused of plotting with her medic husband to launch a bio terror attack in Kenya has appeared in a Nairobi court. The charges stemmed from an alleged plan foiled by Kenyan police in which the woman, Nuseiba Haji, and other purported accomplices are accused of planning the event. While the husband is already…
From billionaire to bankrupt, back to billionaire, reality TV star and now Presumptive Presidential Nominee: who is the real Donald Trump? To truly understand this New York native, you might have to start at the beginning, when Trump was a young man, ambitious, eager, and ready to take over the world. Trump’s Beginnings…
Hillary’s Up For the Challenge Now that Donald Trump has secured the Republican nomination, observers are already saying that Hillary Clinton is the assumed Democratic nominee. So does Hillary have what it takes to stand up to Donald Trump when the general election campaign gets into full swing? From political expertise, to the…
Photo Credit: Wa-J via Compfight cc If you follow the Kenyan music scene, chances are you know of the band Sauti Sol. The group began as a a Capella group at Upper High School. They named themselves Sauti Sol, which means “Voice of the Sun”. After meeting their guitarist Otieno, the group shifted to a full…
With over 300 film appearances, Omotola Jalade Ekeinde is a household name in Nigeria. But the film industry is not her only platform. This former model, actress, philanthropist, and singer also has been on VH1 starring in her first debut television series back in 2013, ‘Hit the Floor’. Not only has she had success…
With the sudden boom of the palm oil industry, Africa’s forests are at risk. More than just a simple frying oil, palm oil has been on the rise since the early 1980’s, but only recently has the market set their eyes on the forests of Africa. As this list from GreenPalm shows, palm oil…
Uganda’s controversial elections seem to get more complicated each week. Two citizens petitioning to stop the May 12 inauguration of President Museveni had their case thrown out by a high court judge. Earlier, Government police arrested 18 protestors for disobeying the law by holding an unsanctioned demonstration against the reelection of President Yoweri…
Observers who had hoped for a contested convention on the Republican side might still get a taste of that as deep rifts appear within the GOP, whose new motto might as well be “divided we stand”. Presumptive nominee Donald Trump lashed out at Republican Speaker of the House Paul Ryan who came out on…
In February 2016 Uganda reelected President Yoweri Museveni, adding another 5 year term to his 30 year presidency. However, the legitimacy of the election has been called into doubt by many, including Ugandan opposition party presidential candidate Kizza Besigye and many protesters in Kampala, the capital of the central African nation. While Independent…
