1,000 East African skulls still held in Berlin

Will Kenya manage to have Amina Mohammed chair African Union ?

Kenya’s Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed has offered herself for the position of African Union Commission Chair in the January elections in a race, a race influenced more by geopolitics than the credentials of the candidates. Despite Kenya being upbeat that Ms...FULL STORY

Can local muscle defeat Somalia's al-Shabab?

The newly trained, freshly equipped Somali police officers kick up clouds of dust as they goose-step around the parade ground in time to the marching band drums. Six hundred members of Jubaland state's police force have recently graduated, hundreds more will soon go through...FULL STORY

Conjoined twins: Kenya ought to tell its stories of greatness

Kenya achieved such a feat last month that I feel we should be shouting from the rooftops. Surgeons at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) successfully separated conjoined twins in a 23-hour operation. The girls, named Blessing and Favour, were born in September 2014. The...FULL STORY